NEW YORK (AP) – Alijah Martin, Vlad Goldin and ninth-seeded Florida Atlantic turned the to start with and cheapest-seeded crew to achieve this year’s Remaining 4 as the Owls withstood yet another huge video game by Kansas State’s Markquis Nowell to conquer the Wildcats 79-76 on Saturday night.
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FAU (35-3), generating just its 2nd physical appearance in the NCAA Match, received the East Area at Madison Square Garden and will head to Houston to engage in the winner of Sunday’s South Area closing involving Creighton and San Diego Condition.
The winningest crew in Division I this period had in no way received an NCAA Tournament match before ripping off four straight, all by solitary digits.
Nowell, the 5-foot-8 indigenous New Yorker, was outstanding once more at The Back garden, with 30 factors, 12 assists and five steals, coming off a record-breaking Sweet 16 sport. He did not get ample enable.
Martin scored 17 points, including a enormous 3 down the extend, the 7-foot-1 Goldin had 14 factors and 13 rebounds, and Michael Forrest created 4 clutch free of charge throws in the remaining 20 seconds for the Owls.
Nae’Qwan Tomlin was the only other player in double figures for Kansas Condition (26-10) with 14 details.
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