BUFFALO – Saint Louis blew previous Georgia 102-77 Thursday evening within the first spherical of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship at KeyBank Center in Buffalo, N.Y.
It was the school-record twenty ninth win of the season for the Billikens (29-5). They advance to Saturday’s second spherical to face No. 1 seed Michigan. Game time on CBS is about for 11:10 a.m. CT / 12:10 p.m. ET.
The Billikens set all types of college data for an NCAA Tournament recreation, together with factors (102), subject objectives (42), assists (27) and margin of victory (+25). The 102 factors have been a KeyBank Center document in an NCAA Tournament recreation as nicely.
All 9 Billiken rotation gamers scored. Dion Brown led the best way with 18 factors, whereas Amari McCottry turned in 13 factors and a team-best 9 rebounds. Seven gamers had assists, together with Robbie Avila, Quentin Jones and Trey Green, who every dished out a team-best 5 assists.
Saint Louis completed 58.3 % (42-72) from the sphere and 81.8 % (Sep 11) from the road.
The Billikens led wire-to-wire. Brown scored the primary six factors of the sport to place the Bills forward early and so they by no means regarded again.
SLU manufactured a 12-0 run as a part of a scorching first half. SLU ended the interval on a 5-0 flurry, giving the Billikens a 17-point lead on the break at 49-32.
It was a lot of the identical within the second half. The Billikens exploded for an 18-0 run to open the half as SLU saved its foot on the fuel. The lead grew to as many as 40 factors within the second half as SLU coasted to the 102-77 victory.
