The first two quarterfinal matchups of the 2026 Conference USA Tournament will probably be performed tonight in Huntsville, AL. No. 1-seed Liberty faces No. 9-seed Missouri State, whereas No. 2-seed Sam Houston takes on No. 10-seed New Mexico State.
In the primary spherical, MSU defeated Florida International and NM State took down Jacksonville State to advance. Liberty and Sam Houston obtained byes to the quarterfinals.
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The remaining two quarterfinals that includes Middle Tennessee-Louisiana Tech and Western Kentucky-Kennesaw State matchups will probably be performed on Thursday, March 12.
Both of Wednesday’s quarterfinals function matchups that had been solely performed as soon as within the common season. Liberty defeated MSU 79-76 on Feb. 7 at dwelling thanks to twenty factors from All-CUSA third-team choice Brent Decker Jr. and 19 factors from CUSA Player of the Year Zach Cleveland. The Flames shot 55% from the sphere in opposition to the Bears of their tight victory over them.
NM State took its lone regular-season recreation with Sam Houston in an 87-78 victory on Dec. 21 at dwelling to open convention play. Two of the Aggies’ guards got here off the bench to guide them in scoring in opposition to the Bearkats, as Elijah Elliott scored 18 factors and Jayland Randall added 16 factors. Fellow guard Jemel Jones and Anthony Wrzeszcz began that recreation and scored 11 factors every as a part of a 51% capturing effort.
Follow alongside right here for reside updates from each quarterfinal video games on Wednesday:
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Live updates from Liberty vs. Missouri State
This recreation will start at 5:30 p.m. CT on ESPN+
Live updates from Sam Houston vs. New Mexico State
This recreation will start at 8 p.m. CT on ESPN+
Nick Coppola covers New Mexico State athletics for the Las Cruces Sun-News and is protecting the Conference USA Tournament for the USA Today Network. You can observe him on X at @Nick_Coppola__ or e mail him at ncoppola@lcsun-news.com.
This article initially appeared on Las Cruces Sun-News: Updates, scores from Day 2 of the Conference USA Tournament
