2011 Ultimate College Basketball Tournament: West 1st Round Results

                No. 43 Texas-Pan American 76, No. 22 Rice 73

Game Notes: Leading Scorers – Texas-Pan American – Jared Maree (17 points); Rice – Arsalan Kazemi (19 points, 13 rebounds); Broncs hang on for the win after leading 40-26 at halftime.

                No. 23 Western Carolina 69, No. 42 Prairie View A&M 52

Game Notes: Leading Scorers – Western Carolina – Mike Williams (17 points); Prairie View A&M – Michael Griffin (9 points, 3 assists); Catamounts jumped out to a 42-27 lead at the half.

                No. 24 Fresno State 67, No. 41 Grambling State 58

Game Notes: Leading Scorers – Fresno State had two players with 12 points each; Grambling State – Donald Qualls (15 points); Bulldogs win despite shooting just 40% for the game.

                No. 40 Marist 66, No. 25 Appalachian State 57

Game Notes: Leading Scorers – Marist – R.J. Hall (15 points); Appalachian State had two players each with 10 points; Red Foxes outscore Mountaineers 43-20 in 2^nd half to erase a 14 point deficit.

                No. 39 San Diego 65, No. 26 Southern Illinois 64

Game Notes: Ken Rancifer hit a 19 foot jumper at the buzzer to win it for the Toreros after Kendal Brown-Surles gave the Salukis the lead with a three pointer with 10 seconds remaining.

                No. 27 Tulane 65, No. 38 Tennessee-Martin 63

Game Notes: Kendall Timmons hit a pull-up jumper with a second remaining to lift the Green Wave to the victory; Jordan Callahan led Tulane with 17 points; Terence Smith led the Skyhawks with 15.

                No. 37 Citadel 78, No. 28 Louisiana-Lafayette 68

Game Notes: Leading Scorers – Citadel – Cameron Wells (34 points on 13 of 19 shooting); Louisiana-Lafayette – La’Ryan Gary (19 points of 7 of 11 shooting); Bulldogs shoot 51% for the game.

                No. 29 Albany 52, No. 36 St. Francis (PA) 49

Game Notes: Leading Scorers – Albany – Logan Aronhalt (13 points); St. Francis (PA) – Umar Shannon (10 points); Great Danes win despite shooting 21% from three point range and 42% from the line.

                No. 35 North Dakota 69, No. 30 Presbyterian 66, OVERTIME

Game Notes: Jamal Webb hit a three pointer at the buzzer to help the Sioux advance; Troy Huff led North Dakota with 16 points; Khalid Mutakabbir led the Blue Hose with 15 points in the tough loss.

                No. 34 Lamar 101, No. 31 Nicholls State 98, OVERTIME

Game Notes: Leading Scorers – Lamar – Kendrick Harris (17 points); Nicholls State- Anatoly Bose (26 points including 5 three pointers); Cardinals shoot 35 of 66 (53%) from the floor in the victory.

                No. 33 Youngstown State 65, No. 32 Coppin State 39

Game Notes: Leading Scorers – Youngstown State – Vytas Sulskis (15 points); Coppin State – Akeem Ellis (10 points); Eagles shoot only 12 of 50 (24%) from the floor and 3 of 13 (23%) from three point range.

WEST SECOND ROUND MATCH-UPS – ALL GAMES TO BE PLAYED AT THE BLAISDELL ARENA IN HONOLULU, HAWAII

                #32 Youngstown State vs. #1 San Diego State

                #17 Oral Roberts vs. #16 South Carolina

                #24 Fresno State vs. #9 Virginia Commonwealth

                #40 Marist vs. #8 Missouri State

                #37 Citadel vs. #5 Illinois

                #21 Hampton vs. #12 Rutgers

                #20 Jacksonville vs. #13 Boise State

                #29 Albany vs. #4 Temple

                #35 North Dakota vs. #3 Georgetown

                #19 Hawaii vs. #14 Mississippi State

                #43 Texas-Pan American vs. #11 Bucknell

                #27 Tulane vs. #6 St. Mary’s

                #39 San Diego vs. #7 Colorado

                #23 Western Carolina vs. #10 Mississippi

                #18 Buffalo vs. #15 Akron

                #34 Lamar vs. #2 Connecticut