NCAA Tourney; Wright St & Notre Dame Advance

March 17, 2022 3:46 am

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) – Wright State has earned its first NCAA men’s basketball tournament victory, and Notre Dame needed double-overtime to advance.  Tanner Holden had 37 points on 11 of 15 shooting and grabbed 11 rebounds and Wright State beat Bryant, 93-82 on Wednesday night for its first NCAA Tournament victory. Tyler Calvin added 21 points, and Grant Basile had 14.
Wright State advanced to play top-seeded Arizona in San Diego on Friday in the West Region.
A put-back layup by Paul Atkinson Jr. with 1.4 seconds left gave Notre Dame an 89-87 win over Rutgers. Atkinson finished with 20 points, Nate Laszewski 18 and Cormac Ryan 16 to lead the Irish, who will take on Alabama on Friday.  Ron Harper Jr. tied the score with a long 3-pointer with 22 seconds left, capping his 22-point effort for the Scarlet Knights.