Hoops Central

 Gonzaga is heading to the NCAA tournament yet again with their win over Santa Clara in the WCC title game by the score of 79-68. Leading the way for the bulldogs was Mario Saint-Supery with 21 points, Tyon Grant-Foster had 20 points and Graham Ike had 15. For Santa Clara, Christian Hammond led the way with 24 points and Allen Graves had 11. Gonzaga went 13/23 from the free throw line and had 24 assists.

 Northern Iowa has advanced to their first NCAA tournament since 2016 with a win in the MVC title game over UIC 84-69. Leading the way for the panthers was Trey Campbell with 23 points, Ben Schweiger had 18 and Will Hornseth had 10. For UIC, Elijah Crawford had 28 points, Ahmad Henderson had 13 and Jayce Nathaniel had 10. UNI went 10/13 from the free throw line and outrebounded UIC 25-19.

 #2 seed Lehigh defeated #3 seed Colgate 76-69 in the Patriot League title to advance the NCAA tournament.  Leading the scoring for Lehigh was Hank Alvey with 30 points, Nasir Whitlock had 22 and Joshua Ingram had 11. For Colgate, Jalen Cox led the way with 26 points, Sam Wright had 14 and Josh Ahayere had 8.  Lehigh went 15/23 from the free throw line and outrebounded Colgate 30-29.

 #1 seed High Point is heading to the NCAA tournament with their win in the Big South title game over #2 seed Winthrop 91-76. Leading the way for the panthers was Rob Martin with 24 points, Terry Anderson had 18 and Cam'ron Fletcher had 17.  For Winthrop, Logan Duncomb led the way with 23 points, Kareem Rozier had 22 points and Daylen Berry had 18. High Point went 27/32 from the free throw line and had 14 assists.

 Ohio St got an upset win over #24 Wisconsin 86-60 at home yesterday. Leading the scoring for the Buckeyes was Bruce Thornton with 27 points, Devin Royal had 25, and Amare Bynum had 13. For the Badgers, Nicholas Boyd and John Blackwell both had 14 to lead the scoring. Ohio St won the rebounding advantage 33-27, and they went 13/19 from the free throw line. They go to 17-9 with the win, while Wisconsin falls to 18-8.

 #25 St John's got a win over Butler at home by the score of 92-70. Leading the way for St John's was Ian Jackson with 18 points, Zuby Ejiofor had 15 and Dillon Mitchell had 14. For Butler, Micheal Ajayi led the way with 19 points, and Drayton Jones had 4. St John's outrebounded Butler 39-27 and went 9/20 from 3.  St John's goes to 16-5 and Butler falls to 13-8.