BUFFALO - Tarik Phillip scored 16 points, including six straight from the free throw line inside of a minute to play, to help fourth-seeded West Virginia hold off 13th-seed Bucknell, 86-80, in an NCAA Tournament first-round game here at KeyBank Center in Buffalo.
The Mountaineers now move on to face No. 5-seeded Notre Dame on Saturday. The Irish held on to defeat 12th-seeded Princeton, 60-58, in today’s first game.
“We weren’t very good today in pressure,” West Virginia coach Bob Huggins said. “(Nathan Adrian and Jevon Carter) were pretty good but the rest of the guys called it off way too early.