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MARQUETTE 58, UTAH STATE 57: Lazar Hayward scored 26 points and Marquette made 10 straight free throws down the stretch to beat Utah State 58-57 Friday in the first round of the West Regional in Boise, Idaho.

Jerel McNeal and Wesley Matthews each scored 14 points for sixth-seeded Marquette (25-9), which blew a 14-point lead before rallying from a six-point deficit to win.

Jared Quayle led Utah State (30-5) with 18 points.

MISSOURI 78, CORNELL 59: Also in Boise, DeMarre Carroll scored all but two of his 13 points in the second half to help third-seeded Missouri pull away from plucky Cornell.

Leo Lyons finished with 23 points and 10 rebounds for the Tigers (29-6), the Big 12 tournament champions who returned to the NCAAs for the first time in six years and will face Marquette in the second round.

EAST REGIONAL

PITTSBURGH 72, EAST TENNESSEE STATE 62: DeJuan Blair had 27 points and 16 rebounds as Pittsburgh, playing its first game as a top seed, survived a frightful 40 minutes from East Tennessee State in Dayton, Ohio.

Pittsburgh (29-4) will play eighth-seeded Oklahoma State in the second round.

It was the 161st win for Pitt coach Jamie Dixon, tying him with N.C. State's Everett Case (1947-52) for the best start in six seasons.

OKLAHOMA STATE 77, TENNESSEE 75: Byron Eaton found a clear path to the basket for a three-point play with 7.2 seconds left, sending Oklahoma State (23-11) to a victory over Tennessee.

Tyler Smith had a chance to win it for Tennessee (21-13), but his jumper from behind the arc hit the side of the rim and bounced up to the top of the backboard as the buzzer sounded. Smith led all scorers with 21 points.

XAVIER 77, PORTLAND STATE 59: In Boise, Idaho, C.J. Anderson scored 14 points and Xavier shot 54 percent from the field to reach the second round of the NCAA tournament for the third straight year.

The Musketeers (26-7) stifled Portland State's usual barrage of 3-pointers and showed they could shoot from the outside, too, making eight of 19 tries.

Derrick Brown, B.J. Raymond and Dante Jackson added 13 points each as Xavier overwhelmed Portland State (23-10).

MIDWEST REGIONAL

LOUISVILLE 74, MOREHEAD STATE 54: Louisville had a few early missteps, but uncoiled its full-court press in the second half and rolled to an easy victory over Morehead State in Dayton, Ohio.

With the win, No. 1 seeds improved to 100-0 against No. 16s since the tournament expanded in 1985. There have been a few close calls, and Morehead State (21-16) kept up for a half.

Samardo Samuels led Louisville (29-5) with 15 points.

ARIZONA 84, UTAH 71: In Miami, Nic Wise scored 21 of his 29 points in the second half, Chase Budinger added 20 and 12th-seeded Arizona proved it belonged in the field of 65.

Jordan Hill added 17 points and 13 rebounds for Arizona (20-13), which has been in the NCAAs 25 years in a row, but hadn't reached the second round since 2006.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 72, BOSTON COLLEGE 55: Taj Gibson had 24 points on 10-for-10 shooting from the field, sending 10th-seeded Southern California to an easy victory over Boston College.

Dwight Lewis had 20 points and DeMar DeRozan added 18 points and nine rebounds for Southern Cal (22-12), which maintained the momentum from last week's Pac-10 tournament title and advanced to Sunday's second round in the Midwest Region.

Corey Raji led No. 7 seed Boston College (22-12) with 15 points.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (22-12) -- Simmons 0-1 2-2 2, DeRozan 8-15 2-4 18, Gibson 10-10 4-5 24, Lewis 6-12 4-6 20, Hackett 2-5 2-2 6, Washington 1-6 0-0 2, Johnson 0-2 0-0 0, Vucevic 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-51 14-19 72.

BOSTON COLLEGE (22-12) -- Raji 4-11 7-7 15, Trapani 3-11 4-4 12, Southern 1-2 1-2 3, Sanders 3-11 1-1 9, Rice 4-11 0-0 9, Paris 0-2 0-0 0, Jackson 2-5 0-0 4, Dunn 0-1 0-0 0, Roche 1-1 0-0 3. Totals 18-55 13-14 55.

Halftime--Boston College 34-30. 3-Point Goals--Southern Cal 4-9 (Lewis 4-7, DeRozan 0-1, Hackett 0-1), Boston College 6-23 (Trapani 2-5, Sanders 2-6, Roche 1-1, Rice 1-6, Jackson 0-1, Raji 0-2, Paris 0-2). Fouled Out--None. Rebounds--Southern Cal 35 (DeRozan 9), Boston College 30 (Raji, Trapani 7). Assists--Southern Cal 19 (Hackett 6), Boston College 13 (Jackson, Rice 4). Total Fouls--Southern Cal 18, Boston College 21. A--12,814.

DAYTON 68, WEST VIRGINIA 60: Chris Wright scored a career-high 27 points in Minneapolis to lead 11th-seeded Dayton to its first victory in the NCAA tournament in 19 years.

Charles Little added 18 points for Dayton (27-7).

Darryl Bryant had 21 points and Devin Ebanks added 14 points and 12 rebounds for West Virginia (23-12).

KANSAS 84, NORTH DAKOTA STATE 74: Sherron Collins scored a season-high 32 points and went toe-to-toe with North Dakota State star Ben Woodside, while Cole Aldrich had 23 points to lead defending NCAA champions Kansas in Minneapolis.

Woodside played all 40 minutes and scored 37 points, and fellow senior Brett Winkelman had 15 points and 12 rebounds to keep third-seeeded Kansas (26-7) from getting comfortable.

Still, the Jayhawks managed to hang on and will play Dayton in the second round.

SOUTH REGIONAL

SYRACUSE 59, STEPHEN F. AUSTIN 44: Jonny Flynn scored 16 points, Rick Jackson and Arinze Onuaku each added 12 and third-seeded Syracuse cruised past NCAA first-timer Stephen F. Austin in Miami.

Syracuse (27-9) ran out to a 20-4 lead, never letting the Southland Conference champions get anything going, and will meet Arizona State in the second round.

Benson Akpan led Stephen F. Austin (24-8) with 12 points, with Nick Shaw adding 10.

ARIZONA STATE 66, TEMPLE 57: James Harden's only basket, a 3-pointer with 4:02 left, helped Arizona State hold off Temple and reach 25 victories for the first time since 1975.

The Sun Devils' scoring leader 1-for-8 and was held to nine points, less than half his average. Junior Derek Glasser scored a career-high 22 points and Jeff Pendergraph also had 22 for the Sun Devils, playing in the tournament for the first time since 2003.