Cincinnati 86, Butler 69

Darnell Burton carried the Bearcats until All-American Danny Fortson got untracked. Burton scored 19 points, including five 3-pointers, and Cincinnati used a 22-5 first-half run to beat Butler.

Fortson led the third-seeded Bearcats (26-7) with 24 points--16 in the second half.

Iowa St. 69, Illinois St. 57

Kelvin Cato scored a career-high 29 points, had 12 rebounds and broke a Midwest Regional record with eight blocks, leading Iowa State. Dedric Willoughby added 21 points for the sixth-seeded Cyclones (21-8).

Rico Hill led Illinois State (24-6) with 14 points.

Xavier 80, Vanderbilt 68

James Posey and Gary Lumpkin scored Xavier's final 20 points as the Musketeers held off Vanderbilt. Posey finished with a career-high 22 points and Lumpkin had 16.

Austin Bates scored 21 for Vandy and Drew Maddux had 16. Pax Whitehead, Vandy's leading scorer at 15.8 ppg, was held without a field goal until midway through the second half and finished with eight points.

UCLA 109, Charleston So. 75

UCLA scored the first 11 points of the game and Jelany McCoy and J.R Henderson had 21 points apiece for the Bruins.

The Bruins were in control from the start against the 15th-seeded Buccaneers (22-7). Brett Larrick led Charleston Southern with 32 points.

Boston College 73, Valparaiso 66

Bevan Thomas came off the bench to score 11 of his 16 points in the second half as BC overcame a long-range shooting barrage by Bryce Drew. Danya Abrams also scored 16 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for the fifth-seeded Eagles.

Drew, the sharpshooting son of coach Homer Drew, scored 27 points, including 8-of-12 3-pointers. But he was shut down by a smothering box-and-one defense through most of the second half, when he was held to eight points.