National Basketball Association
Oregon St. 70, Tennessee 56
When: 4:30 PM ET, Friday, March 19, 2021
Where: Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana
Officials:
# Pat Driscoll, # Michael Irving, # Bo Boroski
Attendance:
N/A
By Field Level Media
Roman Silva scored a career-high 16 points, making all eight of his field-goal attempts, as No. 12-seeded Oregon State upset No. 5 Tennessee 70-56 Friday afternoon in the NCAA Midwest Regional at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
Jarod Lucas added 14 points for the Beavers (18-12), making four 3-point field goals, Ethan Thompson scored 13 and Zach Reichle had 10.
Oregon State, which gained just its second NCAA berth since 1990 by winning the Pacific-12 Conference tournament title, never trailed to win a game in the tourney for the first time since 1982. The Beavers advanced to the Round of 32, in which they'll play the winner of Friday's late game between fourth-seeded Oklahoma State and No. 13 Liberty.
Keon Johnson led Tennessee (18-9) with 14 points. Jaden Springer scored 12 and Santiago Vescovi added 11.
The Volunteers played without forward John Fulkerson, who sustained a concussion and facial injuries against Florida in the Southeastern Conference quarterfinals.
The Beavers built a 33-19 halftime lead and Tennessee never cut the deficit to single digits the rest of the way. The closest the Volunteers got was 66-56 on Springer's layup with 1:29 remaining.
Oregon State started strong, opening an 18-7 lead with 11:05 left in the first half as Lucas made a pair of 3-pointers.
The Beavers were held scoreless for the next 4:32, until a 3-pointer by Reichle, but the Volunteers were unable to take advantage, scoring just four points in that span.
Tennessee missed its first nine 3-point attempts before Vescovi scored from long range with 3:39 left in the half to pull the Volunteers within 27-14.
The Beavers had a 33-17 lead and looked to take the last shot of the half, but Johnson stole a pass under the basket, drove the length of the floor and put up a scoop shot just before the buzzer to pull the Vols within 33-19. It was Johnson's only points of the half as he missed his first six field-goal attempts.
The Volunteers were unable to build on that momentum in the second half.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Oregon St. |
|
Tennessee |
|
Roman Silva 16 |
Scoring |
Keon Johnson 14 |
|
Ethan Thompson 6 |
Assists |
Jaden Springer 3 |
|
Ethan Thompson 10 |
Rebounds |
Josiah-Jordan James 13 |
|
Gianni Hunt 3 |
Free Throws Made |
Yves Pons 4 |
|
Gianni Hunt 3 |
Steals |
Keon Johnson 3 |
|
Roman Silva 3 |
Blocks |
Josiah-Jordan James 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Oregon St.
|
70 |
48.2 |
10-21 |
6-10 |
20 |
40 |
6 |
5 |
15 |
| Tennessee
|
56 |
33.3 |
5-26 |
9-12 |
10 |
33 |
2 |
8 |
12 |
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