ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- Marcus Johnson scored eight of his 16 points in overtime and hit the game winning shot with 32 seconds left as 8th-seeded Dayton held off 9th-seeded Saint Louis 63-62 in a first-round Atlantic 10 Tournament game Wednesday.
Mickey Perry added 11 points and Andres Sandoval had 10 points and five assists for the Flyers (21-9), who now face No. 10 -- and top-seeded -- Xavier in a quarterfinal game Thursday.
Dayton's leading scorer Brian Roberts, who came into the game averaging 19 points, was held to five, which tied his season-low.
Three St. Louis players combined to score all but six points of their team's points. Danny Brown had 24 points to lead the Billikens (16-15), while Tommie Liddell III added 21 and Kevin Lisch finished with 11. Full story
Saint Joseph's 80, Fordham 62
Pat Calathes had 23 points and seven rebounds and the Hawks used a 21-3 first-half run to break the game open en route to a win over the Rams.
Tasheed Carr shot 7-for-7 and had 16 points and seven assists for 5th-seeded St. Joseph's (19-11).
Calathes was 9-for-12 from the field and the Hawks shot 57 percent in posting their second win over the 12th-seeded Rams this season. Rob Ferguson added 12 points and Ahmad Nivins had 10 for St. Joe's, which led by as many as 29 points in the second half.
Bryant Dunston led Fordham (12-17) with 17 points, while Michael Binns had 15 points and seven rebounds and Marcus Stout added 13 points. It was the final game for all three seniors.
La Salle 82, Duquesne 79
Rodney Green hit a go-ahead free throw with 23.8 seconds to play and the Explorers rallied from a late seven-point deficit to win.
Darnell Harris hit a 27-foot 3-pointer to tie the game at 79 with under a minute to play, and Ruben Guillandeaux added two free throws with 13 seconds left as the seventh-seeded Explorers (15-16) survived a game-tying 3-point attempt by Gary Tucker.
Green scored 22 points and Harris had 21 for La Salle, which will play second-seeded Temple (18-12) in the quarterfinals on Thursday. The Owls crushed the Explorers 85-66 on Saturday.
Reggie Jackson had a career-high 29 points for 10th-seeded Duquesne (17-13), which had a 72-65 with less than six minutes to play.
Charlotte 75, Rhode Island 73
Michael Gerrity hit two free throws after a questionable foul call with less than a second to play and Charlotte rallied from a late five-point deficit to beat Rhode Island.
Leemire Goldwire hit three clutch late 3-pointers and scored 23 points as the sixth-seeded 49ers advanced to a quarterfinal against third-seeded Massachusetts (21-9) on Thursday night.
An'Juan Wilderness added 14 points, Charlie Coley had 11, including two big free throws to tie the game, and Gerrity finished with 10 in the game the officials made two big calls against Rhode Island in the final minute.
Jimmy Baron had 25 points to lead the Rams, who fell to 21-11 after losing for the eighth time in the last 10 games. Will Daniels had 15 points and 12 rebounds before fouling out with 37.7 seconds to play.
