More tournament basketball Wednesday’s scores

NIT

Georgia 93, Belmont 84

ATHENS, GA.

Yante Maten scored a career-high 33 points and Charles Mann added 23 points to help Georgia beat Belmont in the first round of the NIT. The Bulldogs (20-13) have won six of their last seven and will visit Saint Mary’s on Sunday. Belmont pulled as close as two on Craig Bradshaw’s two free throws late in the second half and trailed by three on Taylor Barnette’s 3 with 3:38 remaining. But J.J. Frazier followed with a straightway 3 at the 1:47 mark and hit eight consecutive free throws in the final minute to put the game away.

Wagner 79, St. Bonaventure 75

SAINT BONAVENTURE, N.Y.

Romone Saunders scored 21 points with four 3-pointers and eighth-seeded Wagner upset No. 1 seed St. Bonaventure in an opening-round NIT game. After trailing by as many as 16 in the second half, St. Bonaventure went on a 9-2 run to pull to 62-53 — cutting the margin to single digits for the first time since 19-10. The Bonnies got within two before Saunders sank a 3-pointer from the wing for a 74-69 lead with 1:45 left. Neither team scored again until JoJo Cooper hit two free throws with 12.6 seconds left to extend the Seahawks’ lead to 76-69.

Monmouth 90, Bucknell 80

WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J.

Justin Robinson scored 23 points and Monmouth, snubbed by the NCAA Tournament, opened the NIT with a victory over Bucknell. Collin Stewart added 16 points and Deon Jones 15 for the No. 1-seeded Hawks, who hit 11 of 27 from the arc and will host George Washington on Monday. Monmouth (28-7), the regular-season champion of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference that had victories over USC, Notre Dame and UCLA, was left out of the NCAAs after losing to Iona in the MAAC title game.

Virginia Tech 86, Princeton 81 OT

BLACKSBURG, VA.

Zach LeDay had a career-high 29 points and 11 rebounds and Virginia Tech beat Princeton in overtime for the Hokies’ first postseason victory since 2011. Seth Allen made two free throws for Virginia Tech with 32.3 seconds left in regulation to tie it at 68-all. Princeton called a timeout with 16.7 seconds left to set up a final play. Devin Cannady missed a long 3-pointer and Alec Brennan’s tip-in was off the mark at the buzzer.

George Washington 82, Hofstra 80

WASHINGTON

Alex Mitola’s 12-foot runner with four seconds remaining gave George Washington an 82-80 win over Hofstra in a first-round NIT game on Wednesday night. The Colonials will play at Monmouth, a No. 1 seed, on Monday. Mitola’s 3-pointer, his first points after missing seven shots, gave George Washington an 80-71 lead with 2:38 to go. Hofstra rallied to knot the game at 80 — the first tie since it was 31-all in the first half — on Juan’ya Green’s drive with 13 seconds left. Mitola then made his game-winner before a desperation shot by Hofstra.

Associated Press