SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Tosan Evbuomwan and Princeton used a late-game run to earn the school’s first NCAA Tournament win in 25 years, topping No. 2 seed Arizona 59-55. The 15th-seeded Tigers scored the final nine points to finish the upset, holding the Pac-12 Tournament champions scoreless over the final 4:21. Evbuomwan scored 15 points in Princeton’s first tournament victory since beating UNLV in 1998 when current coach Mitch Henderson was a player for the Tigers. Princeton advanced to play seventh-seeded Missouri in the second round of the South Region. The Tigers beat Utah State 76-65.

San Diego St. 63, COC 57

ORLANDO, Fla. — Matt Bradley scored 17 points, including two free throws in the final minute, and No. 5 seed San Diego State held on to beat 12th-seeded College of Charleston 63-57 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Aztecs won their first game in the Big Dance since 2015 and ended a four-game losing streak. The win snapped an 11-game skid for the Mountain West Conference. The Cougars lost for the first time in six weeks and have not won a tournament game since 1997. San Diego State advanced to face 13th-seeded Furman in the South Region at the Amway Center on Saturday.

Kansas 96, Howard 68

DES MOINES, Iowa — Jalen Wilson had 20 points and seven rebounds for No. 1 seed and defending national champion Kansas in a 96-68 victory over Howard. The Jayhawks allowed absent and recovering coach Bill Self to rest easy during the West Region first round game. Freshman Gradey Dick had 19 points and 11 rebounds in his first NCAA Tournament game with Self on the mend after a recent heart procedure. K.J. Adams Jr. scored 13 points and Dajuan Harris Jr. added 11 points for the Jayhawks. They will play the Arkansas-Illinois winner in the second round. Shy Odom had 15 points for Howard.

Alabama 96, Texas A&M CC 75

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Alabama buried Texas A&M-Corpus Christi under an early 3-point onslaught, launching the NCAA Tournament’s top seed to a 96-75 first-round romp even with star freshman Brandon Miller going scoreless. The Crimson Tide set aside the off-court distractions and buried 10 first-half 3s in a predictably easy win over the 16th-seeded Islanders at Legacy Arena, less than an hour from campus. It didn’t matter that the All-American Miller sat out the final 14 minutes and missed all five field goal attempts. Alabama faces Maryland on Saturday in the second round of the South Region.

Furman 68, Virginia 67

ORLANDO, Fla. — JP Pegues made a 3-pointer with 2.4 seconds remaining, and No. 13 seed Furman completed a rally from a 12-point second-half deficit to hand fourth-seeded Virginia another first-round NCAA Tournament loss, 68-67. Making their first trip to the NCAA Tournament in 43 years, the Paladins advanced to the second round in the South Region, where they will play either San Diego State or Charleston on Saturday. Kihei Clark threw a bad pass that Garrett Hien intercepted at midcourt with 7 seconds to go, setting up Pegues’ go-ahead basket. Virginia was eliminated in the first round as the higher-seeded team for the third time in its past four NCAA tournaments.

Arkansas 73, Illinois 63

DES MOINES, Iowa — Arkansas survived some anxious moments in the second half against an Illinois team that wouldn’t go away and held on to beat the Illini 73-63 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Devo Davis and Ricky Council IV scored 16 points apiece to lead the eighth-seeded Razorbacks, who used relentless defense and rebounding to build big leads but couldn’t get comfortable until the final minute. Arkansas moves to a second-round game Saturday against top-seeded Kansas in the South Region. Terrence Shannon Jr. had 20 points for the Illini. They lost in the first round for the first time in five tournament appearances since 2011.

Missouri 76, Utah State 65

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Missouri used a second-half scoring spurt from Kobe Brown to win its first NCAA Tournament game in 13 years, beating Utah State 76-65. Brown hit three 3-pointers in a span of just over three minutes to fuel a 13-2 run that turned a two-point deficit into a 62-53 lead. The seventh-seeded Tigers held on from there and ended a six-game tournament skid with their first win since beating Clemson in the first round in 2010. The 10th-seeded Aggies have dropped their last 10 tournament games since beating Ohio State in the first round in 2001.

Maryland 67, West Virginia 65

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Julian Reese and Maryland topped West Virginia 67-65 after Kedrian Johnson missed a final heave at the buzzer, sending the eighth-seeded Terrapins into the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Johnson led all scorers with 27 points but his potential winner bounced off the side of the rim as the horn sounded, allowing the 22-12 Terrapins to move on. Maryland was led by Reese with 17 points and nine rebounds. The Terps advance to face the winner of top-seeded Alabama and No. 16 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Saturday.