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Baylor’s Taurean Prince (21) attempts to steals the ball from West Virginia’s Devin Williams, left, during the second half in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Conference tournament Thursday in Kansas City, Mo.

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Mike Tobey and Evan Nolte each scored 11 points and No. 3 Virginia held on to beat Florida State 58-44 on Thursday in the Atlantic Coast Conference quarterfinals.

Malcolm Brodgon scored all 10 of his points in the second half for the top-seeded and defending tournament champion Cavaliers (29-2).

No. 2 Duke 77, N.C. State 53

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Quinn Cook scored 15 points and No. 2 Duke routed North Carolina State in an Atlantic Coast Conference quarterfinal.

Backup center Marshall Plumlee added a career-high 12 points on six dunks.

No. 13 Iowa State 69, Texas 67

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Monte Morris rose up and hit an 18-foot jumper at the buzzer, capping a 12-0 closing run that lifted No. 13 Iowa State to a victory over Texas in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 tournament.

No. 4 Villanova 84, Marquette 49

NEW YORK — Big East Sixth Man of the Year Josh Hart scored 20 points off the bench, and Villanova beat Marquette in the Big East quarterfinals.

Villanova will face fourth-seeded Providence in the semifinals.

No. 5 Arizona 73, California 51

LAS VEGAS — Stanley Johnson had 19 points and Brandon Ashley added 15, lifting Arizona past California in the Pac-12 quarterfinals.

Top-seeded Arizona (29-3) had trouble shaking the Bears in a rough first half before taking control with a run early in the second. The Wildcats will face the UCLA-Southern California winner.

No. 9 Kansas 64, TCU 59

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kelly Oubre Jr. scored a career-high 25 points, Landen Lucas added 13 and Kansas beat TCU in the Big 12 quarterfinals.

The Jayhawks will face No. 16 Baylor in the semifinals Friday night.

No. 19 North Carolina 70, No. 14 Louisville 60

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Brice Johnson scored 18 of his 22 points in the second half and North Carolina outlasted Louisville in the Atlantic Coast Conference quarterfinals.

Marcus Paige added 13 points for the fifth-seeded Tar Heels (23-10).

No. 16 Baylor 80, No. 18 West Virginia 70

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Taurean Prince scored 18 points, Royce O’Neale added 16 and Baylor pulled away to beat West Virginia in the Big 12 quarterfinals.

Rico Gathers added 14 points and eight rebounds for the fourth-seeded Bears (24-8).

No. 23 Georgetown 60, Creighton 55

NEW YORK — D’Vauntes Smith Rivera scored 25 points, including 12 of Georgetown’s final 14 of the game, and the 23rd-ranked Hoyas beat Creighton in the quarterfinals of the Big East Tournament.

No. 25 Boise State 80, Air Force 68

LAS VEGAS — Nick Duncan hit seven 3-pointers and scored 23 points to help Boise State beat Air Force in the Mountain West Conference quarterfinals.