Davidson advances as Curry scores 30

Stephen Curry looked tired. His soft, feathery shot was clanging off the rim. The slender, baby-faced sophomore seemed to be just another in a long line of stars bottled up by Georgetown’s ferocious defense.

Davidson’s run was certainly over. A good season was coming to a fitting end against one of college basketball’s elite programs.

Then, as quickly as Curry can get off a turnaround three-pointer, the Wildcats staged a comeback.

Curry scored 25 of his 30 points in the second half, and 10th-seeded Davidson rallied from a 17-point second-half deficit to stun No. 2-seeded Georgetown, 74-70, at Raleigh, N.C., on Sunday, sending the Wildcats to an improbable spot in the round of 16.

Davidson (28-6), which hadn’t won an NCAA tournament game in 39 years before Friday, will face No. 3-seeded Wisconsin in the Midwest Regional in Detroit.

“I’m numb right now,” Coach Bob McKillop said.

So is Georgetown (28-6), which was shooting 71% from the field early in the second half and had forced Curry to miss 10 of his first 12 shots.

It appeared the Hoyas were in total command in their quest to make the Final Four for the second straight year.

But despite 14 points from Jessie Sapp, 12 from Jonathan Wallace and 63% shooting, Georgetown was undone by 20 turnovers -- and Curry’s brilliance.

The son of former NBA sharpshooter Dell Curry and the player the big schools didn’t want took over, fueled by a partisan crowd only 160 miles from campus.

“I have confidence to shoot the ball every time I shoot it,” Curry said. “In the open court, that’s my game -- get my feet set and knock down shots. . . . When I start getting my shot going, it does feel good.”

As the final seconds ticked down, Curry jumped at midcourt, did a chest bump with a teammate and was mobbed by the rest of the team.

Villanova 84, Siena 72 -- Scottie Reynolds and Villanova gave Upset City its first sense of normalcy.

Reynolds scored 25 points and Corey Stokes had 20 as the 12th-seeded Wildcats beat tiny Siena, 84-72, to reach the round of 16 in the NCAA tournament for the third time in four years.

Villanova (22-12), one of the last teams picked for the tournament field, advanced to the Midwest Region semifinals in Detroit, where it’ll revert to an underdog role against top-seeded Kansas (33-3).

The tournament pod in Tampa had four lower-seeded teams win opening-round games for the first time in NCAA history. Villanova ended the streak, eliminating the 13th-seeded Saints (23-11) with a fast start and superior play.