Fullerton Reaches End of Road at Georgetown

Freshman Jeff Green dominated the paint with 18 points and six blocked shots, and Georgetown took advantage of an unusual home-court advantage to beat short-handed Cal State Fullerton, 74-57, Tuesday night and advance to the quarterfinals of the National Invitation Tournament.

Green scored eight of Georgetown’s first 13 points and essentially had his way against the Titans’ undersized frontcourt, making eight of 11 shots in 23 minutes before fouling out with 4:57 to play. Brandon Bowman made eight of 10 shots and scored 21 points for the Hoyas (19-12), who shot 55%.

Preparations for a circus made unavailable the Hoyas’ usual home, the MCI Center, so Georgetown held the game on its campus in front of a standing-room-only crowd of 2,604 in McDonough Gymnasium.

Bobby Brown scored 16 points, and Jamaal Brown had 14 points and 11 rebounds to lead Cal State Fullerton (21-11), which had only eight players available and listed five players out for the season because of injuries. Ralphy Holmes, the Big West’s leading scorer and rebounder, became the most recent casualty when he injured his knee in Friday’s victory at San Francisco.

The Titans finished with their first winning season in 12 years and had to play all three of their NIT games on the road, visiting seven airports in eight days. The game was on ESPN, making it Cal State Fullerton’s first nationally televised game in 15 years.

South Carolina 77, Nevada Las Vegas 66 -- Carlos Powell scored 15 points and Brandon Wallace had a career-best 13 to lead the Gamecocks (17-13) to a second-round victory over the Runnin’ Rebels (17-14) at Columbia, S.C.

South Carolina went on a 12-2 run in the middle of the first half to pull away, and the Rebels never recovered.

Nevada Las Vegas cut the lead to eight points with 3:03 left, but Wallace made a free throw and Powell drew an offensive foul on the Rebels’ next possession and the Gamecocks were never threatened again.

Romel Beck led UNLV with 21 points.