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Show MONDAY,MARCH212005 S T ATESMA N!S P O R T S MADNESS From Page 6 Kampus Korner Woodrose Forest Gate East Old Main Sue Ogrocki/The Associated Press OKLAHOMA STATE'S JOHN LUCAS, right, looks for a way to shoot over Southern Illinois' Randal Flaker in the second round of the NCAA tournament in Oklahoma City Sunday. View 23 points and nine rebounds. We Get You Closer Campus! Chicago Regional Oklahoma State 85, Southern Illinois 77 OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Ivan McFarlin scored a career-high 31 points to move Oklahoma State into the round of 16 in consecutive seasons for the first time since 199192. The second-seeded Cowboys (26-6) will play third-seeded Arizona (29-6) next weekend in a meeting of the two oldest coaches in the tournament. Arizona's Lute Olson is 70, and Eddie Sutton is 69Jamaal Tatum led the Salukis (27-8) with 22 points. Seventh-seeded Southern Illinois got within 72-68 on Tatum's 3-pointer, but JamesOn Curry answered with a 3-pointer of his own. Oklahoma State hit all eight of its free throws down the stretch and McFarlin' added a two-handed jam with 44.3 seconds left to keep his team ahead. Austin Regional Michigan State 72, Vermont 61 WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) - Maurice Ager scored 19 points and Paul Davis had 11 points and 14 rebounds to send Michigan State to the regional semifinals. Largely ignored during the Big Ten season while Illinois took over the top of the national rankings, Michigan State (24-6) found itself the sentimental second choice again in Worcester when the 13th-seeded Catamounts (25-7) beat Syracuse - the first NCAA win in Vermont history. The crowd was heavily tilted toward Vermont, and outgoing coach Tom Brennan's sense of humor won over many of the rest. But star Taylor Coppenrath went into a shooting slump - making 5-of-23 shots for 16 points. T. J. Sorrentine scored 26 points but made just 6 of 15 shots from 3-point range. Michigan State coach Tom Izzo moved to 21-6 in the tournament - a winning percentage second among active coaches to Duke's Mike Krzyzewski. Duke 63, Mississippi State 55 CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - With one of his most unlikely Duke teams, Mike Krzyzewski moved himself into the NCAA tournament record books and the Blue Devils into the round of 16. Daniel Ewing handled the offense and Shelden Williams took care of defense to lead the top-seeded Blue Devils to the win in the Elise Amendola/The Associated Press MICHIGAN STATE'S DREW NAYMICK (34) d u n b the ball over Vermont's Martin Klimes (20) and Taylor Coppenrath (22) Sunday in Massachusetts. second round of the Austin Regional. The win was a record 66th tournament victory for Coach K, moving him ahead of Dean Smith at the top of the list. It also sent Duke (27-5) into the regional semifinals for the eighth consecutive year, the longest current streak in the nation. The Blue Devils will play fifth-seeded Michigan State. 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