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BIG 5 PLAYERS WITH 30+ POINTS IN AN NCAA TOURNAMENT GAME
Pts. Player School Date Round Opponent Result 48 Hal Lear Temple March 23, 1956 National Third Place Southern Methodist W 90- 81 42 Jack Egan Saint Joseph’s March 25, 1961 National Third Place Utah (4 ot) W 127-120 40 Hal Lear Temple March 16, 1956 Regional Semifinal Connecticut W 65- 59 37 Keven McDonald Penn March 12, 1978 Second Round St. Bonaventure W 92- 83 37 Marvin O’Connor Saint Joseph’s March 17, 2001 Second Round Stanford L 83- 90 35 Howard Porter Villanova March 20, 1971 Regional Final Penn W 90- 47 35 Michael Brooks La Salle March 12, 1978 Second Round Villanova L 97-103 34 Wally Jones Villanova March 14, 1964 Regional Third Place Princeton W 74- 62 33 Randy Woods La Salle March 19, 1992 First Round Seton Hall L 76- 78 33 Jameer Nelson Saint Joseph’s March 18, 2004 First Round Liberty W 82- 63 32 Hal Lear Temple March 22, 1956 National Semifinal Iowa L 76- 83 32 Lionel Simmons La Salle March 15, 1990 First Round Southern Mississippi W 79- 63 32 Mark Macon Temple March 16, 1990 First Round St. John’s L 65- 81 32 Jameer Nelson Saint Joseph’s March 21, 2003 First Round Auburn (ot) L 63- 65 31 Jimmy Lynam Saint Joseph’s March 25, 1961 National Third Place Utah (4 ot) W 127-120 31 Hubie White Villanova March 16, 1962 Regional Semifinal New YorkUniversity W 79- 76 31 Hank Siemiontkowski Villanova March 25, 1971 National Semifinal Western Kentucky (ot) W 92- 89 31 Tony Price Penn March 24, 1979 National Third Place DePaul (ot) L 93- 96 31 Steve Black La Salle March 17, 1983 First Round VCU L 67- 76 31 Mark Macon Temple March 24, 1991 Regional Final North Carolina L 72- 75 31 Alvin Williams Villanova March 15, 1997 Second Round California L 68- 75 31 Khalif Wyatt Temple March 22, 2013 First Round North Caroina St. W 76- 72 31 Khalif Wyatt Temple March 24, 2013 Second Round Indiana L 52- 58 30 Paul Arizin Villanova March 21, 1949 Regional Semifinal Kentucky L 72- 85 30 Tom Gola La Salle March 12, 1955 Regional Final Canisius W 99- 64 30 Johnny Miller Temple March 16, 1995 First Round Cincinnati L 71- 77 30 Jerome Allen Penn March 16, 1995 First Round Alabama (ot) L 85- 91 30 Ugonna Onyekwe Penn March 21, 2003 First Round Oklahoma St. L 63- 77