San Diego State 72, Colorado State 71
D.J. Gay sank two free throws with 23 seconds left and Travis Busch missed a desperation runner at the buzzer as San Diego State edged Colorado State.

The fourth-seeded Aztecs (23-8) will face top-seeded and eighth-ranked New Mexico (29-3) in the semifinals Friday night. The Lobos a scare from Air Force 65-59.

Gay was fouled by Travis Franklin with 23 seconds left and sank both to put San Diego State on top 72-71. The Rams (16-15) called a timeout with 18 seconds remaining to set up their final play. However, Dorian Green threw the ball away under the basket with 6.7 seconds left.

After San Diego State guard Chase Tapley missed the front end of a 1-and-1 with 5 seconds left, Franklin rebounded and got the ball to Busch, whose off-balance shot misfired as the buzzer sounded.

UNLV 73, Utah 61
Freshman guard Anthony Marshall led UNLV with 13 points and a season-best 12 rebounds and the Runnin’ Rebels avenged Utah’s regular-season sweep.

Tre’Von Willis also scored 13 points for the third-seeded Runnin’ Rebels (24-7), who will face 14th-ranked BYU in the semifinals Friday night. The second-seeded Cougars (29-4) defeated TCU.

Utah (14-17) trailed just 29-25 at halftime after consecutive 3-pointers by Luka Drca, Marshall Henderson and Chris Hines in the closing minutes.

But the Utes didn’t bring that momentum out of the locker room.

UNLV used a 10-0 run to take a 41-30 lead in the opening minutes of the second half.

The Utes swept the Runnin’ Rebels during conference play, winning 73-69 in Las Vegas in January and 66-61 in Salt Lake City last month. It was Utah’s first sweep of UNLV in five years.

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