Dola Adebayo and Jedy Cordilla each scored 22 points as Mount St. Mary’s defeated American University 83-72 in an NCAA Tournament matchup of No. 16 seeds at the First Four on Wednesday night.

The Mountaineers (23-12) earned a date with No. 1 seed Duke on Friday in an East Region game at Raleigh, North Carolina.

Geoff Sprouse led American (22-13) with 18 points on six 3-pointers off the bench. Elijah Stephens scored 12.

American leading scorer Matt Rogers injured his right knee four minutes into the game.

Both teams were shooting better than 60% and went a combined 8 of 19 from 3-point range through the first 10 minutes.

Dallas Hobbs beat the buzzer with a 3 to put Mount St. Mary’s ahead 48-38 at halftime. Hobbs finished with 17 points.

Mount St. Mary’s improved to 3-6 in the NCAA Tournament.

It was the 71st meeting between the Washington-area schools. American won the previous four matchups and leads the series 37-34.

Xavier 86, texas 80 >> Marcus Foster scored 22 points and Zach Freemantle added 15 while overcoming foul trouble as Xavier rallied past Texas in the First Four.

The Musketeers (22-11) erased a 13-point deficit in their biggest comeback win this season and advanced to play No. 6 seed Illinois on Friday night in a Midwest Region game at Milwaukee.

Tre Johnson led the Longhorns with 23 points in an NCAA Tournament matchup of No. 11 seeds.

Freemantle made two free throws to give Xavier an 82-79 lead with 1:09 left. Johnson missed a fadeaway jumper, and Dailyn Swain’s putback of Freemantle’s missed 3-pointer extended the margin to five. Freemantle’s dunk sealed the win.

The Longhorns (19-16) took advantage of early foul trouble for Xavier and got to the rim at will in the first half, scoring 26 of 47 points in the paint.

Women’s tournament

Iowa State 68, princeton 63 >> Audi Crooks scored 12 of her 27 points in the fourth quarter, Addy Brown added 22 points and Iowa State rallied from a 15-point second-half deficit then held Princeton at arm’s length for the remainder of the opening game of the NCAA Tournament.

The First Four victory in the matchup of 11-seeds advances the Cyclones (23-11) to a matchup with sixth-seed Michigan on Friday.

The win was No. 800 for coach Bill Fennelly, third-most in women’s basketball among active coaches.

Crooks, named to The Associated Press All-America third team released Wednesday, dominated the paint where the Cyclones outscored the Tigers 46-28, making 12 of 21 shots. Brown was 9 of 16 with eight assists and seven rebounds. Emily Ryan had six assists in tying the Big 12 career record with 988, matching Niya Johnson’s total from 2013-16 with Baylor.

Fadima Tall scored 19 points, for Princeton (21-8), which, like Iowa State, was making its sixth straight tournament appearance.

After three quarters of big runs, the scoring went back and forth in the final period with the Cyclones’ lead varying between seven and four.

When Belker’s 3-point try spun out of the basket with about nine seconds left, Crooks secured the rebound and the win.

southern 68, UC-San Diego 56 >> Soniyah Reed came off the bench to score 24 points as Southern defeated UC-San Diego for a NCAA Tournament First Four win.

The 16th-seeded Jaguars (21-14) won for the first time in seven tournament appearances and go up against overall No. 1 seed UCLA in the round of 64 on Friday.

Reed, who came in averaging under 11 points a game, made 8 of 10 shots including three 3-pointers.

Sumayah Sugapong led UCSD (20-16) with 19 points.