From 0-13 to NCAA Tournament, Texas Southern advances to play Xavier basketball in Nashville

DAYTON, Ohio -- Xavier basketball will face the unlikeliest of opponents in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

The Texas Southern University Tigers famously started the 2017-18 season 0-13, but on Wednesday night advanced from an NCAA Tournament First Four game and will now meet the top-seeded and 28-win Musketeers Friday at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.

The Mike Davis-coached Tigers (16-19 overall) defeated North Carolina Central, 64-46, to advance from their First Four game on the University of Dayton campus as the No. 16 seed for the NCAA Tournament's West Region.

The NCAA Tournament win was the first ever for Texas Southern.

Texas Southern sophomore guard Demontrae Jefferson, standing all of 5-foot-7, played big in the play-in game as he scored 25 points on 8 of 18 shooting.

Graduate guard Donte Clark went for 18 points on 5 of 16 shooting for the Tigers.
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