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 NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Their top scorer was in the locker room getting X-rays. The lead they'd been nursing was down to two points. And the other team's star player was finally rolling. If the Memphis Tigers were going to crack, this was the time — especially because they were facing a formidable opponent for the first time since before Christmas. John Calipari's bunch didn't budge. Not by a single point.
A deep, versatile Memphis club pulled together and shut out Nick Fazekas and Nevada over the final 6:17 Sunday, carrying the Tigers to a 78-62 victory in the second round of the NCAA tournament and bumping the nation's longest winning streak to 24 in a row.
"When our leading scorer goes down and we come together like that, for a coach, that gets pretty emotional," Calipari said. "You look at us play and we swarmed and ran and covered for each other. ... I've got a good bunch of guys that are trying to do something unique."
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