SAN DIEGO (AP) — Jon Elmore scored 27 points and Jarrod West hit a huge 3-pointer with three minutes left to help No. 13 seed Marshall topple fourth-seeded Wichita State 81-75 Friday in the East Region.

The Thundering Herd (25-10) also got big shots down the stretch from Ajdin Penava and C.J. Burks to win in its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1987. Marshall plays the Murray State-West Virginia winner in the next round.

Wichita State (25-8) got 27 points from Conner Frankamp and seemed to be in control midway through the second half, but the Thundering Herd refused to fade despite its lack of NCAA tourney experience.

After Frankamp’s long jumper gave the Shockers a 70-69 lead with just less than 5 minutes to go, Penava made a layup. The next time down the floor, West buried a long 3 and raised his right hand in celebration after giving the Thundering Herd a 74-70 lead.

Shaquille Morris responded with a slam dunk for the Shockers before the 6-foot-9 Penava made another layup and Burks had a steal and a layup to give Marshall a six-point lead.

Frankamp hit a 3 with 44.1 seconds left before Marshall benefited from a critical call. With 36.2 seconds left, Zach Brown of Wichita State blocked a shot by Jannson Williams and the ball went out of bounds. After a long video review, the referees awarded the ball to Marshall, and Penava had a slam dunk off an inbounds pass.

Wichita State blew several chances to pull any closer. Landry Shamet missed the front end of a one-and-one with 28.9 seconds and the Shockers then missed two 3-point attempts in the next 12 seconds before turning the ball over.

Penava scored16 points, Burks 13 and Williams 10. Morris had 12 for the Shockers and Shamet 11.

Elmore scored nine straight points midway through the second half, including two 3-pointers, to help Marshall keep pace after it allowed the Shockers to go on a 15-1 run spanning halftime.

Frankamp responded with 3s on consecutive possessions for Wichita State

BIG PICTURE

Marshall led for most of the first half, twice taking a seven-point lead, before Wichita State went on an 11-1 run to take a 37-34 halftime lead. The Thundering Herd played for the final shot of the half but Elmore was whistled for a foul with 9.2 seconds left. Willis missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer.

Wichita State outrebounded the Thundering Herd 44-30, with Rashard Kelly grabbing 12. But the Shockers also committed 15 turnovers, which led to 27 points for Marshall.

UP NEXT

Marshall advances to face the winner of the Murray State-West Virginia game.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — No. 1 seed Kansas (28-7) vs. No. 8 Seton Hall (22-11)

Second round, Midwest Region; Wichita, Kansas, Saturday, 7:10 p.m. EDT.

BOTTOM LINE: The Jayhawks try to remain unbeaten in NCAA Tournament games in Wichita, improving to 5-0 with their opening-round win over Penn. They’ll have to beat the Pirates, who finally broke through for an NCAA win when they topped North Carolina State on Thursday.

THE DOPE ON DOKE: Kansas hopes 7-foot center Udoka Azubuike can play meaningful minutes against the physical Pirates. After spraining a ligament in his left knee last week, and missing the entire Big 12 Tournament, he played only three minutes — all in the first half — against the Quakers.

DEPTH CHARGE: Seton Hall goes nine- and sometimes 10-deep on its bench, while the Jayhawks rarely play more than eight. And with Azubuike’s health in question, it could be just seven.

STAR WATCH: Devonte Graham scored 29 points against Penn, the most for the Jayhawks in an NCAA Tournament game since Sherron Collins scored 32 in a first-round win over North Dakota State in 2009.

DID YOU KNOW: Seton Hall is seeking its first Sweet 16 appearance since 2000, but it will take a program-first to get there. The Pirates are 0-4 against No. 1 seeds, losing by at least 12 each time.

SAN DIEGO (AP) – No. 4 seed Wichita State (25-7) vs. No. 13 seed Marshall (24-10)

First round, East Region; San Diego, Friday, approximately 1:30 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: The Shockers are making their seventh straight NCAA Tournament appearance and 15th overall. They reached the Final Four five seasons ago. The Thundering Herd is making its first appearance since 1987.

NOT SHOCKING: Behind seniors Shaquille Morris and Landry Shamet, Wichita State secured its ninth straight 25-win season with a quarterfinal victory in its American Athletic Conference Tournament debut. The Shockers then lost to Houston.

IN SAN DIEGO: WSU is 2-2 all-time in San Diego, including an 83-69 loss to Kawhi Leonard and the San Diego State Aztecs at Viejas Arena on Dec. 4, 2010. Before that, their only other visit came in the first month of their first season under Hall of Fame coach Ralph Miller in December 1951. During a three-day stop as part of a barnstorming tour of the Southwest, they beat the Aztecs twice before losing to a team from the San Diego Naval Training Center.

CONNECTIONS: Marshall coach Dan D’Antoni is the older brother of Houston Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni. Before he got the Marshall job, Dan was an assistant under his brother at various stops in the NBA. Not surprisingly, the Thundering Herd runs a lot of NBA plays, which the players say makes them the most fun team in the nation.

THEY SAID IT: “You look at a team like Wichita, veterans, they have that program history where they come in every year and expect to make that run in the tournament,” Marshall guard Jon Elmore said. “So that’s a team that you can kind of look up to in a way, going through the year and as you raise your program. Now we’re to the point where we want to beat teams like that. Wichita is a class act. You never hear anything bad. You only hear how good they are and how great their players are.”

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) – Devonte Graham ignited sluggish Kansas midway through the first half, pouring in 29 points and lifting the top-seeded Jayhawks to a tough, grind-it-out 76-60 victory over No. 16 Pennsylvania in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday.

Lagerald Vick added 14 points for the Jayhawks (28-7), who trailed the Ivy League champs by 10 in the early stages before going on a 19-2 run late in the first half to take control.

Graham, perhaps atoning for a miserable performance in last year’s tournament loss to Oregon, also had six rebounds and six assists as the Jayhawks cruised into a second-round matchup with eighth-seeded Seton Hall or No. 9 seed North Carolina State in the loaded Midwest Region.

A.J. Brodeur had 14 points to lead the Quakers (24-9), but he was just 6 of 16 from the field and committed five turnovers. He was also 1 of 5 from the foul line, where Penn was 5 of 14 as a team.

The Jayhawks played most of the way without 7-footer Udoka Azubuike, who hurt a ligament in his left knee in practice last week. The sophomore center three minutes, all in the first half, and clearly struggled to move around while wearing a bulky brace on his leg.

Malik Newman, the MVP of last week’s Big 12 Tournament, and Svi Mykhailiuk also scored 10 points apiece for Kansas, which won its 12th consecutive NCAA opener.

For much of the way, the improbable seemed entirely possible.

Trying to succeed where 132 other No. 16 seeds had failed, the Quakers raced to a 21-11 lead with about 7 minutes left in the first half. They leaned on their stingy perimeter defense to limit the hot-shooting Jayhawks’ 3-point barrage, and their pick-and-roll offense was humming.

It took the Big 12 player of the year to restore some order.

Graham picked the pocket of Caleb Wood on defense, trailed a fast-break play and was there to lay in Mykhailiuk’s missed layup, trigging what would become a 19-2 run over the next six minutes.

Graham added back-to-back baskets, using his speed and crossover to get to the rim, then knocked down a pair of 3s later in the run. Graham capped his 19-point first-half barrage by drawing a foul as the Quakers were attempted to give a foul away, then hitting all three foul shots.

That gave the Big 12 champions a 33-26 lead heading into the locker room.

Penn hung around until midway through the second half, when the bigger, stronger Jayhawks began to assert control. Their veteran backcourt did most of the work, slowly drawing away down the stretch.

BIG PICTURE

Pennsylvania was one of the top 3-point defenders in the nation, and the Jayhawks missed eight of their first nine attempts. But Kansas still went 7 of 17 for the game, and each of those 3s seemed to come whenever Penn was threatening to make a run.

Kansas only got four points from its bench, a big concern going forward. The Jayhawks have used a short lineup all season, made even shorter by Azubuike’s absence. But teams with little depth tend to wear down in the later rounds of the NCAA Tournament.

UP NEXT

Pennsylvania is headed for the offseason while the Jayhawks, who made their first appearance in Wichita since 1992, await the Seton Hall-North Carolina State winner on Saturday.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – No. 8 seed Creighton (21-11) vs. No. 9 seed Kansas State (22-11)

First round, South Region; Charlotte, North Carolina, Friday approximately 6:50 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: Creighton is in the big dance for the second straight season and the fifth time in the last seven seasons, but has not reached the Sweet 16 since 1974. Kansas State won their First Four game against Wake Forest last year before losing to sixth-seeded Cincinnati in the first round.

FOSTER’S RETURN: The big story line will be Creighton’s Marcus Foster, who was dismissed from Kansas State after two years with the team, facing his former squad. Foster transferred to Creighton and is averaging 20.3 points per game for the Bluejays. Expect him to be motivated to beat coach Bruce Weber, who ended Foster’s tenure at K-State.

RETURNING FROM INJURIES: Kansas State all-conference guard Barry Brown and Dean Wade will play Friday after injuries limited their playing time in the Big 12 Tournament. Brown played less than two minutes of a semifinal loss to Kansas after getting poked, while Wade turned his ankle in the quarterfinals and didn’t play at all.

ONE TO WATCH: Wildcats shooting guard Makol Mawien had 29 points against Kansas, hitting mid-range jumpers from all over the floor.

COMING HOME: This will be a homecoming for Creighton’s Davion Mintz and Tyshawn Alexander, who both grew up in Charlotte. Mintz played here locally at North Mecklenburg High, while Alexander started his prep career in the area before transferring to Oak Hill in Virginia.

THEY SAID IT: “I don’t think he was too happy about it. I think he’s really going to enjoy the moment when it comes. Probably some revenge. We’ll see.” – Mintz on Foster playing his former school, Kansas State.