NEW ORLEANS — 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.

Chris Douglas-Roberts had 16 points to lead Memphis (32-3), which is headed to San Antonio for a South Regional showdown Thursday against third-seeded Texas A&M.

Fazekas, the three-time Western Athletic Conference player of the year, missed his first six shots but finished 7-of-18 for 20 points with seven rebounds. Marcelus Kemp scored 18 and Denis Ikovlev had 11, going 3-of-4 on 3-pointers.

Already the leading scorer in school history, Fazekas, a senior, was trying to get Nevada (29-5) back to the second weekend of the tournament for the first time since he was a freshman. It also would’ve put two teams from the state into the final 16 as UNLV advanced earlier Sunday.

• Southern Cal 87, Texas 68

SPOKANE, Wash. — Texas star Kevin Durant’s season came to an unceremonious close at the hands of surprising Southern California.

Nick Young led the fifth-seeded Trojans (25-11) with 22 points in the runaway, which left Durant — the freshman front-runner for national player of the year — to decide whether to leave college for the NBA.

As he often has this season, Durant led everyone with 30 points and added nine rebounds for fourth-seeded Texas (25-10). Butmany times when he got the ball, the offense ground to a halt for the Longhorns, who fell behind by 17 early in the second half and never made a serious run.

• Oregon 75, Winthrop 61

SPOKANE, Wash. — So much for the little guys — the ones from Winthrop, at least. Meanwhile, Oregon still standing mighty tall in the NCAA tournament.

Diminutive but destructive Tajuan Porter, the shortest man on the floor at 5-foot-6, broke open a close game by making his first four shots of the second half Sunday, all from long range. That spurt, Aaron Brooks’ 22 points and a smothering defense led Oregon over the frazzled Eagles 75-61 and eliminated the last remaining double-digit seed from the tournament.

The third-seeded Ducks (28-7), who have won more games than any Oregon team since the 1944-45 squad won 30, will play seventh-seeded UNLV in the semifinals of the Midwest Regional in St. Louis.

• S. Illinois 63, Virginia Tech 48

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Compared to practice, sometimes Southern Illinois’ games are almost like a day off for the Salukis.

Driven by the tenacious defense instilled during those workouts — and three big 3-pointers by Jamaal Tatum — Southern Illinois pulled away from Virginia Tech in the second round of the West Regional.

Tatum, the Missouri Valley Conference player of the year, scored 21 points. The Salukis have won 15 of 16, and set a school record for victories in a season.

The Salukis (29-6) advance to meet Kansas in a regional semifinal on Thursday night in San Jose. Rest assured that neither team wants to face a team so dedicated to floor burns and physical play.

• Tennessee 77, Virginia 74

COLUMBUS, Ohio — JaJuan Smith led a second-half comeback, Chris Lofton made one free throw after another in the final seconds and the Volunteers held off Virginia.

Fifth-seeded Tennessee (24-10) reached the round of 16 for the first time since 2000 under second-year coach Bruce Pearl, who painted himself orange before a Lady Vols’ game last month to show some spirit.

Point guard Sean Singletary missed an open 3-pointer with 1 second left, then slumped and rested his forehead on the court in dismay as Virginia (21-11) watched its top two scorers come up empty at the end.

Tennessee will play No. 1 Ohio State in the South Regional on Thursday in San Antonio. The high-scoring Volunteers lost at Ohio State 68-66 in January, when 7-foot center Greg Oden was just finding his form.

• Florida 74, Purdue 67

NEW ORLEANS — Al Horford flexed his biceps and offered an imposing stare as he posed for television cameras. Florida’s most physical player had reason to show off a little bit.

Horford had 17 points and nine rebounds and helped the defending national champion withstand a game effort by plucky Purdue in the second round of the NCAA tournament.

Ninth-seeded Purdue (22-12) played just about how it wanted against the Gators — slowing down the tempo, rebounding well with a smaller lineup and keeping the game close much of the way.

The top-seeded Gators (31-5), trying to become the first team to repeat as champions since Duke in 1992, advanced to play fifth-seeded Butler in the Midwest Regional semifinals Friday in St. Louis.

• UNLV 74, Wisconsin 68

CHICAGO — Lon Kruger was beaming. Happy as a coach, proud as a dad. Thanks to a shooting surge by his son Kevin, the UNLV Runnin’ Rebels rallied for the school’s biggest win since the 1991 team made the Final Four.

Kevin Kruger shook off a shooting slump, connecting on three straight 3-pointers late in the second half  as UNLV beat second-seeded Wisconsin in the second round of the Midwest Regional.

Lon Kruger has no trouble acknowledging that winning is great, but watching your son play such an instrumental role makes it even better.

“When we needed baskets and Kev was getting the opportunity and not doing it, then that hurts perhaps a little more,” Lon Kruger said.

“You hurt for him and his mom. But when he does it, it’s a little extra special feeling for sure. I’m not going to deny that. We felt pretty good about all our guys, but he’s a little different, obviously.”

Kruger was shooting just 1-of-15 in the NCAAs — including 1-of-7 Sunday — when he found the range. He tied it with a 3, then hit another to give the Runnin’ Rebels the lead with just under six minutes left.

Seventh-seeded UNLV (30-6) led by 12 at the half, but Wisconsin rallied with 11 straight points. A 16-2 run gave the Badgers a five-point lead to the delight of their red-clad fans at the United Center.

But Kruger, who transferred from Arizona State to play his final season for his father, delivered. After his three 3-pointers, he was fouled on another long-range attempt and made all three free throws to make it 64-56 with a little more than three minutes left.

The Badgers (30-6) became the highest-seeded team to lose in the tournament, so far.

• Kansas 88, Kentucky 76

CHICAGO — Seeing “Kentucky” on the opponent’s jerseys was motivation enough for Brandon Rush.

Knowing Michael Jordan was watching made it a day to remember.

Rush was a career-best 6-of-7 from long range, including 4-for-4 in the second half as top-seeded Kansas romped in a matchup of two of the game’s most storied programs.

Rush finished with 19 points, and Julian Wright scored 15 of his 21 in the second half. The Jayhawks shot a blistering 64 percent in the final 20 minutes to pull away.