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AP Photo/Michael Conroy) - NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Carsen Edwards scored 29 points as Purdue advanced to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2000, needing overtime to beat Tennessee 99-94 Thursday night after blowing an 18-point lead.The third-seeded Boilermakers (26-9) will play either top-seeded Virginia or No. 12 seed Oregon on Saturday in the South Regional final for their first trip to the Final Four since 1980.Purdue is in a regional final for the fifth time, but first with coach Matt Painter, who had gotten the team to the round of 16 four times previously.The co-Big Ten champs needed a pair of free throws by Edwards with 1.7 seconds left in regulation to send the game to overtime after the star guard was fouled shooting a 3.Grant Williams’ dunk with 8.8 seconds left had Tennessee (31-6) on the verge of the Vols’ second Elite Eight berth all-time. But Edwards then was fouled by Lamonte’ Turner on a corner jumper. Purdue’s all-time leading scorer in the NCAA Tournament missed his first attempt, but tied it at 82.It was Tennessee’s second straight overtime game in this tournament. The Vols blew a 25-point lead to Iowa in the second round, but recovered to win it in OT. The last team to blow consecutive overtime games in the NCAA Tournament was Florida in 2011. The Gators beat BYU and lost to Butler.Matt Haarms hit a free throw to open overtime, and Purdue scored nine of the first 11 points.Ryan Cline finished with a career-high 27 points, shooting 7 for 10 from 3-point range, before fouling out in OT for Purdue. Haarms and Nojel Eastern each had 11.Williams and Admiral Schofield scored 21 apiece for Tennessee. Jordan Bowden had 16, Turner 15 and Jordan Bone 15.This was the third straight Sweet 16 berth for the Boilermakers, and their experience at this point showed compared to a Tennessee team with nobody around from the Vols’ last trip to a regional semifinal back in 2014. The Boilermakers led 40-28 at halftime as they outshot, outrebounded and outp...

Julia Mrochko led the Hazleton Area offense, going 3-for-3 with a solo homer in the fifth and three runs scored. Marissa Trivelpiece was 3-for-3 with two RBI. Julia Mooney also had two RBI.Caitlyn Katchur picked up the win in relief, pitching the final 2.2 innings.Hazleton Area outhit the Hornets 11-5.Elk Lake 12, GAR 1Erin Leonard had two doubles for GAR in its non-conference loss.Chloe Sromovski added a single and struck out eight.Wyoming Seminary 6, Crestwood 2Aubrey Mytych was 3-for-3 with a double and two runs scored for Seminary. Campbell Kelly had three RBI, while Akira Kopec added a home run.Cameron O’Neill had both of Crestwood’s hits, including a home run, and knocked in two runs.BASEBALLPittston Area 11, Wallenpaupack 6Hunter Ralston pitched six innings to get the win for Pittston Area and helped himself at the plate with a double and two RBI.John DeLucca was 2-for-3 with two runs scored. Andrew Krawczyk was 2-for-2 with an RBI. Riley Brody doubled and scored three times.Derrick Vosburg was 3-for-4 with a homer and three RBI for Wallenpaupack.GIRLS LACROSSEWyoming Seminary 16, Abington Heights 5Christina Kilyanek had six goals and Grace Parsons had four to pace Seminary. Both players added a pair of assists.Paige Parsons added three goals while Ashley Metz, Parker Callahan and Anna Mozeleski scored one each. Goalie Mia Rainer had five saves.Brennan Tates paced Abington Heights with five goals.Scranton Prep 12, Dallas 5Katie Malone and Christina DeNaples scored three goals each for Prep in its win over Dallas.Lauren Delamater scored two goals for Dallas. Christina Leu, Olivia Delevan and Harley Sabol had a goal apiece.BOYS VOLLEYBALLWyoming Valley West 3, Coughlin 0The Spartans won 25-18, 25-15, 25-14.Wyoming Valley West’s Pete Scholl had 11 kills, nine points, four aces and three blocks. Matt Giza added 22 assists, 13 points and five aces. Dave Luff had six kills and an ace.COLLEGESBASEBALLDeSales 11, Wilkes 4Visiting DeSales pounded out 15 hits and received a stella...

Luke Myers was 3 for 4 with an RBI. Trahjan Krupinski was 2 for 2 with three RBI. Colby Butczynski pitched two innings for the win.Wyoming Seminary 5, Crestwood 4Charlie Kutz led the Blue Knights in hits with two and Jakson Amend had two RBI.Mick Bufano and Derek Petrochko each had two hits for Crestwood. Stew Caladie and Matt Dean each had two of the Comets’ four RBI.Wyoming Seminary walked-off in the bottom of the seventh to defeat the Comets 5-4 in a non conference game.Dallas 5, North Pocono 2The Mountaineers and North Pocono looked to be a pitchers duel through the first three innings, but Dallas was able to chase North Pocono’s Ryan Deom from the game and to get to Peter Gutowski for five runs.Lucas McGeehan drove in two runs for the Mountaineers while going 1 for 3 and scoring a run.Alex Kapral spun a gem for Dallas, tossing all seven innings and holding the Trojans to just four hits and two runs, none of them earned.Berwick 12, West Scranton 1Henry Novicki was 3 for 5 with a homer, double and two RBI to pace Berwick.Shane Levan added two hits and two RBI. Kaleb Gearinger had three RBI.Sawyer Kemp struck out nine over five innings to pick up the win.Wyoming Area 13, Abington Heights 4Cole Coolbaugh struck out seven and helped himself at the play with two hits and four RBI.Ethan Elmes added two RBI for Wyoming Area, which had six hits and benefited from seven errors by the Comets.SOFTBALLBerwick 6, North Schuylkill 5Emily Novicki, Kelsey Caladie and Hannah Hess all hit home runs for Berwick in its non-conference win.Novicki pitched 3.2 innings of relief for the win.Wyoming Valley West 13, Western Wayne 3Katie DeCosmo, Sam Pepe and Aubrey Duesler all had two RBI as Valley West won in five innings.Julia Franks added three hits. Sara Hoskins struck out 10 in the complete-game win.Lake-Lehman 12, Nanticoke Area 9Lake-Lehman was led by Krista Scoblick and Hayley Evans, who each went 3 for 4. Krista Scoblick also added four runs while Evans drove in two runs. Corinna Scoblick c...