Saint Mary's, NC A&T Move on From NCAA First Four Saint Mary's had a big concern coming into the NCAA tournament's First Four. Its career scoring leader suddenly couldn't hit a shot. Matthew Dellavedova hit his first two from behind the arc Tuesday night, and the tournament got its first big night by a dominant guard. The Australian star emerged from his slump and scored 22 points for a 67-54 victory over Middle Tennessee in the tournament's second game. The 11th-seeded Gaels (28-6) make a quick trip to Auburn Hills, Mich., to play sixth-seeded Memphis on Thursday. They've got a lot of confidence with their point guard back in the flow. "Memphis - pretty much the same game plan," coach Randy Bennett said. In the opening game, substitute guard Jeremy Underwood tripled his average with 19 points and North Carolina A&T survived a last-second scare for a 73-72 win over Liberty, which ended the season with 21 losses. The Aggies (20-16) will play overall No. 1 seed Louisville in Lexington, Ky., on Thursday night after getting their first NCAA tournament win after nine losses. Of course, a 16th seed has never beaten a No. "That's just a statistic," said Austin Witter, who made the clinching defensive play. We're still going to go out there and play hard, play our game, and no matter what, we're going to try to get the win. St. Mary's guard Matthew Dellavedova (4) is hugged by Kyle Rowley, right, as he leaves the game against Middle Tennessee in a first round match-up of the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Tuesday, March 19, 2013, in Dayton, Ohio. Dellavedova led St. Mary's to a 67-54 win with 22 points. Coming into the game, Dellavedova had missed 17 of his last 18 shots from behind the arc. He made his first one on Tuesday, then another less than a minute later. The opening game came down to one final play that went North Carolina A&T's way. Liberty (15-21), only the second 20-loss team to make the NCAA tournament, had a chance when John Caleb Sanders drove the lane and tried to make a layup over Witter's outstretched arm in the closing seconds. The ball went harmlessly off the backboard. "I believe I got a little piece of it, but I'm not really sure," Witter said. I think I did just enough to get it off. Sanders was trying to draw a foul as much as make the frantic shot. Asked if there was contact on the play, he hesitated and then said, "I don't know. It's hard to tell when you're in the midst of a game. They didn't call it. So it wasn't a foul. The Aggies' late-season run helped them avoid the school's 16th consecutive losing season. "We told the players don't worry about Louisville tonight," first-year Aggies coach Cy Alexander said. We'll let them worry about Louisville when we get to Lexington tomorrow. Davon Marshall had 22 points and Sanders 21 for Liberty, which lost its first eight games of the season and was 10-20 on March 1 before winning its last five games, including the Big South tournament championship. "I've been around college basketball since 1976, as a player and a coach, and I've never experienced a year like this," coach Dale Layer said. The depths of this year were the most in those 37 years. And when guys overcome what they have overcome as 18- to 20-year-old kids - wow, I'll take that. AP Sports Writer Rusty Miller in Dayton contributed to this report.