Vermont 71, Lamar 59: Freshman Four McGlynn came off the bench to score 18 points and pace the Catamounts in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

The 16th-seeded Catamounts (24-11) advance in the Mideast Regional to face No. 1 seed North Carolina on Friday in the second round.

McGlynn hit three 3-pointers for Vermont, which has won 15 of its last 16 games.

Vermont also got 11 points from Matt Glass and 10 from Sandro Carissimo, while Brian Voelkel had a game-high 12 rebounds and seven assists.

Lamar (23-12) had three players in double figures: Mike James and Devon Lamb with 16 and Anthony Miles with 14. Stan Brown had a game-high 13 rebounds.

Vermont took the lead for good with an 11-0 run midway in the first half that gave the Catamounts a 22-12 lead. Vermont led 30-21 at halftime and Lamar never got closer than seven points in the second half.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Vermont limited Lamar to 33.3 percent field goal shooting. ... Lamar outrebounded Vermont 40-34, but Vermont got more points in the paint 32-26. ... Vermont’s bench accounted for 35 points, 30 more than Lamar.