Salt Lake City ? Adam Morrison was teased, taunted and frustrated. So when Gonzaga finally grabbed control for good against Xavier, he let all that emotion out by slamming the ball against his head – three times.

With that out of system, he calmly made two free throws to seal Gonzaga’s 79-75 come-from-behind victory over Xavier on Thursday night in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

“That’s been Adam for a long time,” Gonzaga coach Mark Few said. “When he’s out there, special things happen, and intense things happen.”

The Bulldogs’ mustachioed, mop-topped star scored seven of his 35 points in the final two minutes, and third-seeded Gonzaga rallied to advance in the Oakland Regional.

J.P. Batista added 18 points and eight rebounds for the Zags (28-3), who won their 19th in a row and next will play Indiana.

Stanley Burrell led 14th-seeded Xavier (21-11) with 22 points.

Indiana 87, San Diego State 83

Salt Lake City – Outplayed on almost every level, this should have been it for Indiana coach Mike Davis.

The Hooisers (19-11) won despite letting 11th-seeded San Diego State (24-9) shoot 56 percent and despite getting outplayed by the Aztecs for 39-plus minutes.

Alabama 90, Marquette 85

San Diego – Jean Felix was nearly perfect in scoring a season-high 31 points for the Crimson Tide in a game that was delayed 70 minutes after bomb-sniffing dogs detected something suspicious at San Diego State’s arena.

Once order was restored, Felix made five three-pointers in the first 12 1â2 minutes to help the 10th-seeded Crimson Tide (18-12) take a 15-point lead.

Seventh-seeded Marquette (20-11) was eliminated in its first NCAA Tournament appearance since reaching the Final Four in 2003.

UCLA 78, Belmont 44

San Diego – Freshman Luc Richard Mbah a Moute scored a career-high 17 points, and UCLA routed the small Nashville school.

Ryan Hollins added 10 points for No. 2 seed UCLA (28-6).

Justin Hare, Boomer Herndon and Andrew Preston had six points each for Belmont (20-11).