Hilliard's bucket and Pinkston's putback gave Villanova a 44-42 lead, its first since it was 4-3.
UConn pulled to 24-22 on a putback by Dolson with 4:52 left in the half.
Brittany Wilson had a putback and Olivia Applewhite a layup to make it a nine-point advantage.
Fitzpatrick's putback just before the buzzer sent South Florida to the locker room with a 20-17 advantage.
He had a putback layup and a fast-break dunk during a 17-3 spurt that put the game away.
Thomas' putback basket with 4:07 left cut the lead to 60-52, the smallest margin since 7 minutes remained in the first half.
The Buckeyes pushed the lead to six points at the start of the second half, but Melvin Ejim's putback cut it to 52-51.
The freshman guard stroked a 3-pointer and a pull-up jumper during a 22-6 run that included him sneaking underneath for a nifty putback.
But he missed the first, and the Trailblazers were unable to come up with a putback in the scramble after his intentional miss of the second.
Jemerigbe hit a 3-pointer with 2:48 left in overtime to give California a 59-55 lead and Clarendon later added a rebound putback for a 61-55 advantage with 1:26 remaining.
Griner, who had averaged 33 points in Baylor's first two games in the tournament, didn't make a basket until she converted a putback with 15:20 left in the second half.
After missing his first three shots badly, he finally got on the board with a muscular move inside on a putback with 7:36 left to push the lead to 56-51.
With Anthony out, Woodson needed every second he could get out of Stoudemire, who powered inside for a critical putback with 39.5 seconds left to put the Knicks ahead 99-95.
After Simone Egwu's putback for Virginia, Williams and Alexis Jones scored inside for Duke and the Blue Devils were on their way to their 28th consecutive road victory against an unranked opponent.
Houston eventually settled in and charged back with a 13-2 push spanning the break between the first two quarters, with Chandler Parsons providing the final five points on a two-handed putback jam and a 3-pointer.
This time, David West made 1 of 2 free throws, Stephenson knocked down a 19-footer, Hibbert scored on a putback and then completed a three-point play to end the 7-0 run that gave Indiana a 94-89 lead with 90 seconds left.
Triche scored on a driving layup to start the extra session, Keita put the Orange up by four with a putback and they held on from there thanks in part to an emphatic, soaring dunk by Fair over multiple outstretched arms.
New Orleans was still down by 18 early in the third quarter, but later used an 8-0 run ignited by Robin Lopez's putback and Anthony Davis' layup to get as close as 66-59 in the period, and trailed only 73-65 heading into the final quarter after Jason Smith's fast-break layup in the final second.
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