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Dwight Buycks scored a game-high 23 points to lead the Golden Eagles Alumni to a 82-71 victory over Armored Athlete in the Super 16 of The Basketball Tournament on Friday night in Philadelphia.

The Golden Eagles Alumni trailed by a point at halftime but maintained a lead for much of the second half. They clinched the victory with less than a minute to go when Darius Johnson-Odom, who had 15 points on the night, canned a corner three-pointer to give his team a seven-point advantage.

Jamil Wilson and Davante' Gardner joined DJO is provided a major spark off the bench. Wilson, a 6-foot-7 forward, scored 18 points and Gardner, a 6-foot-8 forward, added 15 on 5 for 7 shooting in his first game with Golden Eagles Alumni after sitting out the first two games of the tournament due to a contract issue with his professional team.

Wilson, Gardner and DJO combined for 48 of Golden Eagles Alumni's 50 bench points in the win. Will Sheehey, who played college basketball at Indiana, led Armored athlete with 20 points.

Friday's victory catapulted the Marquette alums into the quarterfinals of the $2 million winner-take-all tournament, where they will play the winner of Always a Brave, a team made up of Bradley alumni, at 7 p.m. Saturday on ESPN2.