The infantry beat one of the NCAA's biggest guns. Princeton extended the coaching career of Pete Carril at least one game by scoring the game's final nine points to oust defending champion UCLA 43-41 in the NCAA Southeast Regional on Thursday night.

"I equate coaching basketball with the infantry. I have been in the infantry for 43 years," said Carill, who announced his decision to retire at the conclusion of the season after Princeton won a Ivy League playoff on Saturday to qualify for the NCAA tournament.UCLA (23-8) was just the latest in a lengthy list of teams to become victimized or nearly victimized by the deliberate style that Carril has made a trademark of the Tigers.

Princeton scored the winning basket on Gabe Lewullis' backdoor layup with 3.9 seconds left and advanced when the Bruins were unable to score on their final possession.

Princeton wound up with the lowest winning point total in the tournament since the NCAA adopted the shot clock in 1985.

"The first time I went back door on (Charles) O'Bannon, and he played me pretty well, so on the second time, I went out to the 3-point line, came in, and got by him," Lewullis said.

Princeton trailed 41-34 before it tied the game at 41 with 2:58 left. The Bruins then missed several scoring opportunities. Cameron Dollar missed two free throws after an intentional foul with 1:02 left. And with about 30 seconds left, UCLA's Kris Johnson missed a layup.

Sydney Johnson finished with 11 points for Princeton, and Lewullis added 10. Toby Bailey led the Bruins with 13. It was the first time a defending champion lost in the first round since Richmond beat Indiana 72-69 in 1988. Both teams shot poorly: Princeton 37 percent and UCLA 39 percent.

Princeton held the Bruins to 20 points less than than their previous season-low of 61. The Bruins scored the game's first seven points and the Tigers went scoreless until Mitch Henderson drilled a 3-pointer with 15:01 left.

Also at the RCA Dome on Thursday, Earl Boykins is listed at 5-foot-7 by Eastern Michigan. The sophomore guard looked a lot bigger in delivering a knockout blow to eighth-seeded Duke, which lost to No. 9 Eastern Michigan 75-60.

Eastern Michigan (25-5) plays top-seeded Connecticut (31-2) in one of Saturday's second-round games. The Huskies beat 16th-seeded Colgate 68-59 in the opening game of the regional.

Fifth-seeded Mississippi State (18-13) meets 13th-seeded Princeton (22-6) in the other game. Mississippi State defeated Virginia Commonweath 58-51 despite shooting 41 percent and having 20 turnovers.

Earlier, Boykins tormented the Blue Devils with 23 points, four steals and five assists.

Duke's loss was its first in the opening round of the tournament since 1955 as the two-time NCAA champions shot 40 percent and had 17 turnovers.

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Boykins' backcourt mate, Brian Tolbert, said it took a while for the Mid-American Conference team to get started.

Tolbert and Boykins are both expecting Connecticut to press them and relish the challenge.

Connecticut may have to wait until Saturday to learn if it will have reserve guard Ricky Moore available to play. Moore reinjured his right shoulder and coach Jim Calhoun was uncertain if he'd be able to play on Saturday.

Colgate managed to stay close until the Huskies put together a 15-0 streak that produced a 31-14 lead.

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