NEW ORLEANS — Their top scorer was in the locker room getting X-rays. The lead they'd been nursing was down to two points. And the other team's star player was finally rolling.

But a deep, versatile Memphis club pulled together and shut out Nick Fazekas and Nevada over the final 6:17 yesterday, carrying the Tigers to a 78-62 win in the second round of the NCAA tournament and bumping the nation's longest winning streak to 24.

"When our leading scorer goes down and we come together like that, for a coach, that gets pretty emotional," John Calipari said. "You look at us play and we swarmed and ran and covered for each other."

Chris Douglas-Roberts led Memphis (32-3) with 16 points, but missed the final 8:11 with a left ankle sprain described by Calipari as mild-to-moderate. The Tigers overcame it thanks to the play at both ends of the court from guys such as Jeremy Hunt, Antonio Anderson and Robert Dozier.

"We are a deep team," Anderson said. "When guys get their chance to play, they make the best of it."

Hunt scored 16 points, Anderson had 14 points and 10 rebounds, and Dozier had nine points, eight rebounds and most of the good defense on Fazekas.

Fazekas missed his first six shots but finished 7 of 18 for 20 points with seven rebounds to lead the Wolf Pack (29-5). Marcelus Kemp added 18 and Denis Ikovlev had 11.

The Wolf Pack were able to keep things close, partly because the Tigers missed lots of layups. Then Nevada started getting Fazekas the ball in better spots. When Douglas-Roberts went down, Nevada made its move, getting a 3 from Ikovlev and two free throws from Fazekas. Suddenly, Memphis' lead was 64-62.

But Nevada never scored again, missing its final seven shots.