Nijel Pack scored 21 points and led a clutch comeback late to help the Miami Hurricanes rally to beat the Drake Bulldogs 63-56 in a Midwest Region first-round game of the NCAA Tournament on Friday night in Albany, N.Y.

The No. 5-seeded Hurricanes (26-7) advanced to the second round for the second consecutive season and will face either No. 4 seed Indiana or No. 13 seed Kent State on Sunday.

No. 12-seed Drake (27-8) came close to winning its first NCAA Tournament game since 1971 thanks to a tremendous effort from Darnell Brodie, who finished with 20 points and eight rebounds.

But the Hurricanes used a 16-1 run over the final 5 minutes and 40 seconds to close out the victory.

Miami turned up the defensive intensity with full-court pressure and did not allow Drake to convert a field goal during that final stretch.

The Hurricanes’ Norchad Omier was uncertain to play until just before tip-off after suffering a right ankle injury last week in an Atlantic Coast Conference tournament semifinal loss to Duke. Omier finished with 12 points and 14 rebounds and his three-point play put the Hurricanes ahead 47-46 with 8:21 left in the second half.

But then the Bulldogs put together a 9-0 surge