In a recreation that appeared too unbelievable to be true, the Houston Cougars stored their season alive and superior within the NCAA Match, beating Texas A&M 100-95 in extra time.
Houston had a 12-point lead with two minutes left, earlier than chaos ensued in varied kinds. The Aggies could not miss, Houston missed free throws and turned the ball over, and Andersson Garcia hit an unimaginable buzzer-beater to power OT.
The Cougars noticed almost their whole beginning lineup foul out by the top of the sport. 4 of the Cougars’ 5 starters ended the sport on the bench, and the fifth participant was one away from becoming a member of them. One other extra time interval may have been the top of their run, however Houston held on to perform one thing that hadn’t been performed since 1987.
The Aggies ended up taking pictures a whopping 45 free throws, in comparison with Houston’s 30. Texas A&M struggled from the road, although, solely making 29 of their 45.
Ryan Elvin steps up for Houston
In extra time, All-American Jamal Shead fouled out, forcing walk-on Ryan Elvin into the sport to take the inbounds cross and shoot simply his fifth and sixth free throws of the season.
Elvin missed the primary, however hit the second. Houston acquired a cease on the subsequent possession up by 4 with 17 seconds left, then noticed the sport out to win by 5.
It was one of many extra dramatic faculty basketball video games of the 12 months, and considerably much like the Oregon vs Creighton recreation from Saturday evening, which was a rollercoaster.
Houston will now face Duke within the Candy 16, on Friday evening following the conclusion of NC State vs Marquette.
