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South Fla works over Cal 65-54 in NCAA tourney
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) Ugly, ugly, ugly. Just the way South Florida likes it.
The Bulls introduced the NCAA tournament to the Big East's nastiest defense Wednesday night, putting more than just a chill into a California team that had never seen anything like it. The Bulls allowed only 13 points in the first half and brushed their way to a 65-54 victory.
South Florida (21-13) will play No. 5 seed Temple in Nashville on Friday, a matchup of teams known for gritty defense. Few have been better than this one for the first 20 minutes on the NCAA stage.
The Bulls swarmed `em, bumped em' and swatted their shots away - those that weren't air balls, that is.
California (24-10) didn't score over the last 8:55 of the first half, missing 10 shots and turning it over twice while South Florida pulled ahead 36-13.
Guard Jorge Gutierrez, the Pac-12 player of the year, was held to 10 points on 4-of-10 shooting.
It wasn't all defense that got it done for South Florida. Freshman point guard Anthony Collins, a thin-built player with a youthful face that reminds coach Stan Heath of a 12-year-old kid, played like a star in his first NCAA tournament game, scoring 12 points. Victor Rudd had 15 points
The Golden Bears won't soon forget the way they got worked over. They must have felt as if there were six Bulls on the floor at times playing defense.
No, only five. The refs counted.
The Bulls set a Big East record by giving up only 56.9 points per game this season. Their problem: They score about as many points as they give up. South Florida didn't have a player average in double figures for the season.
Realizing he didn't have many scoring options, Heath instituted the defense-first, defense-last philosophy that got them to their first NCAA tournament appearance in 20 years and, now, their first win. The Bulls came in 0-2 in the tournament.
Other teams exult when one of their players hits a big basket. The Bulls cheer from the bench as the other team passes the ball around helplessly and hopelessly.
They were cheering their defense from the opening tip.
The first time down the court, Gutierrez forced a running shot that was too hard, a taste of the misery ahead. California missed its first five shots and eight of its first nine, helping South Florida pull ahead 15-3.
Collins made a driving layup, a floater, a 15-foot pull-up jumper and a layup off his steal during the opening run, getting South Florida's unpredictable offense moving.
The Golden Bears readily acknowledged that they hadn't played anything quite like the Bulls' defense. With four players averaging in double figures, their best chance was to spread the ball around and be patient.
They ran out of patience real fast, prompting coach Mike Montgomery to call a timeout to get his team settled down. Instead, things quickly got worse.
A lot worse.
Gutierrez hit a fade-away 15-foot jumper with 8:56 left in the first half. The Golden Bears wouldn't score again before halftime, with South Florida pulling off a 14-0 run. It ended with a telling moment: California guard Justin Cobbs dribbling toward the basket and failing to even attempt a shot before the buzzer sounded.
Totally discombobulated.
The Golden Bears shuffled toward the locker room with blanks expressions. Their 13 points matched the seventh-fewest in an opening half since the NCAA tournament expanded in 1985, according to STATS LLC.
The Bulls pulled ahead 57-25 with 8:49 left. The only question was how low they could keep the sore. California fouled repeatedly in the final minute, giving itself enough chances to hit the 50-point mark.DAYTON, Ohio (AP) Ugly, ugly, ugly. Just the way South Florida likes it.
The Bulls introduced the NCAA tournament to the Big East's nastiest defense Wednesday night, putting more than just a chill into a California team that had never seen anything like it. The Bulls allowed only 13 points in the first half and brushed their way to a 65-54 victory.
South Florida (21-13) will play No. 5 seed Temple in Nashville on Friday, a matchup of teams known for gritty defense. Few have been better than this one for the first 20 minutes on the NCAA stage.
The Bulls swarmed `em, bumped em' and swatted their shots away - those that weren't air balls, that is.
California (24-10) didn't score over the last 8:55 of the first half, missing 10 shots and turning it over twice while South Florida pulled ahead 36-13.
Guard Jorge Gutierrez, the Pac-12 player of the year, was held to 10 points on 4-of-10 shooting.
It wasn't all defense that got it done for South Florida. Freshman point guard Anthony Collins, a thin-built player with a youthful face that reminds coach Stan Heath of a 12-year-old kid, played like a star in his first NCAA tournament game, scoring 12 points. Victor Rudd had 15 points
The Golden Bears won't soon forget the way they got worked over. They must have felt as if there were six Bulls on the floor at times playing defense.
No, only five. The refs counted.
The Bulls set a Big East record by giving up only 56.9 points per game this season. Their problem: They score about as many points as they give up. South Florida didn't have a player average in double figures for the season.
Realizing he didn't have many scoring options, Heath instituted the defense-first, defense-last philosophy that got them to their first NCAA tournament appearance in 20 years and, now, their first win. The Bulls came in 0-2 in the tournament.
Other teams exult when one of their players hits a big basket. The Bulls cheer from the bench as the other team passes the ball around helplessly and hopelessly.
They were cheering their defense from the opening tip.
The first time down the court, Gutierrez forced a running shot that was too hard, a taste of the misery ahead. California missed its first five shots and eight of its first nine, helping South Florida pull ahead 15-3.
Collins made a driving layup, a floater, a 15-foot pull-up jumper and a layup off his steal during the opening run, getting South Florida's unpredictable offense moving.
The Golden Bears readily acknowledged that they hadn't played anything quite like the Bulls' defense. With four players averaging in double figures, their best chance was to spread the ball around and be patient.
They ran out of patience real fast, prompting coach Mike Montgomery to call a timeout to get his team settled down. Instead, things quickly got worse.
A lot worse.
Gutierrez hit a fade-away 15-foot jumper with 8:56 left in the first half. The Golden Bears wouldn't score again before halftime, with South Florida pulling off a 14-0 run. It ended with a telling moment: California guard Justin Cobbs dribbling toward the basket and failing to even attempt a shot before the buzzer sounded.
Totally discombobulated.
The Golden Bears shuffled toward the locker room with blanks expressions. Their 13 points matched the seventh-fewest in an opening half since the NCAA tournament expanded in 1985, according to STATS LLC.
The Bulls pulled ahead 57-25 with 8:49 left. The only question was how low they could keep the sore. California fouled repeatedly in the final minute, giving itself enough chances to hit the 50-point mark.
WKU sets NCAA record with 59-58 win over MVSU
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) The team with the losing record pulled off the most fantastic 5-minute finish in NCAA tournament history.
The most surprising thing? Western Kentucky didn't even think it was all that extraordinary.
It was, in every way.
With a president and a prime minister sitting in the front row behind the basket, the Hilltoppers turned up their full-court press and overcame a 16-point deficit in the last 5 minutes on Tuesday night. Their 59-58 victory over Mississippi Valley State christened it as the tournament of comebacks.
Who better to do it than the longest of long shots?
``Wow,'' coach Ray Harper said, his face still flush with March emotion. ``I don't know where to begin.''
With the comeback, of course. There's never been one quite like it.
T.J. Price's three-point play with 33 seconds to go completed the Hilltoppers' unprecedented rally in front of President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron, who headed out at the buzzer.
The NCAA called it the biggest deficit overcome in the final 5 minutes of a tournament game. The previous best: Illinois overcame a 15-point deficit in the last 5 minutes to beat Arizona 90-89 in overtime in a regional final in 2005.
Madness indeed.
``It's a crazy feeling,'' said Derrick Gordon, who had 11 points. ``That's the president of the United States coming to watch our game. We wanted to put on a show. Things didn't work our way for the first 35 minutes, but we came away with the W.
``I'm sure he liked what he saw.''
He saw the only squad with a losing record in the 68-team field get out of its own way long enough to do something special. The Hilltoppers (16-18) shot only 30 percent from the field, turned the ball over an incredible 28 times and won.
The Hilltoppers have rallied from double-digit deficits in each of their last three games, including two in the Sun Belt Conference tournament. Their latest comeback was the biggest of them all.
``We're used to doing it,'' Gordon said. ``We did it all throughout the Sun Belt tournament. No matter how much we were losing by, we were just going to keep on fighting until the buzzer went off. That's something that teams don't know about us.''
Western Kentucky moves on to play Kentucky - the top seed in the South Regional - on Thursday in Louisville, an all-Bluegrass game for the second round.
MVSU (21-13) caught the president's eye while pulling ahead, but couldn't close it out. Kevin Burwell scored 20 points and locked eyes with the president after swishing a 3-pointer while the Delta Devils built their big lead. Obama smiled back.
``Like I said yesterday, we were just trying to put on a show for him,'' Burwell said. ``In the heat of the moment, I just pointed at him a couple of times. That was it.''
Obama - an avid basketball fan who fills out an NCAA bracket each year - spent a lot of time explaining the nuances of the game to Cameron. Obama has picked Kentucky as one of his Final Four teams.
A smaller school from a corner of the commonwealth became the star of the First Four.
The Hilltoppers were the losers' favorite in the bracket - the first team since Coppin State in 2009 to make it to the tournament with a losing record.
And that didn't even begin to tell their story.
A team featuring seven freshmen lost 11 of its first 16 games. The low point came on Jan. 5, when Louisiana-Lafayette somehow managed to get six players on the floor for the winning shot in overtime. And that wasn't the worst indignity that day. Only 2,137 fans took advantage of a $1 ticket promotion, showing that very few considered the Hilltoppers worth a buck.
The next day, coach Ken McDonald was fired, replaced by Harper, an assistant. The Hilltoppers responded by losing their next three games.
Slowly, they grew form a young, bad team into one that found its stride at tournament time. They won four games in four days for the Sun Belt's automatic berth.
And here they were on Tuesday, making an even bigger comeback in the NCAA tournament before an audience that seemed to add to both teams' jitters at the outset.
There was no avoiding the guest list. During the first timeout, photographers from the White House press corps went on the court to snap photos. The two referees on that side of the court shook the president's hand.
MVSU led most of the way and seemed to have everything in control until Western Kentucky went to a full-court press.
``I thought it was just our guys got rattled, got excited, and got a little bit beside themselves,'' coach Sean Woods said. ``Normally in a situation like that, maybe it's one guy or two. But when it's all five, it was like a snowball effect.''
Burwell had a chance to tie the game with a 3 in the closing seconds. Cor-J Cox had a putback at the buzzer that left the Delta Devils a point short.
The most surprising thing? Western Kentucky didn't even think it was all that extraordinary.
It was, in every way.
With a president and a prime minister sitting in the front row behind the basket, the Hilltoppers turned up their full-court press and overcame a 16-point deficit in the last 5 minutes on Tuesday night. Their 59-58 victory over Mississippi Valley State christened it as the tournament of comebacks.
Who better to do it than the longest of long shots?
``Wow,'' coach Ray Harper said, his face still flush with March emotion. ``I don't know where to begin.''
With the comeback, of course. There's never been one quite like it.
T.J. Price's three-point play with 33 seconds to go completed the Hilltoppers' unprecedented rally in front of President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron, who headed out at the buzzer.
The NCAA called it the biggest deficit overcome in the final 5 minutes of a tournament game. The previous best: Illinois overcame a 15-point deficit in the last 5 minutes to beat Arizona 90-89 in overtime in a regional final in 2005.
Madness indeed.
``It's a crazy feeling,'' said Derrick Gordon, who had 11 points. ``That's the president of the United States coming to watch our game. We wanted to put on a show. Things didn't work our way for the first 35 minutes, but we came away with the W.
``I'm sure he liked what he saw.''
He saw the only squad with a losing record in the 68-team field get out of its own way long enough to do something special. The Hilltoppers (16-18) shot only 30 percent from the field, turned the ball over an incredible 28 times and won.
The Hilltoppers have rallied from double-digit deficits in each of their last three games, including two in the Sun Belt Conference tournament. Their latest comeback was the biggest of them all.
``We're used to doing it,'' Gordon said. ``We did it all throughout the Sun Belt tournament. No matter how much we were losing by, we were just going to keep on fighting until the buzzer went off. That's something that teams don't know about us.''
Western Kentucky moves on to play Kentucky - the top seed in the South Regional - on Thursday in Louisville, an all-Bluegrass game for the second round.
MVSU (21-13) caught the president's eye while pulling ahead, but couldn't close it out. Kevin Burwell scored 20 points and locked eyes with the president after swishing a 3-pointer while the Delta Devils built their big lead. Obama smiled back.
``Like I said yesterday, we were just trying to put on a show for him,'' Burwell said. ``In the heat of the moment, I just pointed at him a couple of times. That was it.''
Obama - an avid basketball fan who fills out an NCAA bracket each year - spent a lot of time explaining the nuances of the game to Cameron. Obama has picked Kentucky as one of his Final Four teams.
A smaller school from a corner of the commonwealth became the star of the First Four.
The Hilltoppers were the losers' favorite in the bracket - the first team since Coppin State in 2009 to make it to the tournament with a losing record.
And that didn't even begin to tell their story.
A team featuring seven freshmen lost 11 of its first 16 games. The low point came on Jan. 5, when Louisiana-Lafayette somehow managed to get six players on the floor for the winning shot in overtime. And that wasn't the worst indignity that day. Only 2,137 fans took advantage of a $1 ticket promotion, showing that very few considered the Hilltoppers worth a buck.
The next day, coach Ken McDonald was fired, replaced by Harper, an assistant. The Hilltoppers responded by losing their next three games.
Slowly, they grew form a young, bad team into one that found its stride at tournament time. They won four games in four days for the Sun Belt's automatic berth.
And here they were on Tuesday, making an even bigger comeback in the NCAA tournament before an audience that seemed to add to both teams' jitters at the outset.
There was no avoiding the guest list. During the first timeout, photographers from the White House press corps went on the court to snap photos. The two referees on that side of the court shook the president's hand.
MVSU led most of the way and seemed to have everything in control until Western Kentucky went to a full-court press.
``I thought it was just our guys got rattled, got excited, and got a little bit beside themselves,'' coach Sean Woods said. ``Normally in a situation like that, maybe it's one guy or two. But when it's all five, it was like a snowball effect.''
Burwell had a chance to tie the game with a 3 in the closing seconds. Cor-J Cox had a putback at the buzzer that left the Delta Devils a point short.
NCAA CBS March Madness Listings and Schedule
Links to all the games, to watch from your computer.
DATE
TIME
(EST.)
GAME NETWORK WEB STREAMING
Monday 02/27/12
7:00 PM
(Campus Site)
Big South Championship
First Round - Game No. 1 - Radford (#10) vs. VMI (#7)
Big South Network
Monday 02/27/12
7:30 PM
(Campus Site)
Big South Championship
First Round - Game No. 2 - Gardner-Webb (#9) vs. High Point (#8)
Big South Network
Wednesday 02/29/12 NOON
Big South Championship
Quarterfinal No. 1 - TEAMS TBD
[Winner of Game No. 1 (Seed #7 / #10) vs. Coastal Carolina (#2)]
Big South Network
Wednesday 02/29/12
2:00 PM
(approx.)
Big South Championship
Quarterfinal No. 2 - Campbell (#3) vs. Winthrop (#6)
Big South Network
Wednesday 02/29/12
2:30 PM
(approx.)
Atlantic Sun Championship
Quarterfinal No. 1 - Jacksonville (#8) vs. Belmont (#1)
ESPN3.com
Wednesday 02/29/12 6:00 PM
Big South Championship
Quarterfinal No. 3 - TEAMS TBD
[Winner of Game No. 1 (Seed #8 / #9) vs. UNC Asheville (#1)]
Big South Network
Tuesday 02/28/12
7:00 PM
(Campus Site)
Horizon League Championship
First Round - Game No. 1 - Loyola Chicago (#10) vs. Detroit (#3)
Horizon League Network
Tuesday 02/28/12
7:00 PM
(Campus Site)
Horizon League Championship
First Round - Game No. 2 - Green Bay (#7) vs. Youngstown State (#6)
Horizon League Network
Tuesday 02/28/12
7:00 PM
(Campus Site)
Horizon League Championship
First Round - Game No. 4 - Wright State (#8) vs. Butler (#5)
Horizon League Network
Wednesday 02/29/12 7:00 PM
Ohio Valley Conference Championship
First Round - Game No. 1 - Southeast Missouri (#5) vs.
Eastern Kentucky (#8)
OVCSports.tv
Wednesday 02/29/12
7:00 PM
(Campus Site)
The Patriot League Championship
Quarterfinal No. 1 - Buckell (#1) at Navy (#8)
Patriot League All*Access
Wednesday 02/29/12
7:00 PM
(Campus Site)
The Patriot League Championship
Quarterfinal No. 2 - Holy Cross (#4) at Lafayette (#5)
Patriot League All*Access
Wednesday 02/29/12
7:00 PM
(Campus Site)
The Patriot League Championship
Quarterfinal No. 3 - Lehigh (#2) at Colgate (#7)
Patriot League All*Access
Wednesday 02/29/12
7:30 PM
(Campus Site)
The Patriot League Championship
Quarterfinal No. 4 - American (#3) at Army (#6)
Patriot League All*Access
Wednesday 02/29/12
8:00 PM
(approx.)
Big South Championship
Quarterfinal No. 4 - Charleston Southern (#4) vs. Liberty (#5)
Big South Network
Tuesday 02/28/12
8:00 PM
(Campus Site)
Horizon League Championship
First Round - Game No. 3 - Illinois-Chicago (#9) vs. Milwaukee (#4)
Horizon League Network
Wednesday 02/29/12
8:30 PM
(approx.)
Atlantic Sun Championship
Quarterfinal No. 2 - Lipscomb (#7) vs. Mercer (#2)
ESPN3.com
Wednesday 02/29/12
9:00 PM
(approx.)
Ohio Valley Conference Championship
First Round - Game No. 2 - Austin Peay (#6) vs. Jacksonville State (#7)
OVCSports.tv
Wednesday 02/29/12 9:00 PM
West Coast Conference Championship
Opening Game - Portland (#8) vs. Santa Clara (#9)
WCC All*Access
DATE
TIME
(EST.)
GAME NETWORK WEB STREAMING
Monday 02/27/12
7:00 PM
(Campus Site)
Big South Championship
First Round - Game No. 1 - Radford (#10) vs. VMI (#7)
Big South Network
Monday 02/27/12
7:30 PM
(Campus Site)
Big South Championship
First Round - Game No. 2 - Gardner-Webb (#9) vs. High Point (#8)
Big South Network
Wednesday 02/29/12 NOON
Big South Championship
Quarterfinal No. 1 - TEAMS TBD
[Winner of Game No. 1 (Seed #7 / #10) vs. Coastal Carolina (#2)]
Big South Network
Wednesday 02/29/12
2:00 PM
(approx.)
Big South Championship
Quarterfinal No. 2 - Campbell (#3) vs. Winthrop (#6)
Big South Network
Wednesday 02/29/12
2:30 PM
(approx.)
Atlantic Sun Championship
Quarterfinal No. 1 - Jacksonville (#8) vs. Belmont (#1)
ESPN3.com
Wednesday 02/29/12 6:00 PM
Big South Championship
Quarterfinal No. 3 - TEAMS TBD
[Winner of Game No. 1 (Seed #8 / #9) vs. UNC Asheville (#1)]
Big South Network
Tuesday 02/28/12
7:00 PM
(Campus Site)
Horizon League Championship
First Round - Game No. 1 - Loyola Chicago (#10) vs. Detroit (#3)
Horizon League Network
Tuesday 02/28/12
7:00 PM
(Campus Site)
Horizon League Championship
First Round - Game No. 2 - Green Bay (#7) vs. Youngstown State (#6)
Horizon League Network
Tuesday 02/28/12
7:00 PM
(Campus Site)
Horizon League Championship
First Round - Game No. 4 - Wright State (#8) vs. Butler (#5)
Horizon League Network
Wednesday 02/29/12 7:00 PM
Ohio Valley Conference Championship
First Round - Game No. 1 - Southeast Missouri (#5) vs.
Eastern Kentucky (#8)
OVCSports.tv
Wednesday 02/29/12
7:00 PM
(Campus Site)
The Patriot League Championship
Quarterfinal No. 1 - Buckell (#1) at Navy (#8)
Patriot League All*Access
Wednesday 02/29/12
7:00 PM
(Campus Site)
The Patriot League Championship
Quarterfinal No. 2 - Holy Cross (#4) at Lafayette (#5)
Patriot League All*Access
Wednesday 02/29/12
7:00 PM
(Campus Site)
The Patriot League Championship
Quarterfinal No. 3 - Lehigh (#2) at Colgate (#7)
Patriot League All*Access
Wednesday 02/29/12
7:30 PM
(Campus Site)
The Patriot League Championship
Quarterfinal No. 4 - American (#3) at Army (#6)
Patriot League All*Access
Wednesday 02/29/12
8:00 PM
(approx.)
Big South Championship
Quarterfinal No. 4 - Charleston Southern (#4) vs. Liberty (#5)
Big South Network
Tuesday 02/28/12
8:00 PM
(Campus Site)
Horizon League Championship
First Round - Game No. 3 - Illinois-Chicago (#9) vs. Milwaukee (#4)
Horizon League Network
Wednesday 02/29/12
8:30 PM
(approx.)
Atlantic Sun Championship
Quarterfinal No. 2 - Lipscomb (#7) vs. Mercer (#2)
ESPN3.com
Wednesday 02/29/12
9:00 PM
(approx.)
Ohio Valley Conference Championship
First Round - Game No. 2 - Austin Peay (#6) vs. Jacksonville State (#7)
OVCSports.tv
Wednesday 02/29/12 9:00 PM
West Coast Conference Championship
Opening Game - Portland (#8) vs. Santa Clara (#9)
WCC All*Access
BYU's record comeback beats Iona, 78-72
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron saw a huge comeback.
Had they stuck around a little longer, they could have watched the biggest one in NCAA tournament history.
Noah Hartsock scored 16 of his 23 points in the second half and the Cougars came back from 25 points down to beat Iona 78-72 in the first round Tuesday night.
It marked the biggest comeback in an NCAA tournament game, the NCAA said. Previously, the largest deficit overcome was 22 points when Duke fought back to beat Maryland 95-84 in the 2001 national semifinals.
Hartsock was a little hurt that the president wasn't around to see the fireworks in the nightcap.
``I started looking around and didn't see him,'' Hartsock said with a grin. ``But I'm sure he had some important things to take care of.''
It was the second incredible turnaround of the night in Dayton. With the two heads of state watching from front-row seats on the baseline, Western Kentucky came back from a 16-point deficit in the final 5 minutes to beat Mississippi Valley State 59-58 in the first game.
That was the biggest margin overcome by a team in the final 5 minutes to win an NCAA tournament game, the NCAA said.
No matter how far they fell behind, BYU and coach Dave Rose had faith that the Cougars could somehow come back.
``Coming back from 25 points down is really satisfying now that we've won. At the time it wasn't that satisfying being down 25,'' he joked. ``But I don't think that any of us, especially the coaching staff or our players, doubted the fact that we could chip into that lead.''
Brandon Davies added 18 points and Damarcus Harrison 12 for the 14th-seeded Cougars (26-8), who advanced to play third-seeded Marquette on Thursday in Louisville, Ky.
There was no consolation for Iona.
``It's going to be one that we have to live with the rest of our lives,'' Gaels coach Tim Cluess said. ``It's a tough one we let get away. No excuses.''
Iona (25-8) seemed assured of its first official NCAA tournament victory after dominating the first half. But despite 15 points and 10 assists by Scott Machado, the Gaels dropped to 0-8 in NCAA play. Their lone win in 1980 was vacated due to NCAA violations.
Iona came in as the nation's top-scoring team at 83.2 points per game and didn't disappoint - at least in the opening 16 minutes. The Gaels scored 55 points in an eye-popping display of passing wizardry and outside shooting. Then they didn't score over the final 4:30 of the first half.
BYU then took control, slowly but surely. The Cougars held the Gaels without a point for 9:20 in a 17-0 run to narrow the deficit to 62-61 midway through the second half. BYU made up ground with a trapping half-court defense that forced the Gaels out of their hurry-up-and-shoot-3s attack. At the other end, the Cougars were getting buckets from Hartsock on fallaway jumpers.
``We just were more aggressive,'' Cougars guard Brock Zylstra said. ``We were doing to them what they were doing to us in the first half.''
Iona scored 55 points in the first 16 minutes, then managed just three field goals and seven points over the next 16 1/2 minutes.
Jermel Jenkins ended the lengthy drought with a 3 from the left corner with 8 minutes left.
From there on, the teams traded baskets as the pace slowed. Machado's three-point play pushed the lead to 70-64 with 5 minutes remaining before Hartsock hit an outside shot. After two missed foul shots by the Gaels, he hit another short turnaround jumper to cut the lead to two.
With 2:26 left, Hartsock popped out on the right wing to hit a go-ahead 3. It was the Cougars' first lead of the game.
``This is a team that's worked hard all year, that's never given up,'' Hartsock said.
Davies added two free throws in the final minute before Zylstra scored in transition and turned it into a three-point play, and the comeback was complete.
It was a shocking turn of events because of how well the Gaels - who also got 13 points from Jenkins, 12 from Mike Glover and 10 by Sean Armand - started out.
``You're looking for answers out there, looking for guys to make a play,'' Cluess said. ``Their good player is drilling it with guys in his face and guys draped all over him. Big-time players have to make big-time plays.''
Rose, a co-captain for the old Phi Slamma Jamma teams at Houston, has tasted disappointment before. But not this night.
During a timeout in the middle of the comeback, he saw something he'll never forget.
``The look in our players' eyes at that time was, `Game on. We've got a chance here,''' Rose said. ``And we were able to finish it off.''
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
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