Xavier 79, West Va. 75 (Final, OT)

[MD Buckeye]

Sweet shot by Lavender. Tied @ 72, 1:51 left. Timeout WVU

 

[MD Buckeye]

Raymond with a big 3, Xavier up 75-74 with :57 left

 

[MD Buckeye]

Smith throws Lavender's layup attempt in to the Xaiver bench, :32 left

 

[RuGettinIt]

X is working on handing it to them in OT....

or not....hey haven't we seen that wait until no time left on the shot clock drive to the hole and throw up a prayer play a few times lately....

 

[BB73]

I'm pulling for Xavier, but I thought that was a good block.

 

[sandgk]

Iced it

 

[MD Buckeye]

Wow, Raymond bangs a three with 2 seconds left on the shot clock. 78-74, 24.3 left

 

[BB73]

B.J. Raymond in OT = MONEY!!!

Wow - back-to-back huge threes.

Xavier up 4 with a little under 30 seconds left.

 

[MD Buckeye]

Mazzulla heading to the line for two. Missed 1st, made 2nd. 16.8 left

 

[RuGettinIt]

That is serious arc on those foul shots...

 

[RuGettinIt]

ow that screen had to hurt....

 

[MD Buckeye]

Nichols fouls Burrell on the inbound. Missed first, made second. 79-75, 15.1 left. Mazzulla misses 12 ft jumper, rebound by Smith and he's heading to the line. 6.8 left

 

[BB73]

Other than the obvious 3 straight threes in OT, the key was that Alexander got his 5th foul before Duncan.

 

[methomps]

Hooray bracket!

 

[RuGettinIt]

game 79 - 75 X.....