Jamarius Burton made a go-on jumper with 10 seconds left and Pitt edged Mississippi State 60-59 in a flimsy Beginning Four game Tuesday night that featured 21 lead changes – most in the NCAA challenge in five years.
Mississippi State had a tremendous chance to win close to the end, but Shakeel Moore missed a completely open three-pointer from the corner with two seconds remaining off inbounds play. DJ Jeffries’ tip-in attempt was aside not extraordinary before the ringer.
Nelly Cummings drove Pitt with 15 spots. Greg Elliott scored 13 and Blake Hinson added 12 as the Panthers (23-11) overwhelmed an NCAA Rivalry match curiously beginning around 2014.
They opened into the Midwest Region part as the 11th seed and advanced to go confront No 6 seed Iowa State on Friday in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Dashawn Davis had 15 concentrations for the Bulldogs (21-13).
Isaac Mushila had 15 concentrations and 12 quickly return as Texas A&M-Corpus Christi held off Southeast Missouri State to get the principal NCAA challenge win in program history.
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi went 3 of 4 at the free-throw line as of now to ice the game and advance to play top-made Alabama in the South Region on Thursday in Birmingham, Alabama.
The sixteenth-made Islanders (24-10), legends of the Southland Meeting, returned to the Principal Four quickly straight season and drove for everything alongside 23 seconds in the essential round of this NCAA dispute.
Southeast Missouri State (19-17) destroyed a 10-point deficiency and tied it at 64 with 3:07 left.
Jalen Jackson drove the Islanders with 22 spots. Trevian Tennyson scooped in a smooth layup off the glass to give Texas A&M-Corpus Christi a 72-69 lead with 22 seconds remaining.
Chris Harris scored 23 concentrations before fouling out for the Redhawks, the Ohio Valley Meeting Contest champions. Phillip Russell came up short on a respectable look at a potential ties three-pointer with 1.5 seconds to go.
Southeast Missouri State went 9 of 20 at the free-throw line.