Saint Louis rallies from 14 down, then shocks NC State in OT
At least one No. 5 survived.
Saint Louis, seeded 5th in the Midwest Area, functioned 5 additional minutes Thursday evening to stay away from joining fellow No. 5s Cincinnati and Oklahoma in falling to 12th seeds in the NCAA tournament. The Billikens advanced by erasing a late double-digit deficiency and defeating North Carolina State 83-80 in overtime.
Rob Loe led the way with 22 factors and 15 rebounds. Atlantic 10 Seminar player of the year Jordair Jett conquered a sluggish beginning to rack up 18, doing most of his damages while Saint Louis (27-6) was getting away a 59-45 gap over the last five minutes of law.
"We really did not would like to end on that sort of note. We didn't wish to bail out of the competition this very early," Loe claimed. "We're below to succeed, and we're right here to put our mark on basketball.".
With much better free throw capturing, Saint Louis would certainly have won without having to work overtime versus an interplay its 2nd game in 3 evenings.
No. 12 seed NC State (22-14) beat Xavier in an opening-round video game in Dayton, Ohio, and exhaustion can have been a consider the Wolfpack collapsing late and missing 17 tries from the nasty line.
"It's heartbreaking. ... Undoubtedly we're visiting always feel like we let one escape," NC State trainer Mark Gottfried mentioned. "It's hard to explain. We're a great foul-shooting team.".
T.J. Warren scored 28 factors for NC State, yet the Atlantic Coast Conference gamer of the year made just 6 of his 14 free throw efforts. He missed one that might have tied it in the last minute of OT.
Warren fouled out with 27.9 seconds continuing to be, leaving Ralston Turner to attempt to rescue the Wolfpack with a desperation 3-point attempt that clanked off the rim as time ended.
Saint Louis, which begins 5 senior citizens, moves on to play fourth-seeded Louisville on Sunday.
The Billikens did it regardless of tracking by as many as 16 and going 12-of-26 from the nasty line.
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"They obtained us out of our video game ... both defensively and offensively," Saint Louis teacher Jim Crews mentioned. "Early in the video game, Rob attacked a couple Twos to get us off to a good beginning, however we started going for jump chances I believed maybe the first eight minutes of the game, and then we just weren't getting back (defensively).".
Warren racked up a minimum of 20 for the 19th consecutive game. Turner, who doned with 16, struck a jumper and 3 free throws throughout a 19-7 spurt that assisted the Wolfpack open their most significant lead.
Saint Louis undermined at its shortage, ultimately connecting the game at 70 on Jett's driving layup with 18.8 secs remaining.
It visited overtime when point guard Tyler Lewis was incapable to obtain the ball to Warren and missed an open 17-foot jumper at the buzzer.
Saint Louis played its best basketball of the period during a 19-game winning streak; however, the Billikens stumbled down the stretch and had actually shed 4 of 5.
North Carolina State, by comparison, rose late to make an area in the NCAA area.
The Billikens won their opening video game in the event two seasons straight prior to shedding matchups versus Michigan State in 2012 and Oregon in 2013.
"We missed out on a lot of free throws this evening, and we missed out on other opportunities both defensively and offensively, but I assumed during the procedure it was pretty good," Crews shared. "We were obtaining what we wished to obtain, yet we weren't cashing in on it. I cannot praise these guys enough in regards to how they just stayed with it.".
