Michigan wins on shot at buzzer
The ball bounced right to Charles Matthews, who dribbled once and squared up to shoot as the game clock neared zero.
“I saw the clock when I did get the ball. I’m not sure exactly how much time, but I did know that there was time on the clock,” Matthews said. “So I didn’t want to just throw up a crazy shot. I wanted to still follow through with it.”
Matthews used up what little time he had, then made a baseline floater at the buzzer to lift No. 5 Michigan to a 59-57 win over Minnesota on Tuesday night.
at Northern Illinois 77, No. 14 Buffalo 75: Noah McCarty banked in a game-winning basket with two seconds to play, and the Huskies upset the Bulls. The Huskies reserve took a feed from Trendon Hankerson for the layup seconds after Buffalo (17-2, 5-1 Mid-American Conference) tied the score on a three-pointer by C.J. Massinburg.
Dante Thorpe scored 23 points and Eugene German added 20 as Northern Illinois (11-8, 4-2) ended a twogame skid and claimed its first home win over a ranked team since 1972.
at Kansas State 58, No. 14 Texas Tech 45: Barry Brown Jr. had 15 points, Dean Wade had 13 and the Wildcats’ defense shut down the Red Raiders.
The Big 12’s top-ranked defenses combined to force 30 turnovers.
The Wildcats (15-4, 5-2) held Texas Tech to 33% shooting and never let the Red Raiders (15-4, 4-3) get their offense rolling.
at South Carolina 80, No. 16 Auburn 77: Chris Silva had a career-high 32 points, and Felipe Haase’s threepointer with 30.3 seconds left put the Gamecocks ahead for good in a victory over the Tigers.
The Gamecocks (10-8, 5-1) continued their improbable SEC run.
They have won five of their first six, beating a pair of ranked opponents in Mississippi State and the Tigers (13-5, 2-3).
at Alabama 74, No. 20 Mississippi 53: John Petty scored 15 points off the bench, and Donta Hall added 11 points and 10 rebounds for a school-record fourth straight double-double as the Crimson Tide (12-6, 3-3 SEC) defeated the Rebels (14-4, 4-2).