High Flyers: Dayton buzzer-beater stuns Kansas
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Mustapha Amzil’s lone basket of the video game was a memorable a person.
Amzil hit a managing jumper in the lane at the buzzer, and Dayton beat No. 4 Kansas 74-73 on Friday.
Kansas’ David McCormack blocked Malachi Smith’s layup with 3 seconds remaining. Amzil picked up the free ball, and his shot went off the rim and backboard just before going in.
“It was wonderful,” Amzil claimed. “I had to observe the ball bounce in and down. It is really really hard to explain. It is surreal. It’s a wonderful experience.”
It was Amzil’s only shot from the area. He also went 2-for-4 at the totally free toss line.
“Certainly, fantastic existence of intellect by Mustapha to know the clock and give us a possibility,” Dayton mentor Anthony Grant reported. “We are grateful the shot fell.”
Kansas coach Invoice Self said soon after McCormack’s block that it was “superior fortune, lousy fortune.”
“The bottom line is, we failed to execute when we necessary to,” Self stated. ”It was a heck of a shot. They deserved it. It was a great [basketball] activity.”
After Smith slash the deficit to 73-72 on a layup, McCormack was known as for an offensive foul with 9 seconds to enjoy.
Ochai Agbaji scored 4 of his 21 details for the duration of a late 6- operate, aiding Kansas take a 73-70 gain with just about a minute remaining.
Dayton (3-3) experienced 5 gamers score in double figures. Daron Holmes II had 16 points, and Toumani Camara and Elijah Weaver the two added 14.
“That was a fight,” Grant claimed. “That was a heck of a video game.”
Christian Braun experienced 17 points for Kansas (4-1).
Weaver hit a pair of 3-pointers and Holmes ended a 16-1 surge with consecutive dunks to place Dayton up 53-50 5 minutes into the second 50 percent.
Immediately after Kansas pulled within a person, Holmes was still left by itself for a dunk that created it 70-67 with four minutes remaining.
Kansas went on a 17-8 run to go up 44-29 late in the first 50 percent. Braun ended the stretch with a slam off a floating move from Dajuan Harris Jr.
