Saturday, December 10, 2011

Indiana stuns No. 1 Kentucky 73-72 at buzzer

Indiana stuns No. 1 Kentucky 73-72 at buzzer

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) â€" Indiana finally has a horses to kick top-ranked Kentucky.

Christian Watford's buzzer-beating 3-pointer from a left wing stood adult to a replay examination Saturday night, giving a Hoosiers a overwhelming 73-72 upset.

The lead altered hands 5 times in a final 121 seconds before Watford's large shot set off a furious scene, with Indiana fans attack a justice and crowding around players. Hoosiers manager Tom Cream and a officials stood side-by-side, pulpy adult opposite a scorer's list to demeanour during a replay.

When a officials counted a basket, Cream pumped his fist and 4 players wound adult station on tip of a scorer's list as fans partied on a justice and a pep rope continued to play a songs.

Watford finished with 20 points in Indiana's initial dissapoint of a top-ranked group given holding down Duke in a 2002 NCAA tournament. The usually other time they had beaten a No. 1 group in Bloomington was Jan. 7, 2001, when Kirk Hasten strike a buzzer-beater to strike off No. 1 Michigan State 59-58.

Victor Oladipo had 13 points and 5 Hoosiers wound adult in double figures. Indiana is 9-0 for a initial time given 1989-90.

Kentucky (8-1) was led by Doron Lamb with 19 points and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist with 18.

The Wildcats rallied twice from their largest necessity of a deteriorate (10 points) and seemed to have survived a shock when Darius Miller corroborated in for a asperse to give Kentucky a 69-68 lead with 2 mins to go.

Watford answered with a layup for a Hoosiers, and afterwards Indianapolis local Marquis Teague gathering in for a layup to give Kentucky a 71-70 lead with 48.8 seconds left.

After Watford missed a 15-footer with 28 seconds left, Anthony Davis couldn't sign it, blank a front finish of a one-and-one.

Then, after an Indiana turnover, Lamb was fouled with 5.6 seconds to go though missed a initial of dual shots. After creation a second, a Hoosiers rushed adult a building and Verdell Jones dumped a round to a trailing Watford, who strike from a left wing to finish it.

It was a biggest win in Cream's 4 seasons in Bloomington and finished Kentucky's three-game winning strain in a series.

Kentucky committed 17 turnovers and authorised a season-high indicate total.


News referensi http://news.yahoo.com/indiana-stuns-no-1-kentucky-73-72-buzzer-004206408.html

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