Picture-finishing performances from each Japanese Michigan and North Alabama highlighted a Tuesday evening frenzy of males’s school hoops. See how they each went down ⤵️
Japanese Michigan’s Jalin Billingsley jams putback dunk
Down some extent to Akron with 8.4 seconds remaining, the Japanese Michigan Eagles turned to 36% three-point shooter Arne Osojnik with the ultimate possession. Off the insert, Osojnik dribbled the ball across the arc and fired it inside 4 seconds, just for the ball to dink off the iron and backboard. However simply in time, Jalin Billingsley crossed to the underside of the important thing and crammed the unfastened ball by means of the rim along with his left hand to present the Eagles a 61-60 benefit.
The Eagles dominated the offensive glass Tuesday evening, out-rebounding Akron offensively 15-8 and notching 11 second-chance buckets — the final one resulting in this dub. With the win, Japanese Washington spoiled Akron’s shot at a share of the MAC regular-season title and its previously undefeated residence file.
A PUTBACK DUNK FOR THE WIN 😱
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— NCAA March Insanity (@MarchMadnessMBB) March 6, 2024
Raucous last-second end by North Alabama’s KJ Johnson towards his former faculty
It was loopy that North Alabama’s KJ Johnson ran a full-court dash in 4.3 seconds and shot a basket with out stopping his ahead momentum for a 77-75 win on the buzzer. It is even crazier that this incidence occurred towards his former faculty, Lipscomb, the place he had performed his first two years of faculty ball. North Alabama and Lipscomb additionally occur to be fierce ASUN rivals.
Although North Alabama led for 38 of the 40 minutes of regulation, the final 60 seconds have been pure havoc. The groups traded triples and Johnson banked in a layup for North Alabama’s 75-72 benefit with :35 to go. Fouled by Lipscomb’s Cody Head with :12 remaining, Johnson missed his first free throw, which was taken for a three-point Lipscomb shot to knot the rating at 75. What occurred subsequent, nicely, see for your self…
MORE ASUN TOURNAMENT MADNESS 🤯
NORTH ALABAMA WINS AT THE BUZZER 🚨 @UNA_Basketball
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— NCAA March Insanity (@MarchMadnessMBB) March 6, 2024
With the win, North Alabama advances to the Atlantic Solar semifinals. The Lions will face Austin Peay on Thursday.
Kaitlyn Schmidt is a post-graduate intern for NCAA Digital and is a 2023 graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill. She has earned distinctions as a Stembler Scholar, Furman Bisher Medal award winner and is a Hearst-nominated journalist; her print work has additionally appeared in The Day by day Tar Heel, UNC Media Hub and ACCSports.com. Specializing in basketball, soccer, subject hockey and have items, Schmidt enjoys sharing the human aspect of sports activities, in addition to the newest developments within the NCAA.
