The No. 2-seeded Kentucky Wildcats had been shocked by means of No. 15 seed Saint Peter’s, being overwhelmed 85-79 in extra time in Indianapolis.
Daryl Banks III scored 27 issues because the small college from New Jersey shocked one of the crucial established faculty basketball groups in america, claiming its first males’s NCAA match victory in program historical past.
Kentucky holds NCAA data for probably the most males’s match appearances, maximum video games performed and maximum victories.
However within the face of the Goliath-like problem, Saint Peter’s did not bow below force, pulling off the beautiful disappointed and busting brackets around the globe.
“It is large. Hanging Jersey Town at the map, in New Jersey, we come from a small state,” Banks stated afterwards. “Almost certainly, a large number of other people almost certainly do not even know who we’re. It is large for our college and everyone again house.”
Oscar Tshiebwe had 30 issues and 16 rebounds for Kentucky, however Banks’ unfastened throws with 1:45 left in extra time gave the Peacocks the lead and they did not relinquish it as time ticked down.
To spotlight the gulf of revel in between the 2 groups, Saint Peter’s have made part as many NCAA match appearances (4) as Kentucky have nationwide titles (8).
The Peacocks, coming from a school of simply 2,637 scholars, now advance to the spherical of 32.
Saint Peter’s will now face No. 7 Murray State, who complex by means of beating No. 10 San Francisco 92-87 in OT. It is the Racers’ twenty first directly win — the longest energetic streak in males’s Department I.
“No disrespect to anyone, however we wasn’t coming down right here simply to lose. We got here down right here to battle and we did,” Saint Peter’s head trainer Shaheen Holloway stated postgame.
