Morning Wrap: Incarnate Word Stuns Nebraska in Hoops

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Basketball is a wonderful equalizer. Just ask the various D-1 College Teams who have found that out the hard way early this College Basketball season.

You can now add a new team to the list.

Incarnate Word, a small college team from San Antonio, Texas who made the jump from Division II to D-1 just last year took down Big 12 Nebraska in what's considered a significant upset.

The Cardinals got a 74-73 win, but it took a fumbled inbounds pass from Terran Petteway of Nebraska and baseline fadeaway jumper from Kyle Hittle of Incarnate who got the steal with just under 5 seconds left to secure the win.

Incarnate is in the midst of a solid start this season, the win moved them to 6-1. Nebraska dropped to 5-3. Hittle lead the Cardinals with 18 points. Terran Petteway had 18 for Nebraska.

Morning Wrap: Memphis Loses to Christian Brothers

The Memphis Tigers didn't exactly get off to a rousing start for their college basketball exhibition opener.

The Tigers somehow managed to lose to Division II Christian Brothers University 74-70 in overtime.

No really, it appears Christian Brothers is apparently an actual school.

Thankfully for Memphis it was a game that won't count in the standings, but it does not bode so well for a Conference USA powerhouse team that sure, lost some talented players this offseason, but should still be able to win a game like this.

We post this partially because of our surprise, though apparently Christian Brothers is a strong D-II team and like we said earlier, just because we really never have heard of them.

Here are your last couple minutes and post game from the Brothers their ownselves:

A Tie...??? How Does This End In A Tie...??/

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When you shatter a light overhead and can't do a anything about it...

There is no alternative (???)

Johnson C. Smith and Winston-Salem State had a buzzer beater smash a light that was dangling overhead and the officials decided to make a game a wash...

Here's head coach Bobby Collins and the play in question...


Winston-Salem State moves to 15-9-1 while Johnson C. Smith moves to 14-10-1.

BUZZER BEATER: Length Of The Floor Pass And Lay-up In 2 Seconds A Game Winner For #2 Drury

The Drury Panthers are the defending NCAA Division II national champions and they were in a fight with Great Lakes Valley Conference rival Wisconsin-Parkside Thursday night in Springfield, MO.

With less than two seconds left in the game and the score tied at 52 Drury's Lonnie Boga threw a perfect length of the floor pass to Mael Amenyedzi who finished with a lay-up at the buzzer to win it for the Panthers 54-52.

Thanks Drury Athletics:

That was the only points Amenyedzi scored in the game.

"It's not just about me. It's about the win." Amenyedzi said in the Springfield, MO News Leader. "It happened to be me that scored the last shot,” 

Drury is ranked number 2 in the NCAA Division II college basketball poll and improves their record to 21-1 overall, 31-1 in the GLVC.

BUZZER BEATER: Catch-And-Shoot At The Buzzer Is A Game Winner For UC-San Diego

With a second left all California-San Diego could do is a catch and shoot.  James McCann found Drew Dyer in the corner and Dyer hit the shot to win it for the Tritons 66-64 over Chico State




"We really put ourselves in position to have a chance and we were fortunate to make some plays at the end. I'm really proud of our effort." UCSD head coach Eric Olen said.

Dyer would have 17 points and nine rebounds for UCSD.  McCann led the Tritons with 23 points.

A Rare 4-Point Play At The End Of The Game For Daemen College Over N.Y.Tech 84-83

This is very rare in college basketball, a four point play to win the game in the final seconds.

Sunday in Amherst, N.Y. Daemen College took on New York Tech in a NCAA Division II match-up.

Down by three in the final seconds Daemen's Kyle Clifford launch a three point shot, made it field goal to tie the game and was fouled with 3.3 seconds left.

Clifford sank the free throw for the game winner.

Here's the highlights, Clifford's four point play occurs at 1:47 in this video.  Thanks Daemen SportsInfo



Clifford only played eight minutes in the game and scored 8 points.  Gerald Beverly led Daemen with 20 points and 11 rebounds.

Daemen is now 15-6 overall, 12-3 in the East Coast Conference and in second place in the ECC.