There’s one thing about New Jersey faculties enjoying Cinderella.
Final 12 months, it was St. Peter’s.
On Thursday, it was Princeton.
Now, it’s Grant Singleton and Fairleigh Dickinson.
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Fairleigh Dickinson guard Grant Singleton (4) celebrates after a basket in opposition to Purdue within the second half of a first-round recreation within the males’s NCAA Match in Columbus, Ohio, Friday, March 17, 2023. ( AP Photograph/Michael Conroy)
FDU grew to become the second No. 16 seed to upset a No. 1 in NCAA Match historical past, taking down Purdue, 63-58.
No group led by greater than six factors the complete recreation, and regardless of Zach Edey persevering with to be a strolling double-double, the Knights by no means wavered.
Demetre Roberts of the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights reacts to creating a play in opposition to the Purdue Boilermakers throughout the first spherical of the 2022 NCAA Match at Nationwide Area March 17, 2023, in Columbus, Ohio. (Tyler Schank/NCAA Images by way of Getty Photographs)
After Purdue took a 47-41 lead, FDU went on a 13-3 run to get again up by 4 factors. Purdue lower it to at least one with a 3-pointer, however neither group scored the following 4 minutes.
FDU took a five-point lead with lower than two minutes to go, and its protection continued to clamp down. The Boilermakers did not rating for nearly six minutes till a 3-pointer lower the deficit to 2.
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However Sean Moore drilled a 3 from the highest of the perimeter to place FDU up 61-56 with 1:04 to go. Purdue answered with a pair of free throws after which pressured a turnover to get the ball with the shot clock turned off down by three.
After Purdue’s first shot was blocked out of bounds, Fletcher Loyer missed a 3 that was rebounded by the Knights, who had been fouled with 8.1 seconds left. Demetre Roberts made each free throws to place his group again up 5, and it proved to be the dagger.
Grant Singleton of the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights (Tyler Schank/NCAA Images by way of Getty Photographs)
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No. 16 seeds are actually 2-150 all time in opposition to No. 1 seeds.
UMBC beat Virginia, 74-54, within the first spherical of the 2018 match. Virginia additionally fell sufferer because the four-seed on Thursday to No. 13 Furman.
