Pomare picks up his fourth. Brandon Johnson has to pick up his game for San Diego if they want to pull the upset. And as I say that he drains a three as the shot clock expires. Then he does it again. USD up by six.
Jeff Adrien commits a dumb foul. The past couple of years they have not played smart basketball at times. Calhoun obviously has tremendous credentials but he has favored athleticism over game play with his recent recruiting classes.
Dyson might save these guys. But if they do win I can easily see Western taking them down if they can play D for 40 minutes.
Pomare comes back in. Bill Grier has no choice. San Diego up by one.
Doug Wiggins puts UConn up by two. They hadn't led in 23 minutes.
Pomare ties it.
Rob Jones gets smacked down by Thabeet and that one did have an impact.
A awesome reversal up-and-under by Jones against Thabeet. San Diego retakes the lead. Ron Burgundy is psyched.
Huge steal by De'Jon Jackson, USD's tenth of the game. They slow it down with a minute to play. Another big hoop by Jones.
It's up to free throws. Maybe. UConn only has four fouls with 38 seconds.
San Diego nearly turned it over. Next foul will put the Toreros on the line.
Devin Ginty is only nine for 13 from the line for the year. Hits the first. Misses the second.
Adrien hits the layup. UConn back down by one. They use their last time out.
USD calls their last time out as Pomare gets trapped. The Toreros are having some difficulty inbounding. One more time out remaining.
Dyson tried to get the charge off the inbounds play but gets called for the block. Most of the time that doesn't work for the D.
Ginty to the line again. Hits the first. Misses the second.
Dyson fouled by Brandon Johnson. He'll shoot two and is an 80 percent shooter but that wasn't a bad foul. Hits the first. Hits the second. We're tied.
De'Jon Jackson misses a layup. We're headed for another OT in Tampa. 60s.
Thabeet easily wins the tip with no one else in the circle. Brandon Johnson ties Wiggins up. USD ball.
Two big O-boards for the Toreros. But Brandon Johnson is holding his abs and trying to walk the pain off. He does so. Thabeet goaltended Trumaine Johnson's layup. USD by two.
Pomare stuffs Geoff Austrie. USD slows it down. Then Pomare hits from the top of the key.
Thabeet scores and Pomare fouls out. 22 points and a constant thorn in the Huskies side. Who gets the Toreros' points now? Brandon Johnson has a groin pull and four whistles. Rob Jones has to come up huge.
But B-Johnson nails the jumper with little legs left. USD up by three.
Adrien gets his 18th. Back down to one.
Jackson walked. UConn gets the ball back and B-Johnson can hardly move.
One minute left.
No inside D for San Diego. Dyson scores easily. UConn up by one with 39 seconds left.
R-Johnson is in tremendous pain. Here we go. Rob Jones hits the layup and is fouled by Thabeet. Misses the freebie. No second OT here. Well, R-Johnson fouls out against Dyson. Courageous effort. Just as well considering his condition that he gets to rest.
Dyson ties it. Now he put the Huskies up by one.
5.6 seconds left for the Toreros. UConn has one TO left, none for USD.
Jackson nails a jumper with 1.2 left!
UConn uses its last TO.
Then Jackson steals it. San Diego with another huge upset in Tampa. 70-69. Raise your hand if you picked San Diego to be the last WCC team standing.
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