Freshman wrestler Jake Gunning knows adversity - he was a winless (0-23) high school freshman wrestler. Now he's a heavyweight for the Bulls that was one takedown away from the NCAA Championships and is helping Buffalo's turnaround.
With 45 seconds left in the Mid-American Conference Championships heavyweight final, Buffalo freshman Jake Gunning had a chance to claim his first conference championship and advance to the NCAA Tournament in New York City.
In his way was Northern Iowa’s Blaize Cabell, the top ranked heavyweight in the MAC and the wrestler who just a week prior defeated Gunning in a regular season match.