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Finch Buzzer Beater Sends Men’s Basketball Past Appalachian State

Postgame radio interview with Brian Burg

BOONE, N.C. – Jalen Finch went the length of the court and made a buzzer-beating layup to lift Georgia Southern to a 67-65 Sun Belt men's basketball win over Appalachian State Thursday night in the Holmes Center.

Appalachian State's Donovan Gregory tied the score 65-65 with a pull-up jumper over tough defense by Eagle guard Tai Strickland with 5.6 seconds left. Kamari Brown led Finch with the inbounds pass, and the fifth-year senior guard picked it up just before halfcourt, crossed over to his right hand to split two App defenders just below the 3-point line and scooped the right-handed layup off the glass and in as the final horn sounded.