Svi Mykhailiuk, who had missed 10 of 15 shots, accepted a pass from Devonté Graham in the corner in front of Kansas’ basketball bench, and calmly, confidently swished a game-winning three-pointer against Nebraska on Saturday night at sold-out Pinnacle Bank Arena.
“I was just praying it would go in,” Mykhailiuk, KU’s senior guard from Ukraine, said with a smile while speaking with reporters after his shot with 21 seconds left gave the Jayhawks a 73-72 victory over the Cornhuskers.
Mykhailiuk, who was 1 of 6 from three at the time of the shot that erased a two-point deficit, said “it felt good” when it left his hands.