SANTA CLARA, Calif. — It's March
So eventually… it was always going to turn to madness.
The Santa Clara University men's basketball team went on a torrid 20-7 run in the second half of Wednesday's first round National Invitational Tournament game versus No. 2 seed Sam Houston, erasing a 10-point deficit and taking a three-point, 53-50 lead with less than five minutes remaining.
What ensued was a litany of tie scores and lead changes in the game's final moments that eventually boiled down to one play.
The Broncos forced a miss on defense, got the rebound and had 11 seconds to tie the game or take the lead, but a missed layup and defensive rebound for Sam Houston allowed the Bearkats to escape with a 58-56 victory at Leavey Center and advance.