Wichita State found itself on the brink of possibly its worst loss of the season. With 3:45 left to play, the Shockers were trailing Central Florida by eight points and looked poised to drop a pivotal conference game at the hand of the Knights.
ESPN’s Basketball Power Index gave WSU a 7.2% chance of victory but the Shockers were still able to turn it around. With the game waning in the balance, WSU outscored UCF, 11-3 in the closing minutes of regulation, helping to force overtime.
“We just knew as a team that the game was still going on and that we could sweat it out regardless,” sophomore Clarence Jackson said.