Houston’s suffocating defense cleaned away a 14-point deficit over the last 8 minutes and eliminated Cooper Flagg and Duke’s title hopes Saturday in a 70-67 stunner over heaven Devils at the Last 4.
Duke made a grand overall of one basket over the last 10 1/2 minutes of this video game. The second-to-last effort was a step-back jumper in the lane by Flagg that J’Wan Roberts interfered with. The last was a desperation heave by Tyrese Proctor that captured absolutely nothing at the buzzer.
It was Roberts’ 2 totally free tosses with 19.6 seconds left that provided the Cougars their very first lead considering that 6-5. LJ Cryer, who led Houston with 26 points, made 2 more to press the result in 3. It was Houston’ greatest lead of the night.
The Cougars, who never ever won a title, not even in the days of Phi Slama Jamma, will play Florida on Monday night for the champion.
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