TCU avoids upset with last-second layup to take down Arizona State

TCU trailed for over 25 minutes, however they picked a great time to take the lead and maintain it.

The sixth-seeded Horned Frogs fought again from an 11-point deficit to take down No. 11 Arizona State, 72-70, after a last-second bucket.

TCU trailed the complete second half however took the lead with slightly below 40 seconds by knocking a pair of free throws. Out of a timeout, ASU couldn’t get a bucket, they usually have been fouled whereas already within the double bonus.

Mike Miles Jr. solely made considered one of two, giving the Sun Devils an opportunity to tie it up, they usually did after a three-pointer by DJ Horne with 12.4 seconds.

TCU ahead JaKobe Coles, entrance, reacts after hitting the go-ahead basket, subsequent to Arizona State guard Frankie Collins in a first-round school basketball recreation within the males’s NCAA Tournament on Friday, March 17, 2023, in Denver.  (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Tied at 70, JaKobe Coles took the ball from the highest of the important thing and nailed a floater with 1.5 seconds left, and Arizona State’s three-fourths heave was no good.

Xavier Cork #12 of the TCU Horned Frogs celebrates after defeating the Arizona State Sun Devils within the first spherical of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at Ball Arena on March 17, 2023 in Denver, Colorado.  (Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)

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Coles was 5-for-10 from the ground, scoring 11 factors off the bench, and it was these closing two that at the moment are engrained in Horned Frogs followers’ minds.

Miles Jr. led the best way with 26 factors. He was 12-for-14 from the free-throw line.

It is probably not whole redemption from the 65-7 College Football Playoff National Championship, however it’s one thing.

Xavier Cork #12 of the TCU Horned Frogs celebrates after defeating the Arizona State Sun Devils within the first spherical of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at Ball Arena on March 17, 2023 in Denver, Colorado.  (Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)

Arizona State will go up towards No. 3 Gonzaga within the second spherical on Sunday. Gonzaga defeated No. 14 Grand Canyon on Friday evening.