St. Peter's defeats Purdue 67-64 in the East Region semifinals and becomes the first 15-seed to reach the Elite Eight.
The Peacocks became the first 15 seed to reach the Elite Eight, adding the Boilermakers to their NCAA Tournament string of upsets, and will face either UCLA or North Carolina in the East Region final on Sunday.
Saint Peter’s had the fans inside the packed Wells Fargo Center on its side from the opening tip and the arena erupted when Banks tied the game 57-all on a turnaround jumper. He hit a driving layup with 2:17 left that made it 59-57. The Peacocks kept their composure -- hey, they’re used to these wins by now after knocking off No. 2 seed Kentucky and Murray State -- and held off a Purdue team that gamely tried to bully them inside.“What they going to say now?” coach Shaheen Holloway said about his team’s doubters, a group whose numbers are dwindling.
Almost 30 years to the day that Duke’s Christian Laettner’s overtime buzzer-beater stunned Kentucky to win a regional final at the since-razed Spectrum, Purdue and Saint Peter’s pulled off their own Philly classic.
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