Jairus Lyles drained a straight-on three-pointer in the final seconds and No. 2 UMBC stunned No. 1 Vermont on its home floor, 65-62, to win the America East championship Saturday afternoon.
Lyles finished with 27 points, 3 assists and 2 rebounds as UMBC (24-10) snapped a 23-game losing streak to the Catamounts.
“That’s a shot I’ve been working on all season,” he said, “after practice, before practice. So he called a play, I waved it off, said I’m going to take it myself.”
Jairus Lyles drains a 3 and UMBC is on the brink of Dancing pic.twitter.com/UmHA6JTClE
— Adam Zagoria (@AdamZagoria) March 10, 2018
‘That’s a shot I’ve been working on all season’ – Jairus Lyles pic.twitter.com/1KuhI0FRdw
— Adam Zagoria (@AdamZagoria) March 10, 2018
(Danielle Ohman contributed reporting)
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