March Madness: Baylor-Mississippi State comes down to final shot

After some snoozers on day 1 of March Insanity, day 2 began with an epic battle.

The ninth positioned Baylor Bears squeaked a victory at no. 8 Mississippi State, 75-72, in a contest that got here on the thread.

Baylor kissed the primary half-hour of the sport, with a minimum of 11 within the second half. However the state of Mississippi has damaged away.

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Baylor is carrying Norchad Omier within the second half towards the Mississippi State Bulldogs within the first spherical of the NCAA match in Lenovo Middle. (Zachary taft/imagna photographs)

The Bulldogs stormed again and lowered the result in one with 29 seconds after each groups had exchanged buckets for a couple of minutes. However the bulldogs polluted VJ Edgecombe with 9.3 seconds, and the BIG 12 first -year pupil of the 12 months made each free throws.

After Claudell Harris Jr. A Recreation-Tinging three for Mississippi State had missed, Baylor had the prospect to switch the sport with 0.5 seconds. However Norchad Omier missed a 1-and-1, giving the bulldogs the prospect to name a time-out with 0.2 seconds over and prepares for a prayer.

The Bulldogs launched an orphan greeting from outdoors half of the courtroom that missed, giving Baylor the victory.

Baylor is carrying Norchad Omier (15) restoring the ball towards Mississippi State Bulldogs Vooruit Keshawn Murphy (3) through the second half within the first spherical of the NCAA match in Lenovo Middle. (Bob Donnan/Imagn Pictures)

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Robert O. Wright III led Baylor with 21 factors, and three others (Edgecombe, Langston Love and Omier) resulted in double digits.

The Recreation-Excessive 26 factors of Josh Hubbard weren’t sufficient for the Bulldogs.

Mississippi State Bulldogs guard Dellquan Warren responds on the sofa through the second half towards the Baylor Bears within the first spherical of the NCAA match in Lenovo Middle. (Bob Donnan/Imagn Pictures)

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In all probability, aside from a wild upset by Mount St. Mary’s, the bears might be confronted with Duke, the favourite to win all of it.

Baylor got here into play after having misplaced six of the earlier 10 video games.

The Related Press has contributed to this report.

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