Dayton’s last-second tip-in upsets Saint Louis; UD advances to A-10 final
The University of Dayton men’s basketball team needed 40 minutes to upset the No. 1 Seed Saint Louis Billikens in the Atlantic 10 Championship. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Sophomore center Amael L’Etang’s tip-in with 0.
6 seconds left helped Dayton to a 70-69 win over rival Saint Louis. They advanced to Sunday’s Atlantic 10 Championship game at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. TRENDING STORIES: All lanes closed after tanker explosion on Northern Kentucky interstate Children rescued from burning vehicle, man arrested on suspected OVI after car hits utility pole Troopers investigate crash that kills 2 people Jordan Derkack led all scorers with 28 points, including four three-pointers.
Javon Bennett finished with 17 while De’Shayne Montgomery added 10. UD trailed 66-63 with 26 seconds left when Keonte Jones made two foul shots to cut the deficit to 66-65. The Flyers forced a five-second violation and retained the ball.
Jacob Conner buried a trey with 11 seconds to give Dayton a 68-66 lead. Robbie Avila answered with a three of his own, and Saint Louis led, 69-68, with three seconds to play. Derkack missed a layup, but L’Etang was there with the putback with less than a second left.
Quentin Jones missed a desperation three-pointer at the buzzer. UD improves to 23-10 overall. They will play VCU at 1 p.