NCAA Tournament roundup: No. 12 High Point upsets No. 5 Wisconsin
Chase Johnston made his first 2-point basket of the season with 11.7 seconds remaining for High Point.
Portland, Ore. ā Chase Johnston made his first 2-point basket of the season with 11. 7 seconds remaining and 12th-seeded High Point earned its first NCAA Tournament win with a 83-82 victory over Wisconsin in the West Region on Thursday.
Panthers forward Owen Aquino blocked Nick Boyd's driving layup with 2. 1 seconds left remaining and Cam'Ron Fletcher missed the front end of a one-and-one, but the Panthers' Terry Anderson intercepted Wisconsin's full-court pass to end the game. NCAA TOURNAMENT SCOREBOARD Boyd had 27 points and John Blackwell scored 20 of his 22 points in the first half for fifth-seeded Wisconsin (24-11), which has lost its last four NCAA appearances as a No.
5 seed. Johnston had 14 points, 11 in the second half, and was 4 of 6 from distance. He has made 69 field goals this season, 68 3-pointers.
CHASE JOHNSTON FROM THE LOGO šÆ pic. twitter. com/BW4gGNkHW2 ā NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) March 19, 2026 "It's such justice that he gets all this national attention for never making a two-point shot all season, and the first one he makes is to get us to this point in the NCAA Tournament," High Point coach Flynn Clayman said after the win.