Haley Cavinder shushes Indiana fans after clutch free throws in Miami’s March Madness upset

Haley Cavinder acquired flashy as she helped Miami shut in on a shocking March Insanity upset.

The senior guard made two clutch free throws with 12 seconds remaining to offer the No. 9 seeded Hurricanes a three-point lead in an eventual 70-68 upset of No. 1 Indiana to succeed in the ladies’s NCAA Event Candy 16 on Monday night time.

Haley dribbled the ball a few occasions, set herself, swished it, and put a finger as much as her lips — silencing the gang.

Haley, alongside together with her twin sister, Hanna Cavinder, has turn out to be a preferred social media influencer buoyed by her basketball profession.

The pair have overtly shared their lives as student-athletes, what it’s prefer to be an influencer, and easy methods to cope with backlash as somebody within the public eye.

Haley completed the sport with 9 factors, whereas Hanna chipped in three factors off the bench.

The Cavinder twins celebrated with their Canes teammates contained in the locker room, the place they blasted NBA YoungBoy’s “Recent Prince Of Utah” in a TikTok video.

Hanna and different gamers have been seen mouthing the lyrics: “It’s a parade in my metropolis, yeah” — the identical line Memphis Grizzlies level guard Ja Morant said is his crew’s “lingo.”

After Yarden Garzon tied the sport with a clutch 3-pointer for the Hoosiers, Miami ahead Future Harden made a shot within the lane with 3.5 seconds left for a Hurricanes victory.

The win lifted Miami to its first Candy 16 since 1992.

The Hoosiers (28-4) turned the second No. 1 seed to be eradicated in two nights.

Stanford was upset Sunday by Ole Miss, 54-49, on its residence courtroom.

It’s the primary time since 1998 that two No. 1 seeds didn’t advance to the regional semifinals.

Miami was coming off a shocking 17-point comeback Saturday towards Oklahoma State within the opening spherical, by which Haley led the crew with 16 factors.

A yr in the past, they fell in need of eventual champion South Carolina within the second spherical.

Each time the match ends for Miami, it may very well be the final time the sisters take the courtroom collectively.

“[Hanna] won’t need to play our fifth yr, in order that’s the one cause,” Haley mentioned on a current episode of the “BFFs Podcast.”

“I similar to to hoop so I used to be like I need to come again for a fifth yr. However Hanna is extra like, ‘I need to begin my life.’”

Whereas the Hoosiers head residence sooner than anticipated, the Hurricanes head to Greenville, South Carolina, for a showdown with fourth-seeded Villanova, which was ranked No. 10 within the remaining Related Press High 25.

— With Publish Wire Companies