March Madness 2022: Saint Peter’s narrowly beats Kentucky in huge upset

Saint Peter’s delivered the most important upset of the NCAA Males’s Basketball Event thus far.

The Fifteenth-seeded Peacocks from Jersey Metropolis, N.J., upset No. 2 Kentucky 85-79. It was Saint Peter’s first-ever win within the males’s match, having beforehand misplaced in 1991, 1995 and 2011.

However Thursday was completely different.

Saint Peter’s obtained 27 factors from Daryl Banks III and 20 factors from Doug Edert off the bench to get the victory. Edert nailed the game-tying shot with 24 seconds left in regulation to remain alive.

Missed free throws and turnovers in the end doomed Kentucky in extra time.

Kentucky’s Oscar Tshiebwe led all scorers with 30 factors together with 16 rebounds, two assists, two steals and two blocks within the loss. Wildcats guard Sahvir Wheeler completed with 11 factors, 4 rebounds and 6 assists. He had six of Kentucky’s 13 turnovers within the recreation.

Saint Peter’s ahead Hassan Drame celebrates after grabbing a rebound throughout extra time in a university basketball recreation in opposition to Kentucky within the first spherical of the NCAA match, Thursday, March 17, 2022, in Indianapolis. Saint Peter’s received 85-79.
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Kentucky will miss once more on making it to the Ultimate 4 on the very least. The Wildcats didn’t make the match final season and in 2020 the match was shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic. Kentucky has gotten to 2 regional finals since 2015 however no Ultimate Fours or championships.

Saint Peter’s has been very profitable below coach Shaheen Holloway, who took over for Ryan Whalen in the midst of the 2019-20 season. The group may have presumably received the Metro Atlantic Athletic Convention in 2020 if the season wasn’t shut down. The Peacocks completed 14-11 final season however misplaced within the MAAC Event to Fairfield.

Kentucky gamers react on the bench on the finish of a faculty basketball recreation in opposition to Saint Peter’s within the first spherical of the NCAA match, Thursday, March 17, 2022, in Indianapolis. Saint Peter’s received 85-79 in extra time.
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Holloway, in simply over two years, is already among the many most profitable Peacocks males’s basketball coaches. With Thursday’s win, Saint Peter’s picks up its twentieth win over the yr.