It is March, which means that madness occurs on the university basketball court.
Sometimes that madness is due to some brutal errors that result in agonizing losses.
That is exactly what happened in the final of the Male Basketball Tournament of the Athletic Conference of Mid-Oriente on Saturday, since Caleb McCarty of the state of South Carolina seemed to make a play savings play when he stole an entrance pass and tied the game at 65 each against Norfolk State.
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Norfolk’s Spartans Guard, Christian Ens, moves the ball against Tennessee volunteers in Thompson-Boling Arena in Food City Center. (Randy Sartin-Imagn images)
However, McCarty’s heroic moment quickly became sour when he did not seem to realize what the score was at the time of the next entrance game.
With 10.6 seconds to play, McCarty pursued the Christians of the state of Norfolk and intentionally summoned it. McCarty’s teammates were in shock, throwing their arms into the air when Ings could go to the free throw line to get two free shots to take the front once more.
Ings ended up hitting only one of those two free throws with 8.9 seconds to play, although the state of South Carolina had one more opportunity in a bucket to rectify the wrong foul.
But the last shot in the bell failed, and Norfolk State celebrated his trip to the NCAA tournament as the Meac Champions. Meanwhile, the state of South Carolina could not have been more disconsolate.
The South Carolina State Guard, Eric Eaves, against the hurricanes of the University of Miami on December 6, 2016 at the Watsco Center, Coral Gables, Florida. (Richard C. Lewis/Icon Sportswire through Getty Images)
McCarty finished the game with four points and two rebounds, playing 19 minutes from the bank for the bulldogs.
The Bulldogs also rose 34-25 in the half time, but 41-31 were overcome in the second half when the Spartans returned.
Wilson Dubinsky, from the state of South Carolina, was the top scorer in this game with 24 points, while also counted two rebounds and three assists.
The eaves of the Bulldogs of the state of South Carolina, Caleb McCarty, submerges the ball against the Xavier Musketeers in the Tape center. (Aaron Doster-Imagn images)
For the state of Norfolk, Inings led the way with 16 points, seven rebounds and four assists.
