Saint Peter’s Seals Historic Trip to Elite Eight With 67-64 Win Over Purdue – OutKick
The Many Saints of the NCAA stay on! The Peacocks (22-11) are headed to the Elite Eight, changing into the primary fifteenth seed in NCAA event historical past to advance previous the Candy Sixteen. On Nationwide Peacock Day, no much less. Saint Peter’s defeated Purdue, 67-64, in a shocking upset that was additionally too unbelievable…
The Many Saints of the NCAA stay on!
The Peacocks (22-11) are headed to the Elite Eight, changing into the primary fifteenth seed in NCAA event historical past to advance previous the Candy Sixteen. On Nationwide Peacock Day, no much less.
Saint Peter’s defeated Purdue, 67-64, in a shocking upset that was additionally too unbelievable to not occur.
(Ask OutKick’s Clay Travis, and he would’ve made you a ton of cash tonight.)
Beating the Boilermakers on Friday evening, the Peacocks added one other chapter to their Cinderella story — first began with Saint Peter’s win in opposition to the second-seeded Kentucky Wildcats within the first spherical.
Saint Peter’s guard Daryl Banks III led the cost with 14 factors, whereas the electrical Doug Edert contributed 10 factors off the bench.
Banks was cash within the clutch, hitting the tie-breaking jumper at 57 every to place the Peacocks up.
However in the long run, it was Saint Peter’s by no means say die perspective that saved them within the recreation when Purdue performed like the favourite.
Boilermakers star Jaden Ivey had a quiet night on the massive stage: scoring 9 factors after taking pictures 4 of 12 from the sector. The three-ball additionally didn’t fall for Ivey, going 1-of-6 from deep.
Buying and selling leads within the second half, the Peacocks’ underdog spirit took over within the last minutes.
Saint Peter’s will face the winner of Friday evening’s North Carolina versus UCLA matchup.
The younger Peacocks squad is definitely passing the attention check with flying colours.
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