The Chattanooga Mocs are going dancing after putting together an extremely March Madness moment on Monday night in Asheville, NC. Chattanooga took down the Furman Paladins 64-63 in an absolutely bonkers SoCon Championship Game that was capped off by an unbelievable finish in overtime.
Furman’s Mike Bothwell — who also made a three to send the game to overtime — made a layup to put the Paladins up 73-71 with 4.3 seconds remaining in overtime. It appeared that may send Furman to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1980, but David Jean-Baptiste had other ideas.
Jean-Baptiste made a contested, deep, and simply crazy buzzer-beating three-pointer to put the Mocs in the NCAA Tournament- and to break the hearts of Furman and its fans (the Paladins even went 5-for-5 from the field in overtime, but still lost).
First, here’s how it looked and sounded on the ESPN broadcast:
https://twitter.com/thecomeback/status/1501017452561387520
And here’s how it sounded on Chattanooga radio with Jim Reynolds on the call:
https://twitter.com/bubbaprog/status/1501017267320012800
Lastly, here’s how it sounded on the losing side with Dan Scott on the call for Furman:
And sure, here’s the Furman call: pic.twitter.com/Kj1cwaIMX6
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) March 8, 2022
Chattanooga is going to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2016.
[Photo Credit: ESPN]
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