Charleston star Ante Brzovic lifted the Cougars to an exciting 119-116 double-overtime victory over Florida Atlantic on Friday night time when he hit a deep 3-pointer from the best wing as time expired. The heroic make from the CAA Preseason Participant of the 12 months capped an offensive slugfest by which each groups shot 50% or higher from 3-point vary.
Brzovic led all scorers with 39 factors and likewise completed with a game-high 13 rebounds as he continued a torrid starting to his senior season. The Croatian ahead led Division I males’s basketball in factors per recreation at 30.5 coming into the night time and upped his common to 33.3 with one other enormous displaying.
Simply 3.6 seconds remained within the second additional time when Brzovic acquired the inbounds go needing to journey the size of the ground for a bucket. He turned up courtroom as he made the catch and took simply three dribbles along with his lengthy strides earlier than pulling up and releasing the sport winner simply earlier than the buzzer sounded.
It was a devastating ending for FAU, which rallied from a 13-point deficit within the last seven minutes to power the primary additional time. After by no means main within the second half, the visiting Owls led briefly in each overtimes. Nevertheless, Brzovic took management down the stretch within the second additional time, scoring 9 factors over the ultimate 1:08 as Charleston rollied again from a 114-110 deficit.
ANTE BRZOVIC WINS IT FROM 30 FEET AT THE BUZZER IN 2OT
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Brzovic completed second on the workforce in scoring final season at 12.1 factors per recreation as Charleston completed 27-8 and reached the NCAA Match underneath Pat Kelsey. However when Kelsey left for Louisville, a lot of Charleston’s roster hopped within the switch portal, Brzovic included.
Nevertheless, he opted to return to Charleston to go well with up for first-year coach Chris Mack. Up to now, that call is paying dividends. Friday’s late scoring flurry and buzzer beater had been simply half a particular starting to Brzovic’s season, which coincides with a 3-0 begin for Charleston.
