It is not midnight yet!


Cinderella has a name – and it is Oral Roberts!!!!! That’s right, Oral Roberts has become just the second 15 seed to make it to the Sweet 16, as they upset Florida 81-78.

Oral Roberts came back from being down double-digits early in the second half. ORU’s Kevin Obanor hit a jumper to give them a 77-76 lead. Florida’s Noah Locke gave the lead back to the Gators, but ORU came back down the court, and DeShang Weaver hit a three pointer from the wing to give the Golden Eagles a 2 point lead.

Then, both teams played good defense holding each other from scoring. With 17 seconds, Obanor hit one of his two free throws to extend the lead to 3. The Gators had a frantic sequence where Tre Mann missed a three-pointer to tie, Scottie Lewis tracked the offensive rebound down in the corner and threw up a desperation three-pointer as he faded out-of-bounds. But the shot was short, the rebound got slapped around, and time ran out.

Cinderella has found a way to stop the clock. She is still dancing, and will be getting to play #3 Arkansas in the Sweet 16. Congratulations to the Golden Eagles!!!!


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