With 3 1/2 minutes left, FDU’s Demetre Roberts drove to the basket at lightning fast speed and made the layup to cut FAU’s lead to 3.  But as happens so often with Cinderella in the tournament, that would be as close as FDU would get.

FAU’s Johnell Davis made a jumper to make a 5 point lead, and then 1 minute 40 seconds left, Bryan Greenlee made a three pointer.  And on the next possession, Davis stole the ball and came down the court with a dunk that ended Cinderella’s chances with a 10 point lead.  Thanks to some missed free throws and late threes, the lead got down to 6.  And almost got to 4 as Roberts drove to the basket – but despite being faster than anyone on the court, his layup ended up being too hard and missed to keep the lead at 6.

As FDU called off the team to not foul, FAU’s Alijah Martin had the embarrassing moment of trying to do a 360 dunk and missing badly.  Which should serve him right for trying to dunk the ball when everyone else is just trying to let the clock run out.  But that embarrassing moment couldn’t stop time.  The clock struck midnight for FDU and the 2nd 16 seed to ever advance to the Round of 32 had their time at the dance come to an end.

Should also mention that Creighton lit it up from three – making 11 of 24 as they cruised to a 85-76 victory over 3 seed Baylor.  And that Miami and TCU are trying to knock off 2 more protected seeds in the final 2 games of the night.