Cincinnati Bearcats' Troy Caupain (10) fights to get a last second shot off under pressure from Purdue Boilermakers' Vince Edwards (12) to put the game into overtime during the second half of play in their second round game of the 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky, March 19, 2015. Photo by John Sommers II/UPI
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Cincinnati Edges Purdue In OT Thriller
Cincinnati Bearcats’ Troy Caupain (10) fights to get a last second shot off under pressure from Purdue Boilermakers’ Vince Edwards (12) to put the game into overtime during the second half of play in their second round game of the 2015 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky, March 19, 2015. Photo by John Sommers II/UPI | License Photo
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Cincinnati trailed by seven with under a minute left in regulation and somehow survived Purdue 66-65 in an overtime thriller in the Midwest Region on Thursday.
A potential matchup against undefeated Kentucky is looming in the next round, but the eighth-seeded Bearcats (23-10), even without their leading scorer and rebounder, showed they will not be as easy out.
Just ask Purdue, which had multiple chances to put the game away but wound up on the losing end when Vince Edwards missed a 3-pointer at the OT buzzer.
