The Peacocks strut their way into the NCAA Tournament’s East Regional final by adding the third-seeded Boilermakers to their list of upset victims, 67-64.
Saint Peter’s Doug Edert celebrates after after the Peacocks defeated third-seeded Purdue, 67-64, in an NCAA Tournament East Regional semifinal on Thursday night in Philadelphia. The Peacocks are the first 15th-seeded team to advance to the Elite Eight.
Saint Peter’s Doug Edert, right, tries to get past Purdue’s Mason Gillis during the first half of a college basketball game in the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA tournament, Friday, March 25, 2022, in Philadelphia. Saint Peter’s players celebrate after winning a college basketball game against Purdue in the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA tournament, Friday, March 25, 2022, in Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA — Daryl Banks III scored the tying and go-ahead baskets that pushed 15th-seeded Saint Peter’s to the brink of the Final Four, the tiny Peacocks thriving off a home-court edge to beat third-seeded Purdue, 67-64, on Friday night.
“What they going to say now?” Coach Shaheen Holloway said about his team’s doubters, a group whose numbers are dwindling.Almost 30 years to the day that Duke’s Christian Laettner hit an overtime buzzer-beater that stunned Kentucky to win a regional final at the since-razed Spectrum, Purdue and Saint Peter’s pulled off their own Philly classic.
The Peacocks hopped the press table and saluted fans in the first few rows. They mobbed each other and hugged and started waving down fans and friends before they gathered at the basket to celebrate – one more time – the biggest win in program history.
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