NIT Wild Elite 8 Games: UNCW 116-114, NIA 94-92

Coming off the lowest scoring game of our first 350, with Bobby Knights' Indiana defeating Michael Jordan, we proceeded to have the two wildest games decided at the buzzer.

Northern Iowa Edges Winthrop. We the non-power Conferences playing for automatic bids, we thought we would shift back to out NIT of all-time non-power champs, and the first game was between our two biggest non-power champs, with Winthrop 2007 vs. Northern Iowa 2015. In their real MVC tournament this year Northern Iowa is not in the title game due to being upset by Valpo in the quarter finals.

Seth Tuttle drew a foul in the closing seconds and hit both free throws for a 94-92 win to advance to our All-Time NIT Final 4. He has made Northern Iowa perhaps the biggest surprise so far i the game - as a blowout win over Bobby Hurley's Rhode Island, stunning upset of the 1960 Ohio State champs and then respectable loss against a Kentucky team make them 4-1 with this win and in our top 50. IN real MVC action 

Winthrop also lost their real tournament title game today to end up runner up in the Big South tournament.

UNC Wilmington over Stephen F Austin in double OT Despite 4 starters fouling out. The next game would be the second highest scoring game of our 350 Value Add Basketball Games played to date. The average score in our first 350 games has been 78-68. Ironically the lowest scoring game was played right before these two games, as Bobby Knight's Indiana beat Michael Jordan's UNC 53-46 in a matchup of perhaps the best two defensive teams in teh game.

Rnk	Highest Scoring Games	Player	Score	Allow	Pts	Opponent
1	Loyola Marymount 1990	Bo Kimble	138	116	254	Kentucky 1970
2	UNC Wilmington 2003	Devontae Cacok	116	114	230	Stephen F. Austin 2016
3	Holy Cross 1950	Bob Cousy #34	108	106	214	Duke 1986
4	Michigan St. 2000	Mateen Cleaves	108	104	212	Miami FL 1965
5	North Carolina 1998	Vince Carter	104	101	205	Loyola Marymount 1990
6	Illinois 1989	Nick Anderson	105	98	203	Loyola Marymount 1990
7	Miami FL 2023	Norchad Omier	99	98	197	Washington 2006
8	Texas 2023	Marcus Carr	97	96	193	Indiana St. 1979
9	Michigan 1965	Cazzie Russell	95	94	189	Stephen F Austin 1965
10	Marquette 2023	Tyler Kolek	94	93	187	Creighton 2023
Drop	UCLA 1967	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar #3	93	92	185	Baylor 2021

That was topped in our second game which sets all kinds of records starting with both teams being the first to score 100 points besides games  in which Loyola-Marymount was not playing.  Stephen F. Austin drew a record 33 fouls to get a record 47 foul shots attempted. Four of five UNC Wilmington starters fouled out, but the remaining player - Denzel Ingram - hit a game-winning 3-pointer at the end of the 2nd overtime to advance to our NIT Final 4 with a 116-114 win.

While we ranked Thomas Walkup as the best player in the country when we ran our Value Add Basketball rankings, it was Demetrious Floyd hit an all-time game high seven 3-pointers in the losing effort.

Pos	Stephen F Austin 2016	Pts	3pt	2pt	FT	Att	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fl	Height	Summary
	UNCW 116, SFA 114
1-PG	Trey Pinkney	6	0	2	2	4	5	2	0	2	5'9	2.7 Pts, 1.8 Reb
2-SG	Demetrious Floyd	28	7	1	5	7	1	3	1	3	5'11	13.8 Pts, 1.5 Reb
3-SF	Thomas Walkup	31	0	8	15	16	11	7	1	4	6'4	18.1 Pts, 6.9 Reb
4-PF	Ty Charles	21	1	7	4	9	7	4	0	3	6'5	9.4 Pts, 4.8 Reb
5-C	T.J. Holyfield	14	0	3	8	11	10	0	2	1	6'8	7.5 Pts, 4.2 Reb
1-PG	Jared Johnson	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'0	6.0 Pts, 0.9 Reb
2-SG	Dallas Cameron	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'3	3.5 Pts, 1.0 Reb
3-SF	Nathan Bain	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'6	2.5 Pts, 2.0 Reb
4-PF	Clide Geffrard	6	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'5	13.3 Pts, 5.9 Reb
5-C	C.J. Williams	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'2	2.4 Pts, 2.7 Reb
	Turnovers 14	114	8	28	34	47	39	16	4	18
Pos	UNC Wilmington 2017	Pts	3pt	2pt	FT	Att	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fl	Height	Summary
1-PG	Denzel Ingram	33	4	9	3	4	3	1	0	3	6'0	14.6 Pts, 2.2 Reb
2-SG	Ambrose Mosley	5	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	5	6'2	8.2 Pts, 2.9 Reb
3-SF	Chris Flemmings	13	1	5	0	0	2	0	1	5	6'5	15.8 Pts, 5.6 Reb
4-PF	C.J. Bryce	24	1	7	7	10	3	0	0	5	6'5	17.4 Pts, 5.4 Reb
5-C	Devontae Cacok	12	0	6	0	0	13	0	2	5	6'7	12.3 Pts, 9.8 Reb
1-PG	Jordon Talley	14	1	5	1	2	1	0	0	2	6'0	7.6 Pts, 1.7 Reb
2-SG	JaQuel Richmond	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'1	4.6 Pts, 1.2 Reb
3-SF	Jaylen Fornes	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	6'3	3.1 Pts, 1.0 Reb
4-PF	Marcus Bryan	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	6'7	2.2 Pts, 2.7 Reb
5-C	Chuck Ogbodo	9	0	4	1	1	2	0	0	3	6'9	1.5 Pts, 2.0 Reb
	Turnovers 21	116	8	40	12	17	30	3	3	33
	Previous game
Pos	Winthrop 2007	Pts	3pt	2pt	FT	Att	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fl	Height	Summary
	N IA wins 116-114
1-PG	Michael Jenkins	12	2	3	0	0	2	3	0	2	6'3	14.8 Pts, 3.8 Reb
2-SG	Chris Gaynor	14	2	4	0	0	1	0	0	2	5'10	7.8 Pts, 3.2 Reb
3-SF	Taj McCullough	16	3	2	3	3	4	0	0	1	6'7	7.9 Pts, 3.8 Reb
4-PF	Phillip Williams	8	2	1	0	0	5	0	0	2	6'8	8.7 Pts, 5.5 Reb
5-C	Craig Bradshaw	16	1	6	1	2	5	0	2	2	6'11	13.5 Pts, 6.3 Reb
1-PG	DeAndre Adams	7	0	3	1	1	3	0	1	3	5'8	2.1 Pts, 1.1 Reb
2-SG	Antwon Harris	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'4	5.5 Pts, 3.3 Reb
3-SF	Kyle Moore	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'3	1.9 Pts, 0.8 Reb
4-PF	Mantoris Robinson	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	6'5	2.4 Pts, 2.6 Reb
5-C	Torrell Martin	13	3	2	0	0	3	1	0	2	6'5	14.5 Pts, 5.7 Reb
	Turnovers 13	92	13	24	5	6	27	4	3	18
Pos	Northern Iowa 2015 (MVC)	Pts	3pt	2pt	FT	Att	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fl	Ht	Actual Season
1-PG	Deon Mitchell	11	1	4	0	0	2	1	0	1	6'1	7.5 Pts, 2.0 ^ 2.5 Ast
2-SG	Matt Bohannon	9	1	1	4	4	2	3	3	1	6'4	5.7 Pts, 1.7 ^ 0.9 Ast
3-SF	Jeremy Morgan	11	2	2	1	1	4	0	0	1	6'5	5.6 Pts, 3.1 ^ 0.9 Ast
4-PF	Marvin Singleton	10	0	4	2	2	4	0	0	1	6'6	4.7 Pts, 4.9 ^ 0.7 Ast
5-C	Seth Tuttle	25	4	4	5	5	4	0	2	3	6'8	15.3 Pts, 6.9 ^ 3.3 Ast
1-PG	Wes Washpun	10	2	1	2	4	2	0	1	2	6'1	7.6 Pts, 2.5 ^ 2.6 Ast
2-SG	Wyatt Lohaus	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'2	3.8 Pts, 1.2 ^ 0.7 Ast
3-SF	Paul Jesperson	2	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	6'6	5.9 Pts, 2.3 ^ 0.3 Ast
4-PF	Nate Buss	9	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	6'9	7.7 Pts, 2.7 ^ 0.1 Ast
5-C	Bennett Koch	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'9	1.4 Pts, 0.6 ^ 0.0 Ast
	Turnovers 12	94	13	20	15	17	25	4	6	13