La Salle Rallies, Edges Duquesne
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- In the end, it came down to a couple of free throws and a throwaway.
La Salle, hovering around 50 percent from the line all game, hit its final three free throws after a tie with a minute left to win 82-79. Aaron Jackson got a decent look at the buzzer but was long. The Dukes had the ball down a point with 15 seconds left but threw it away.
Although his final shot was just off, Aaron Jackson did everything else he could to try to get Duquesne into the next round of the Atlantic 10 Tournament. He scored 21 of his 29 points in the second half, including a three that broke a 76-all tie with 1:47 left.
Duquesne missed a bucket that might have put it away after a charge by La Salle's Rodney Green. The Explorers' Darnell Harris then hit a three from about 27 feet away to knot it at 79 in the final minute.
Postgame stats and other goodies after the jump.
For now, all you get is a gotcha! An SID-type person just handed out around a sheet of paper saying the box score is delayed due to a computer malfunction that was probably also messing up the wireless connection here near the end of the game. Reggie Jackson had 29 for Duquesne, Rodney Green had 22 points -- 17 in the second half -- and Darnell Harris had 21.
Yeah, looks like the stats won't be here for a while, so let's just bag it and blame technology. Apparently the computer blew up.
