Luke Maye’s Late Jumper Downs Kentucky, Sends UNC to the Final Four
Posted Mar 26, 2017
Big time players make big time plays in big time games. Luke Maye showed Sunday in Memphis he is indeed, a big time player, as his jumper from the left wing with 0.3 seconds remaining gave the top-seeded Tar Heels a thrilling 75-73 victory over the No. 2 seed Kentucky Wildcats in the NCAA South Regional Final–and earned the program a trip to its 20th Final Four.
(Chapelboro.com)
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