Wow. 1:54 to play in the extra session, and Saint Louis has a 71-65 lead. UMass doesn't look like it'll do a thing about that, having jacked up two airballs on the way to a goose egg from the field thus far.
With 1:22 left, Kevin Lisch makes the second free throw after missing the first and it's 72-65.
1:11 OT: As I switch into full commentary mode, Gary Forbes hits a 3 from the top of the arc to make it 72-66. UMass presses, but St. Louis breaks it and Tommie Liddell drives for a layup... which he misses... but Saint Louis gets the rebound.
0:48 OT: Brandon Thomas fouls Liddell. He makes the first, and misses the second off the front rim.
0:35 OT: Wow. Life drives to the basket and misses a layup, A-10 Player of the Year Stephane Lasme misses the putback, and Thomas misses that putback. The ball goes out of bounds off a Saint Louis player and UMass gets it back.
0:32 OT: Life curls off a screen, gets open and nails a 3 to make it 73-71.
0:18.1 OT: Liddell goes over and back!
0:06.3 OT: Lowe is stripped by Liddell and lands on top of him and is called for the foul. Liddell hits the first and misses the 2nd! It's 74-71.
At the buzzer: Forbes brings it all the way down the floor, gets off a 3 and it hits the front of the rim!
Game over, and with it goes any kind of shot UMass had at the NCAA Tournament. But at least we've now had our first upset of this year's A-10 Tournament -- and if St. Joe's wins tonight, you have to give them a much better shot against the Billikens than they would have had against the Minutemen.
Back in a bit for the Hawks' showdown with George Washington.
