Mark Tyndale threw the ball right to Yves Mekongo Mbala, and at the other end Darnell Harris knocked in a three to make it 75-73 La Salle with 2:15 left.
Then Sergio Olmos hits the layup and draws the foul but clanks the free throw.
75-75 with 1:35 to go. We'll just keep the rest of the game in this post.
1:35 2nd, 77-75 Temple: Mekongo Mbala reaches in on Chris Clark. First free throw is good, and so is the second. Timeout La Salle.
1:21 2nd, 77-75 Temple: Darnell Harris passes up what was either a three or a long two -- I'm at the other end of the floor, and decides to drive to the basket... and he travels.
0:50.0 2nd 80-75 Temple: Chris Clark stands at the top right of the arc and looks like he's going to pass it. But he decides to fire up a shot instead ---- it hits the front of the rim, then the backboard... then falls in. Wow.
0:40 2nd, 81-75 Temple: Yves Mekongo Mbala airballs a three and Temple's got it. The ball gets to Chris Clark, and Paul Johnson fouls him. Clark misses the first free throw but makes the second, and Temple calls timeout.
0:23 2nd, 81-75 Temple: Darnell Harris was trapped in the right corner by the La Salle bench, not that it mattered to him. He fired up a three anyway and it rolled tantalizingly around the rim and out. The loose ball resulted in a scrum, a held ball, and Temple possession.
0:17.4 2nd, 82-75: Guillandeaux fouls Christmas off the inbounds pass. The first free throw is good, then Temple calls timeout. The second is good too. The Temple students go for the a capella "Rock N' Roll Part II."
0:04.82 2nd, 82-75 Temple: Kimmani Barrett misses a three, Mark Tyndale gets the rebound and Yves Mekongo Mbala fouls him.
FINAL: 84-75 Temple. Best game of the tournament by far. Both teams gave and got everything, with great shots all over the place. Temple advances to face either Massachusetts or Charlotte, and right now they're looking like the hottest team in the conference by some distance.
