The UC Riverside Highlanders — an 8.5-point underdog — pulled off a road upset over the Arizona State Sun Devils in unbelievable fashion on Thursday night.
Trailing 65-63 th 1.7 seconds left, UC Riverside had to inbound the ball from the opposite hoop. But they didn’t need cover too much ground be to within range for J.P. Moorman II.
Moorman drained a shot from well beyond half-court to beat the buzzer and give the Highlanders a 66-65 victory in Tempe.
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— UCR Men's Basketball (@UCRMBB) November 12, 2021
AS CALLED ON UC RIVERSIDE RADIO: pic.twitter.com/fgBXNXR8zj
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) November 12, 2021
UC Riverside with a stunning half-court buzzer beater to win it 66-65. Absolutely insane final shot. pic.twitter.com/NjIGQdpxEZ
— PHNX Sun Devils (@PHNX_SunDevils) November 12, 2021
Arizona State loses on a really long shot at the buzzer. pic.twitter.com/opLwBQKnoe
— Doug Haller (@DougHaller) November 12, 2021
UC Riverside was considering ending all of their athletics due to budget concerns. They just walked into ASU’s house, took their money, and beat them on a 3/4 court buzzer beater. https://t.co/5Mn0iBRAeB
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) November 12, 2021
Arizona State loses a buy game to UC Riverside. The epitome of brutality.
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) November 12, 2021
We’re not even a week into the 2021-2022 college basketball season, and that shot is going to be hard to top for the craziest game-winner this season. An absolutely amazing shot by Moorman.
An incredible moment and significant win for the UC Riverside program and the Big West Conference- and a rough loss for ASU and the Pac-12.