Mary Washington wins Division III title on last-second putback over Emory
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NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament pleasure is not restricted to Division I faculties.
The University of Mary Washington and Emory University’s Division III nationwide championship recreation got here all the way down to the wire. The Mary Washington Eagles had the ball within the closing seconds and had been scrambling to get a last-second shot into the web in opposition to the Emory Eagles.
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The Mary Washington Eagles have fun after defeating the Emory Eagles within the NCAA Division III males’s basketball championship recreation at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on April 5, 2026. (Christine Tannous/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK through Imagn Images)
Mary Washington guard Kye Robinson put up a fallaway shot as he fell out of bounds. Robinson’s shot missed, however ahead Colin Mitchell was there to rebound the ball and put it into the basket as time expired.
Mitchell ran again up the courtroom as his teammates ran towards him to have fun the win.
“We trusted Kye to get to the spot,” he mentioned, via Yahoo Sports. “And he got there and shot a good shot. Right place, right time.”
Robinson admitted he did not take the “easiest shot possible.”
Emory Eagles ahead AJ Harris rushes up the courtroom in opposition to Mary Washington Eagles guard Hasan Hammad on Sunday, April 5, 2026, in the course of the NCAA Division III males’s basketball championship recreation at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. (Christine Tannous/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK through Imagn Images)
“I feel like I was making it kind of hard on myself. And then once I felt my leg buckle a little bit, I was like, ‘Oh, I just have to get it up.’ Definitely the best missed shot of my life.”
Seconds earlier than Mitchell’s game-winning putback, Emory’s Ethan Fauss hit a game-tying 3-pointer with 12 seconds left. Fauss and Jair Knight had been the catalyst in placing Emory up eight factors three minutes into the second half. It was Emory’s largest lead.
Mary Washington would go on a 14-2 run to get again into the sport.
Robinson had 27 factors on 12-of-22 taking pictures. He had eight rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals within the win. Jay Randall had 14 factors and Kaden Bates added 10.
Knight and Fauss had 24 factors for Emory. Ben Pearce, Emory’s all-time main scorer who eclipsed 2,000 factors in his profession, was held with out a shot till he hit a 3-pointer with 90 seconds left. He went 7-of-11 from the free-throw line.
The Mary Washington Eagles have fun after defeating the Emory Eagles within the NCAA Division III males’s basketball championship recreation at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on April 5, 2026. (Christine Tannous/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK through Imagn Images)
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Mary Washington’s victory gave the workforce 30 for the season. It was a program document for wins. The workforce, which misplaced to Emory within the match final yr, eradicated the defending champions, Trinity, within the semifinals.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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