Back-to-back dunks by Nick Ward gave Big X a 70-69 lead, which was ball game when the Elam Ending was executed with a target rating of 78 points.
D2 rapidly reacted, nevertheless, taking the lead back minutes later on a Mike Davis jumper, and it held a 59-57 lead at the end of the 3rd period following a Kellen Dunham rainbow 3-pointer from the corner to start the final rally..
After trailing D2 for more than 25 minutes out of the first 27 minutes through 3 quarters, Big X turned a 59-57 third-quarter deficit into a 64-61 cause start the fourth duration stressed by Trévon Hughes 3-pointer..
Red Scare includes mainly University of Dayton alumni, consisting of previous Flyers stars Kyle Davis, Darrell Davis, Trey Landers and Devin Oliver, plus former Buckeye center Trevor Thompson.
Big X did not take its 2nd lead of the game up until the four-minute mark of the 3rd quarter, which came via a one-handed laser pass from Jackson for a Ward transition container for a 46-45 benefit.
The Elam Ending turns the video game clock off when there are less than four minutes left in the final quarter and puts out a target score. The target rating adds 8 points to the leading groups rating, and the first team to the target rating wins.
Ward set up a team-high 18 points on 7-of-13 shooting for Big X, while Kevin Capers poured in a game-high 25 points for D2. Mike Davis (13 points for D2) and Javon Bess (11 points for Big X) were the video games other leading scorers..
Big X took a 1-0 lead with a little less than nine minutes to play, however after starting shooting 13 percent deep into the first quarter, Big X routed 23-9 at the close of the first quarter. The group reacted, however, with an 11-1 run in the middle of the 2nd period, punctuated by Kellen Dunhams top-of-the-key 3-pointer to cut the margin to 28-24, and D2 eventually extended its result in 36-30 at the break.
Former Buckeye guard CJ Jacksons deep jumper was followed up by a 3-pointer by Hughes for a 75-71 advantage. A set of free throws from Javon Bess then set up the video game winner from Jackson.
CJ Jackson with the floater FOR THE WIN@BigX_tbt pic.twitter.com/3jYGZBjeiD.
A matchup of Ohio-based groups awaits in the 2nd round, as Big X will play No. 8 seed Red Scare at 2 p.m. Wednesday on ESPN.
Basketball is back, and Big X is going to see another video game.
In spite of can be found in as the No. 9-seeded favorites over No. 24 seed D2, a replacement group called upon three days prior to the start of TBT, Big X came out cold..
In the return of the first live basketball action on TV considering that March, Big X squeezed previous D2, 79-74, in the preliminary of The Basketball Tournament on Saturday at Nationwide Arena.
— TBT (@thetournament) July 4, 2020.
After missing his very first effort on a floater in the lane, Jackson confined his own rebound and pressed up a second floater through the bottom of the bucket to close it out.
