Washington forward Quincy Pondexter (20) goes to the basket as Marquette forward Joseph Fulce, left, Marquette forward Lazar Hayward, second from left, and Marquette guard Dwight Buycks (23) look on during the first half of their NCAA …
#11 Washington beats #6 Marquette
Score the winner with 1.7 sec left
Updated: Thursday, 18 Mar 2010, 8:20 PM MDT
Published : Thursday, 18 Mar 2010, 8:19 PM MDT
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Quincy Pondexter drove for a tiebreaking bank shot with 1.7 seconds left, and 11th-seeded Washington extended its remarkable late-season run into the NCAA tournament with an 80-78 victory over Marquette in the first round of the East Regional on Thursday night.
Pondexter scored 18 points and Isaiah Thomas 19 as the Huskies (25-9) won their eighth straight game in dramatic fashion, rallying from a 15-point deficit with 13½ minutes left.
Washington made two late defensive stops before its senior leader drove by Jimmy Butler from the perimeter and scored the winning basket.
Lazar Hayward missed a half-court heave at the buzzer for the sixth-seeded Golden Eagles (23-11), who didn't manage a field goal in the final 4:33.
Washington will face the winner of third-seeded New Mexico's late game against Montana at the Shark Tank, which was filled with Huskies fans.
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