{"id":6484,"date":"2015-03-12T10:44:46","date_gmt":"2015-03-12T14:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/?p=6484"},"modified":"2018-05-07T20:55:35","modified_gmt":"2018-05-07T20:55:35","slug":"mavins-half-court-buzzer-beater-sinks-utsa-57-54","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/2015\/03\/12\/mavins-half-court-buzzer-beater-sinks-utsa-57-54\/","title":{"rendered":"Mavin\u2019s Half Court Buzzer-Beater Sinks UTSA, 57-54"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Senior <b>Dennis Mavin<\/b> nailed a buzzer-beater just short of half court to help the FIU men\u2019s basketball team (16-16) down the UTSA Roadrunners, 57-54, in the first round of the Conference USA Tournament on Wednesday. With the win, FIU will take on UTEP on Thursday at 1 p.m. ET. In Head Coach Anthony Evans&#8217; two years at FIU, the Panthers are 5-0 in the month of March.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">With the game-winning three at the end of the game, Mavin scored a team-high 15 points in the victory, with all 15 tallies coming in the second half. Mavin also added nine rebounds and five assists in 36 minutes played.\u00a0 Redshirt junior <b>Ray Rodriguez<\/b> made four three-pointers, resulting in 14 points to go along with four assists in 37 minutes of action.\u00a0 Redshirt junior <b>Adrian Diaz<\/b> chipped in nine points, eight rebounds and two blocks in the victory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">UTSA had the early advantage leading 8-3 at the 15:09 mark and led 10-5 at 13:54 as Diaz poured in the first five points for the Panthers. FIU scored the next five points on three from Rodriguez and a jumper in the paint from sophomore <b>Dominique Williams<\/b> to knot the contest up at 10. UTSA answered with a 6-0 run, but the Panthers came back with a 7-0 run of their own, highlighted by a three from senior <b>Kris Gulley<\/b> and four-straight from Williams to make it a 17-16 advantage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J4rl1rUoJ0I?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The closing four minutes of the first half were back and forth. With UTSA leading 18-17, junior <b>Michael Phillip<\/b> scored on a put-back to lift FIU back in front before UTSA\u2019s Ryan Bowie hit a three on the other end. Rodriguez answered with another three to give the 10th-seeded Panthers a 22-21 lead, but Bowie came back again with a three. Williams sank a jumper with 59 seconds to go and then made a free-throw at the 26-second mark to give FIU a 25-24 lead. Bowie converted on a jumper in the closing seconds to give the Roadrunners a 26-25 lead at halftime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">With the game tied up one-minute into the second half, Draper and Diaz contributed four of the next five points to give the Panthers a three-point edge at the 17:20 mark. FIU would maintain a lead for the next 13-plus minutes. A three by Mavin at the 11:11 mark made it 44-39 in favor of the Panthers, their largest lead of the game. A free-throw by Rodriguez matched that game-high lead of five at the 6:15 mark on a free-throw, as FIU led 49-44. From that point, UTSA came back with the next seven tallies to retake the lead, 51-49, with 1:59 to go.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Mavin came back with a layup at the 1:48 mark to tie the contest up for the sixth time and Draper made a jumper in the paint with 46 seconds to go. Rodriguez made a free-throw with eight seconds left to extend the Panther lead to three. However, on the other end, UTSA\u2019s Keon Lewis nailed a three to tie the game with two-plus seconds remaining. Mavin took the inbounds pass, stepped over midcourt and launched up the prayer, where he banked it in to give the Panthers a 57-54 victory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The play\u00a0was recently\u00a0featured on ESPN Sport Center&#8217;s #1 Play of the Day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senior Dennis Mavin nailed a buzzer-beater just short of half court to help the FIU men\u2019s basketball team (16-16) down the UTSA Roadrunners, 57-54, in the first round of the Conference USA Tournament on Wednesday. With the win, FIU will take on UTEP on Thursday at 1 p.m. ET. 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