Ties. They’re for soccer. And sometimes football, although players often forget it. Even hockey got rid of ‘em.
Division II basketball game ends in tie when desperation heave knocks out lights
BRINGS A NEW MEANING TO SHOOTING THE LIGHTS OUT, AMIRITE AMIRITE AMIRITE
But Wednesday night, Winston-Salem State tied Johnson C. Smith University in a D-II matchup, 76-76, in a game we need to find video of. (UPDATE: Found video!)
Here’s the scenario:
Johnson C. Smith hits both. JCSU 76, WSSU 74 with 00:05 left. #GoRams
— WSSU Athletics (@WSSU_Athletics) February 20, 2014 Close game! What's gonna happen!
#1 Javan Wells of @WSSU_Athletics lands a corner layup off the glass...and WE'RE HEADED TO OVERTIME Folks!!!
— JCSU Athletics (@JCSU_Sports) February 20, 2014 Woah! Crazy ending! Except...
Going to be a delay with a broken light fixture hanging over the court.
— WSSU Athletics (@WSSU_Athletics) February 20, 2014 @Quailman1898 It was broken when an JCSU full court shot hit light.
— WSSU Athletics (@WSSU_Athletics) February 20, 2014 No, seriously, the damn light was dangling over the court:
I'm sitting 30 feet away from light that is dangling by a wire.I'm here to tell you it's a dangerous thing. It could have fallen during play
— John Dell (@johndellWSJ) February 20, 2014 Broken light at Brayboy pic.twitter.com/O4hSWzeBYL
— John Dell (@johndellWSJ) February 20, 2014 The refs did the smart thing, although the weird thing:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN THE CIAA OFFICIALS HAVE DECLARED THIS GAME A DRAW!!!!! THIS WILL BE A TIED GAME!!!
— JCSU Athletics (@JCSU_Sports) February 20, 2014 I REPEAT THE CIAA OFFICIALS HAVE DECLARED THIS MATCH-UP AGAINST @WSSU_Athletics TONIGHT A DRAW!!!!
— JCSU Athletics (@JCSU_Sports) February 20, 2014 Men's Basketball: Winston-Salem 76, Johnson C. Smith 76 (Final)
— WSSU Athletics (@WSSU_Athletics) February 20, 2014 Yup, tie. UPDATE: We now have video of this!
Let’s all tell the same joke:
Final Score: Winston-Salem State 76, Johnson C. Smith 76. Not a typo. New meaning to "shooting the lights out." http://t.co/BIXhpUUIka
— Alex Inman (@alexinman) February 20, 2014 This gives new meaning to "shooting the lights out." DII game ends in tie after last second shot break light. http://t.co/zbpZeQmevI
— Matthew Cox (@coxmt) February 20, 2014 Let’s turn to internet star Guy With Great Kiss Cam Defense to learn how the players must have felt.
(Side note: I wanted to mention that Earl Monroe and Stephen A. Smith played ball at Winston-Salem in my post but couldn’t find a way to squeeze it in. Next time.)
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