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No. 2 Houston Outlasts No. 3 Memphis, 76-74, in Semifinals at Men’s Basketball Championship

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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Justin Gorham scored 15 points, including four free throws in the final 27 seconds, and second-seeded Houston beat No. 3 seed Memphis 76-74 on Saturday to advance to its third consecutive American Athletic Conference Tournament final.

Boogie Ellis had a career-high 27 points for Memphis, but he had a turnover with 49 seconds left. He fell down with the ball when trying to respond to the Gorham’s nifty one-handed reverse layup with just over a minute left that had put the Cougars up 72-71.