The moment the ball left the hands of Houston freshman guard Tramon Mark, senior forward Justin Gorham knew the game was decided.
“It was so low, that when I saw it, (I knew) it was going to go off the backboard and go in. That’s when I called game,” Gorham told reporters after the game. “(It is) a memory I will never forget.”
As soon as the buzzer sounded, and the ball, in fact, bounced off the glass and went straight through the net, chaos ensued.
“It was a miracle shot,” said Memphis sophomore guard Lester Quinones, who defended Mark on the final play.