The shot went in. Of course it did. It had to.
The final shot attempt in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center for senior guard Marshall Graves found the bottom of the net with 44 seconds to play in LSU's 94-64 win over Georgia Saturday.
Wayde Sims, killed in September 2018, wore the No. 44. After Sims' death, Graves – high school teammates with Sims and fellow senior Skylar Mays – received his scholarship
Saturday was supposed to be Senior Day for all three. And from the moment Sims' parents, Wayne and Fay, held his jersey in the pregame tribute, to the second Graves' shot fell through, it was.