One Win Away: Golden Eagles 79, Red Scare 70

Getty Images Jamil Wilson seems to know what he’s doing on a basketball court.Kids, don’t leave Jamil Wilson open in the corner.

That’s what Red Scare did on Sunday afternoon with Golden Eagles needing just three points to hit the Elam Ending Target Score. It went a little something like this:

That shot was the capper on an 18-8 run by the Marquette alumni squad that gave them what turned out to be (technically) a come from behind victory over the Dayton alumni squad in the first game of The Basketball Tournament’s semifinals. It was an imposing ending for Golden Eagles in what had been a very good and even basketball game up until that point.

There’s not much to be said about the first three…