East Lansing – The clock in Sunday night’s Michigan State-Florida Gulf Coast game was started prematurely by an on-court official, the Big Ten announced on Monday, and not the sideline timekeeper.
With 1.6 seconds left in the game at the Breslin Center, Florida Gulf Coast inbounded the ball from under its own basket and the clock started early. As forward Antravious Simmons grabbed the pass and turned to shoot, the horn sounded and his shot missed.
After a review by the on-court officials, it was determined by stopwatch the shot would have counted had it gone in but that time expired after the shot, giving Michigan State the 78-77 victory.