ORLANDO, Fla. -- It took nearly 50 years, but Furman finally has another NCAA tournament win.
The Paladins did it in pretty dramatic fashion, too.
Garrett Hien intercepted a wayward pass and fed the ball to JP Pegues, who hit a long 3-pointer with 2.2 seconds to play to give the 13th-seeded Paladins a 68-67 victory over 4th-seeded Virginia at the Amway Center on Thursday. It's the program's first NCAA tournament victory since 1974.
"It's an unbelievable moment," said Furman head coach Bob Richey, who wasn't born until three years after the Paladins had made their most recent tournament appearance in 1980.