SAN FRANCISCO – Charles Minlend clenched his fists, closed his eyes, and crouched down as the ball trickled away near mid-court.
The University of San Francisco men's basketball team had 1.9 seconds left in overtime to get the ball to one of their most dynamic shooters to close a three-point gap, but the in-bound pass tipped off of a Harvard player's fingers. Minlend reached out, but the ball slipped away as the buzzer sounded.
In Monday's 84-81 loss to Harvard (10-4), Minlend was one of the driving forces behind a wild second-half comeback that saw San Francisco (11-4) erase a 15-point deficit: He scored 13 of his 19 points after the half.