South Carolina State lost out on the MEAC's automatic NCAA tournament bid in frustrating, heartbreaking fashion on Saturday when Caleb McCarty committed a reach-in foul on Norfolk State's Christian Ings with eight seconds remaining in regulation.
McCarty had just tied the game at 65-65 on a layup, catching a ricochet after Jayden Johnson tipped the ball for a steal.
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Apparently forgetting or not realizing that it was a tied ballgame, McCarty then reached in to foul Ings as he advanced the ball up court, as if South Carolina St.