Georgia Needs Last-Second Three to Escape D-II Chaminade

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If you’re a D-II caliber basketball player, you oughta consider going to Chaminade University in Honolulu. Not only are you in paradise but you regularly get cracks at high-major D-I programs in the Maui Invitational, which Chaminade hosts.

This year, the Silverswords played some real blue bloods — Kansas & UCLA — before facing off with Georgia on Wednesday night in the seventh-place game. Chaminade lost by 30 to Kansas, with Bill Self saying after the game that this year’s team was the best Chaminade version he has seen, and 26 to UCLA, though they were tied during the second half. Against Georgia, they had their best chance to steal a victory over a legit D-I program, and it almost happened. The Bulldogs needed a last-second three to beat the Swords despite entering the game as a 26-point favorite.

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Anthony Edwards shot fell through the net as time expired, giving Georgia an 80-77 win. Edwards, the Dawgs’ top scorer, finished with 24 points against the Swords, giving him a 22.3 scoring average for the tournament. It should be noted that Edwards, who dropped 37 on Michigan State in the second round, is just a freshman.

Georgia improved to 5-2 with the win. They entered the Maui Invitational undefeated (4-0) before losing to Dayton and Michigan State.

Kansas wound up winning the event in a thrilling overtime championship game over Dayton.

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The last time Chaminade won a game vs. a D-I program was in 2017 when they beat Cal by 24 points. Tyler Cartaino (16.3 ppg) and Andre Arissol (16 ppg) were the top scorers in the tournament for Chaminade.