Jon Davis' 3 at the buzzer lifts Charlotte 49ers over UTSA, 76-75
Jon Davis scored five points in the final five seconds, including the winning 3-pointer at the buzzer, and Charlotte beat Texas-San Antonio 76-75 on Thursday night.
Davis and Braxton Ogbueze scored 17 points apiece, Anthony Vanhook added 16 with nine rebounds and five assists and Andrien White had 10 points for Charlotte (13-15, 7-10 Conference USA).
Jeff Beverly scored six points during a 13-1 run that gave UTSA a seven-point lead with 6:22 remaining and a layup by Nick Allen extended the lead 70-62 about two minutes later. Vanhook made a layup and Ogbueze hit a 3 before back-to-back jumpers by Quentin Jackson and White put the 49ers up 71-70.
But buckets by Giovanni De Nicolao and George Willborn III made it 74-71 with eight seconds left. Davis hit two free throws and then – after Beverly hit 1 of 2 foul shots a second later – took the inbound pass, raced down court and pulled up for an NBA-range 3 to win it.
Beverly scored 14 and De Nicolao scored 12 for UTSA (12-18, 7-10), which has lost four of its last five games.
CHARLOTTE 76, UTSA 75
CHARLOTTE (13-15): Garvin 4-4 0-2 8, Vanhook 5-8 6-8 16, Davis 6-13 4-12 17, Ogbueze 6-8 0-0 17, Ajukwa 1-6 0-0 3, Jackson 1-3 0-0 2, Price 1-2 0-0 3, White 4-7 0-0 10. Totals 28-51 10-22 76.
UTSA (12-18): Beverly 4-13 6-9 14, O’Brien 2-5 2-2 7, De Nicolao 5-14 0-1 12, Frohnen 1-6 3-3 5, Littles 3-7 2-2 11, Allen 4-5 0-4 9, Willborn 3-5 3-6 9, Karrer 2-3 3-4 8. Totals 24-58 19-31 75.
Halftime—UTSA 39-38. 3-Point Goals—Charlotte 10-18 (Ogbueze 5-7, White 2-5, Price 1-1, Davis 1-2, Ajukwa 1-2, Jackson 0-1), UTSA 8-17 (Littles 3-3, De Nicolao 2-5, Allen 1-1, Karrer 1-1, O’Brien 1-4, Frohnen 0-1, Beverly 0-2). Fouled Out—White. Rebounds—Charlotte 32 (Vanhook 9), UTSA 33 (O’Brien 9). Assists—Charlotte 12 (Davis, Vanhook 5), UTSA 10 (De Nicolao, Frohnen 3). Total Fouls—Charlotte 21, UTSA 18. A—1,006 (4,080).
This story was originally published March 2, 2017 at 11:31 PM with the headline "Jon Davis' 3 at the buzzer lifts Charlotte 49ers over UTSA, 76-75."