Down One with 11 seconds left, the Season Rested in Max Strus’s Hands
On a complete defensive mishap by Marquette, Eli Cain found Max Strus wide open for a potential game winning 3-point shot with 5 seconds left in the game. Strus took the shot, and left it short, and DePaul lost, yet again, by less than 5 points for the 8th time on the season.
I have watched this play an unhealthy amount of times, but hey, let’s relive it again.
Marquette’s Andrew Rowsey completely messed up this pick and pop. Rowsey should be sending Strus a wheel of Wisconsin cheese for the following:
- Missing the shot
- Not driving to the basket
- Not passing to a wide open Brandon Cyrus
- For standing around admiring his missed shot instead of running towards the basket in case he missed.
And with that, DePaul’s season came to a crashing halt.
As I said on twitter, “Was this a microcosm of the season or what? Wouldn’t want it any other way than to go down losing the way we have 8 other times this year.”
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