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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2022 | HILLTOPVIEWSONLINE.COM
Men's basketball wins triple overtime thriller against WNMU Thursday
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scoreless until
of the second
Joe Burrow, quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals lead his
team to the Superbowl in just his second NFL season.
Daniel Venzant sunk the game winning basket with less than a second left in the game to give
the Hilltoppers a win.
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tire third quarter and the
majority of the fourth. The
Chiefs were able to salvage
a field goal and extend the
game into overtime, how-
remainin'
the midd
into the second
half down 21-
10, The Bengals went on
to score 14 unanswered
points and shut out the
Chiefs offense for the en-
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The Los Angeles Rams
will advance to the Su-
per Bowl to represent the
NFC and will also have
the distinction of being
the second team in NFL
modern era history to play
the Super Bowl at their
home field.
The Rams have a true
home-field advantage
playing at SoFi Stadium,
and you better be sure
the familiar setting will
put the players’ nerves at
ease, Secondly, other than
points per game, the Rams
outrank the Bengals in vi-
tal statistical categories,
After reviewing the roster
and making note of the
number of seasoned vet-
erans the Rams have play-
ing on both sides of the
ball, it is easy to see why
the Rams may walk out of
SoFi Stadium as this years
Superbowl champs,
Dibiamaka layup, The
Mustangs had a shot
to take a one-point
lead, but a missed free
throw would send the
game to a third over-
time,
“We just had to stay
locked in and had to
make winning plays in
order to get the win,”
Venzant said when
asked about him and
his team’s mindset en-
tering that third and fi-
nal overtime, Making a
winning play is exactly
what Venzant did as
he made the game’s fi-
nal basket, leaving less
than a second on the
clock for WNMU,
“It felt great, Was
just happy to pull out
quarter, After an exchange
of touchdowns, the 49ers
were able to take the lead
as time expired to end the
half, The 49ers were able
to extend their lead by 10
entering the fourth quar-
ter, but fate would have
other plans, Quarterback
Matthew Stafford led the
Rams offense in scoring
13 points on three straight
drives to take the lead
20-17 with almost two
minutes remaining in the
game, Quarterback Jimmy
Garoppolo was given the
opportunity to execute a
game-winning drive of his
own, but defensive play-
makers Von Miller and
Aaron Donald were able
to force pressure in the
pocket that ultimately led
to Garoppolo throwing a
game-sealing interception,
J
sion rivals the Los Angeles
Rams and the San Fran-
cisco 49ers, This game
got off to a slow start,
If the NFL were a lad-
der, the conference cham-
pionship would be the one
last step before reaching
the top: 32 teams in the
league, only two to com-
pete for a championship
and one will be cemented
forever in NFL lore, Two
teams of each conference
enter the field; one’s sea-
son will continue and the
other’s comes to a grinding
halt,
Only a small number of
fans gave the Cincinnati
Bengals a chance to make
it this far in the postsea-
son, This franchise ended
their 31-year playoff los-
ing streak this season af-
ter defeating Las Vegas
in the wildcard round,
While they have one of
the league’s most dynamic
receiving corps, having a
young quarter-
jack wouldn’t
be considered
an advantage
going up against
the power-
houses that
are the Kansas
City Chiefs,The
Chiefs got off to
a hot start, scor-
ing early, With
five minutes left
to go in the half,
the Chiefs led
21-3, but a Joe
Burrow touch-
down and goal
line stand by
the Bengals gave
the team mo-
mentum going
the win, And it was a great
team win and a lot of the
guys made big time plays
in order to get that win,
So it was just a great team
win,” Venzant said follow-
ing the team’s victory,
One thing that definitely
helped the team win was
their home crowd cheer-
ing them on, as most fans
stuck around for the en-
tirety of the game, When
asked about the fans
Venzant had this to say:
“It felt great to get that
win, The energy from the
crowd was great, they real-
ly helped us get that win!”
With the incredible win,
St, Edward’s improved
10-9 on the year and 3-5
in conference play,
ever an unchar-
acteristic inter-
ception thrown
by Patrick Ma-
homes shifted
the game in the
Bengal’s favor,
Evan McPher-
son eventually
kicked the 31-
yard field goal
that sent the
Bengals to their
third Super
Bowl in fran-
chise history,
The NFC
Conference
Champion-
ship game set
the stage for
the third meet-
ing this season
between divi-
time,
It took three overtimes, With the game tied 77-
but the St, Edward’s men’s 77, WNMU won the tip
basketball team defeated in the first overtime as
Western New Mexico the momentum swung
111-108 in triple overtime in their favor for most of
Thursday, Jan, 27, Dan- the first overtime, With
iel Venzant led all scor- just under two minutes
ers with 35 points, Uche to go, the Mustangs held
Dibiamaka added 25 and a commanding five-point
Blake Nielsen recorded a lead, SEU battled back,
career high 13 rebounds in but with just over a second
the win, left on the clock WNMU
Going into halftime, the took a three-point lead, A
Hilltoppers held a slim three from the left arc by
seven-point advantage, Bennet Mohn as time ex-
43-36, but the Mustangs pired would save the Hill-
refused to go down with- toppers and send the game
out a fight and took back into another overtime,
control in the second half, In the second overtime
Down by four, the Hill- it was SEU that had a
toppers scored the final slim two-point lead with
four points of the half to eight seconds to go in the
send the game into over- game following a Uche
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