The Peacocks (22-11) became the first-ever 15 seed to reach the Elite Eight in a NCAA Tournament string of upsets. Read and see the highlights here.
Daryl Banks III scored the tying and go-ahead baskets that pushed 15th-seeded Saint Peter’s to the brink of the Final Four, the tiny Peacocks thriving off a home-court edge to beat third-seeded Purdue 67-64 on Friday night.
The Peacocks became the first 15 seed to reach the Elite Eight, adding the Boilermakers to their NCAA Tournament string of upsets, and will face either UCLA or North Carolina in the East Region final on Sunday. “What they going to say now?” coach Shaheen Holloway said about his team's doubters, a group whose numbers are dwindling.
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