Bobby Durkin drills wild buzzer-beater to raise Minnesota previous Cincinnati, stay undefeated

Bobby Durkin silenced Fifth Third Enviornment on Monday evening.

Durkin drilled the primary nice buzzer-beater of the 2026-27 school basketball season on Monday, lifting Minnesota to a wild 63-61 win over Cincinnati. With the Gophers down by a single level within the remaining seconds, Durkin caught an ideal cross from Isaac Asuma, dribbled as soon as and fired. 

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That sparked an enormous celebration from the Minnesota bench, whereas Cincinnati followers may solely look on in disbelief.

The sector aim was solely the second that Durkin had made all evening. He completed with 5 factors and shot simply 1-of-6 from the 3-point line. Durkin averaged 10.2 factors and three.2 rebounds per recreation final season, his first with the Gophers after spending two seasons at Davidson. 

Minnesota went simply 15-18 final season, the primary below head coach Niko Medved. This system hasn’t been to the NCAA event since 2019 when Richard Pitino was in cost, and so they’ve solely had a single profitable season since then. 

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Whereas they nonetheless have an extended strategy to go, the Gophers are actually an ideal 3-0 on the season with a key early win below their belt. And that is all due to Durkin.

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