9th seed, Charlotte won their first round game against Richmond in the Atlantic 10 Tournament on Thursday. But the ending was not your most traditional of endings.
With 5 seconds left in the game and leading by three, 8th seed Richmond chose to foul Pierria Henry to prevent a three point shot attempt to tie. Henry made the front end of a one and one while Richmond's Derrick Williams and Charlotte's Willie Clayton became entangled in the lane. Williams shoved Clayton to the court and was whistled for a foul. Because it was a dead ball foul, it turned into a technical foul by rule. Henry made the back end of the original one and one and subsequently both technical foul shots. After a foul by the Spiders Greg Robbins on the inbound, Richmond coach Chris Mooney received two technical fouls and was ejected from the game. Henry went back to the line. 6 free throws later and Charlotte went from being down three to leading, 68-63 which was the final score. After the smoke cleared, Henry had shot 10 free throws in the final 5 seconds, making 8 of them and the 49ers move on to face top seed Saint Louis in the quarterfinals.
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