VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) - Sultan Muhammad hit a 3-pointer with 1.7 seconds remaining as Green Bay defeated Illinois-Chicago 64-63 in the quarterfinals of the Horizon League tournament on Friday night.
Two free throws from Gary Talton capped an 11-3 run that gave Illinois-Chicago a 63-61 lead with 7 seconds left. But Keifer Sykes took the ball across the mid-court line and kicked it to Muhammad on the right wing, where he nailed a 24-footer for the game-winner.
Alec Brown scored 17 points for the fourth-seeded Phoenix (18-14), who will face top-seeded Valparaiso Saturday in the semifinals. Sykes added 12 points and Muhammad had 10.
The fifth-seeded Flames (17-15) got 23 points from Hayden Humes and 12 apiece from Josh Crittle and Talton.
Humes scored seven straight points to erase a six-point Phoenix lead and put Chicago ahead 59-58 with 3:05 remaining. Brown hit 1 of 2 free throws to tie it up and the teams then traded baskets, setting up the last-second heroics.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Illinois-Chicago (17-15) | 29 | 34 | 63 |
| Green Bay (18-14) « | 34 | 30 | 64 |
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| Illinois-Chicago Flames | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| H. Humes, F | 34 | 10-12 | 1-2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 23 |
| J. Crittle, C | 31 | 5-8 | 2-3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| D. Barnes, G | 37 | 1-10 | 3-4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| G. Talton, G | 37 | 4-10 | 4-4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| A. Kelley, G | 17 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Brown | 22 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| W. Simonton | 12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Wiegand | 4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| J. Miller | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Parker | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-49 | 12-15 | 26 | 9 | 17 | 63 | |
| 46.9% | 80% | ||||||
| Green Bay Phoenix | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| G. Mays, F | 21 | 3-4 | 2-4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| A. Brown, C | 34 | 4-8 | 6-8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| J. Fouse, G | 36 | 4-6 | 0-2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| K. Sykes, G | 34 | 6-15 | 0-0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| S. Muhammad, G | 30 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Cougill | 20 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| C. Stefan | 13 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| C. Love | 12 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 23-50 | 10-16 | 31 | 11 | 15 | 64 | |
| 46% | 62.5% | ||||||
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