Illinois State won on a thrilling buzzer-beater over Morehead State on Monday night as senior Devaughn Akoon-Purcell raced coast-to-coast for the game-winning layup and 68-67 victory.
Zack Carpenter of Illinois State’s student newspaper, The Vidette, captured the play from courtside. Akoon-Purcell finished with 23 points on 9-of-13 shooting to pace the Redbirds. Reggie Redbird and the Illinois State fanbase enjoyed this quite a bit.
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Here’s an additional angle of the winning bucket coming from the Illinois State student section.
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Devaughn Akoon-Purcell with the game winner! #BackTheBirds pic.twitter.com/L5QYFOXO7g
— Red Alert (@RedAlertISU) November 17, 2015
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