Skip navigation
Favorites
Sign up to follow your favorites on all your devices.
Sign up

VIDEO: Illinois State wins on Devaughn Akoon-Purcell buzzer-beater

Northern Iowa Illinois St Basketball

Illinois State University’s DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell (44) drives the ball around University of Northern Iowa’s Wes Washpun (11) during an NCAA basketball game in Normal, Ill., Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015. (AP Photo/The Pantagraph, Lori Ann Cook-Neisler)

AP

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.

[embed]

[/embed]

Here’s an additional angle of the winning bucket coming from the Illinois State student section.

[embed]

[/embed]