Article: San Diego downs Huskies in NCAA first round

Dan Olender
University Wire
03-24-2008
(The Daily Campus) (UWIRE) TAMPA, Fla. -- With the score tied at 60, De'Jon Jackson almost beat the Huskies at the end of regulation.

But what he failed to do in the game's 40th minute -- put an end to UConn's 2008 season -- he did with 1.2 seconds remaining in overtime with a step-back jumper over Stanley Robinson.

"I knew when the ball was in his hands there at the end he was going to make a play to win the game for us and he certainly stepped up and did that," said San Diego head coach Bill Grier.

The play he made gave the No. 13-seeded Toreros (22-13) a 70-69 upset overtime win over the No. 4 Huskies in front of 15,920 at the St. Pete Times Forum. ...

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