Maryland's Derik Queen buries Colorado State with buzzer-beater to advance to Sweet 16

Derik Queen is simply a king of March arsenic the Maryland Terrapins are moving connected to the Sweet 16 due to the fact that of his buzzer beater against Colorado State connected Sunday night. 

Down 71-70, Maryland had 1 last possession with conscionable nether 4 seconds to play erstwhile Queen took the inbound walk and instantly turned to his close to commencement making his mode toward the net. 

Colorado State had large defence connected him the full mode arsenic helium drove to his left. And Queen was forced to instrumentality an off-balance changeable that required a cleanable interaction disconnected the solid to redirect into the hoop. 

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Maryland Terrapins halfway Derik Queen (25) drives to the handbasket against Colorado State Rams guardant Jaylen Crocker-Johnson (8) successful the archetypal fractional astatine Climate Pledge Arena. (Steven Bisig-Imagn Images)

The interaction was perfection, and the shot went done the twine conscionable arsenic the buzzer sounded, giving america our archetypal buzzer-beater successful March Madness this year. 

Maryland stormed the tribunal arsenic the assemblage went into a frenzy, with Queen astatine the halfway of it each successful axenic elation. 

Queen finished the second-round crippled with 17 points, six rebounds and 1 assist, but everyone volition retrieve the 1 changeable that sent them to the Sweet 16. 

Colorado State, a squad that has battled backmost truthful galore times during this season, had a coagulated seven-point pb astatine halftime. And considering they had to travel backmost against Memphis successful the 2nd fractional successful their first-round matchup, they knew however Maryland was going to travel retired of the locker country with their hairsbreadth connected fire, knowing their play was connected the line. 

But the Rams couldn’t halt the Terps from getting backmost into the game, though they came done successful the clutch erstwhile they needed it astir arsenic Jalen Lake buried a three-pointer with six seconds near connected the timepiece to instrumentality the one-point lead. 

Maryland Terrapins halfway Derik Queen celebrates with teammates aft scoring the game-winning changeable against the Colorado State Rams. (Stephen Brashear-Imagn Images)

Lake had 13 points, going 5-for-10 and 3-for-6 from three-point territory connected the day. 

However, the Terps drew up the cleanable play, and Queen had crystal successful his veins erstwhile it was clip to instrumentality the changeable to find his team’s season. 

Maryland moves connected to look the No. 1-seeded Florida Gators, who defeated the back-to-back nationalist champion UConn Huskies successful a thriller earlier connected Sunday. 

Looking much astatine the container score, Queen was the team’s starring scorer, though each subordinate of the starting 5 finished with double-digit points, including Rodney Rice with 16 and Julian Reese, the member of WNBA prima Angel Reese, with 15. 

Maryland Terrapins halfway Derik Queen celebrates with teammates aft scoring the game-winning changeable against the Colorado State Rams. (Stephen Brashear-Imagn Images)

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For Colorado State, Nique Clifford had 21 points, though helium was lone 7-of-17 from the field. 

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