Murphy’s buzzer beater waved off, Auburn falls 90-88 to Texas A&M

AUBURN, Ala. – KeShawn Murphy hit a 35-foot shot at the buzzer and Auburn celebrated what it thought was a wild comeback win, but after a video review, the officials waved off the bucket, ruling Murphy did not release the ball in time, giving Texas A&M a 90-88 victory Tuesday at Neville Arena. “Heartbreaker,” Auburn coach Steven Pearl said. “I thought we played really good basketball for the first 26 minutes. Credit to them. They made plays in pressure and we made some really silly mistakes.” Trailing by two points with .6 left on the clock, Auburn inbounded to Murphy who caught the ball, spun and fired a high-arcing shot that swished through the net, sending the Jungle into a delirious celebration. After conferring at the scorer’s table for a couple minutes, the officials determined that the ball was still in Murphy’s hands when the final tenth of a second transpired.  “I don’t have a clear understanding of what they were going off of,” Pearl said. “From the angles I saw, it looked like the ball was out of his hands on the red light. I would imagine they had a different angle they were looking at. “Everyone thinks the
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