SDSU into Final 4 with wild finish vs

LOUISVILLE, Ky.– Darrion Trammell transformed a go-ahead totally free toss after he was fouled on a floater with 1.2 seconds left, and San Diego State muscled its method into its very first Final Four, grinding out a 57-56 victory over Creighton on Sunday in the NCAA tournament’s South Area final.Lamont Butler

scored 18 points and Trammell had 12 for the fifth-seeded Aztecs (31-6), who slowed down the high-scoring, sixth-seeded Bluejays (24-13) and ended up being the first Mountain West Conference team to reach the nationwide semifinals.The experienced

Aztecs, in their 6th season under coach Brian Dutcher, will play the unexpected East Region champ, ninth-seeded Florida Atlantic, on Saturday in Houston for a spot in the national title game.Editor’s Picks 2 Related With the game connected at 56-all on San Diego

State’s last ownership, Trammell drove towards the totally free throw line, elevated for the shot and was fouled by Creighton’s Ryan Nembhard. Trammell missed out on the first complimentary toss but transformed the second.Creighton’s Baylor Scheierman threw the taking place inbounds pass the length of the

floor. San Diego State’s Aguek Arop and Creighton’s Arthur Kaluma both leapt for it, and the ball deflected out of bounds. Officials evaluated the play and determined that time had actually expired, and the event was on for the Aztecs.Scheierman had connected the game at 56-all when he took an inbounds pass and converted a layup with 34 seconds remaining.Ryan Kalkbrenner scored 17 points and Scheierman and Kaluma had 12 each for the Bluejays, who went 2-of-17 from 3-point range.The Aztecs, who got this far thanks to defense and physical play, held the Bluejays to 23 second-half points on 28%shooting. Creighton shot 40%overall.San Diego State shot 38%but got clutch baskets from Nathan Mensah, whose

jumper provided the Aztecs a 56-54 lead with 1:37 left, and Arop, who made 2 straight shots to put San Diego State ahead 54-50 with 3:03 remaining.Creighton, which beat San Diego State in

overtime in the preliminary of in 2015’s NCAA competition, fell just short of signing up with Big East rival UConn in the Final Four.Kaluma played against his brother, San Diego State’s Adam Seiko. Their parents sat a couple of rows up at midcourt, sitting quietly

prior to signing up with Seiko to commemorate.