Arizona Basketball: Top Five McKale Center Game Endings
By Brad Malone
No. 5- Dec. 15, 2012
Arizona 65
Florida 64
Mark Lyons was a talented two-guard from Xavier who hoped to come to play for Sean Miller would increase his basketball career stock, by showing he could play the point.
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He was not a prototypical point guard, but he helped the Cats win a lot of games on the way to the Sweet Sixteen.
Early in the season Billy Donovan and the Florida Gators came to Tucson for a top-ten showdown.
With a minute left the game and the Cats trailing by six, the game appeared to be over, but the Cats scratched and clawed back into the game to set up a great McKale memory.
With seven seconds remaining Lyons took the game into his own hands and hit a nifty layup to give the Cats a one-point lead.
Arizona’s defense did it’s job at the end by holding the Gators to a desperation shot that didn’t have a prayer.
Next: No. 4