The Saint Peter's Peacocks fell one game short of the Final Four after losing to the North Carolina Tar Heels on Sunday night in Philadelphia.
at Wells Fargo Center in an Elite 8 matchup, falling one victory shy of a parallel-universe Final Four appearance. So close, but — look at that blowout — a million miles away.
The Tar Heels, meanwhile, were hitting shots from the Lincoln Financial Field parking lots. By halftime, the score was 38-19, and the Jersey City council tabled a motion to rename Journal Square as Mustache Plaza. When it was over, sharpshooter Doug Edert had more rebounds than points , and freshman Fousseyni Drame was the leading scorer with 12 points.
On Sunday, Tobacco Road beat Kennedy Boulevard, but only because this was a basketball game, not a street fight. As a consolation prize, the Peacocks will get their names engraved on every list of great sports stories. And when Holloway’s great grandson is a Final Four MVP, people still will be talking about this Saint Peter’s team.
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