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NCAA Tournament 2019: Brandon Clarke, Florida State among top day 3 performers

By Logan Butts

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - MARCH 15: Carsen Edwards #3 of the Purdue Boilermakers handles the ball in the second half against the Minnesota Golden Gophers during the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Basketball Tournament at the United Center on March 15, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - MARCH 15: Carsen Edwards #3 of the Purdue Boilermakers handles the ball in the second half against the Minnesota Golden Gophers during the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Basketball Tournament at the United Center on March 15, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images) /
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JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA – MARCH 23: Cameron Jackson #33 of the Wofford Terriers drives against Nick Richards #4 of the Kentucky Wildcats during the second half of the game in the second round of the 2019 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at Vystar Memorial Arena on March 23, 2019 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA – MARCH 23: Cameron Jackson #33 of the Wofford Terriers drives against Nick Richards #4 of the Kentucky Wildcats during the second half of the game in the second round of the 2019 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at Vystar Memorial Arena on March 23, 2019 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images) /

Kentucky’s Perimeter Defense

I’m writing this section through metaphorical mid-major tears as Wofford’s dream season has come to an end with the all-time three-point leader going 0-12 from behind the arc.

Credit Kentucky’s duo of Ashton Hagans and Tyler Herro for locking down Fletcher Magee throughout the 62-56 win. If the moist prolific shooter in the history of the college game had hit even a below average amount of three’s, then the Terriers would have advanced.

Poor one out for Wofford, who really should have never had to face Kentucky in the second round, and rewind the tape on Hagans and Herro’s defense to see some lockdown action.

Future shoutout to the NBA team that is smart enough to give Magee a shot. He deserves one. Today just wasn’t his day.

Carsen Edwards – Purdue

Edwards turned in perhaps the individual performance of the tournament so far, lighting up the defending national champs for 42 points.

The 6-1 point guard stood tall in leading Purdue past Villanova. The junior hit 12 of 21 overall, including nine of 16 from three-point range, nailed all nine of his free throws, and looked unstoppable at times.

The Tennessee Vols will have all they can handle in facing Edwards and company in the Sweet 16.

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