Clutch Darling lifts St. John's to Sweet 16 with last-second winner
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Dylan Darling, scoreless until the final 3.9 seconds, took an inbounds pass and drove for a dramatic last-second layup to lift St. John’s over Kansas 67–65 and push the Red Storm into the Sweet 16 to face Duke in Washington, D.C.—a moment described as emotional and monumental for Darling and the program.
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- Dylan Darling gave St. John’s and his family an emotional moment for the ages: ‘Couldn’t stop crying’ New York Post
- Darling's layup seals St. John's tournament win over Kansas ESPN
- St John's sends Kansas packing with dramatic buzzer-beating layup in NCAA Tournament Fox News
- St. John’s, long defined by losing, finally back in Sweet 16: ‘We’ve got more in the tank’ The New York Times
- Kansas squanders its best player as Darryn Peterson's college career ends with second-round loss to St. John's CBS Sports
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