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No. 12 seed High Point University stunned No. 5 Wisconsin 83-82 in the NCAA tournament's first round, sparked by Chase Johnston’s three-point barrage and a game-winning layup—his first two-pointer of the season. The piece also notes the Wall Street Journal profile of High Point’s luxury campus, then looks ahead to a second-round matchup with No. 4 Arkansas.
High Point rallied from double digits to upset No. 5 Wisconsin 83-82 in the NCAA Tournament, with Chase Johnston hitting the go-ahead layup with 11.7 seconds left and crediting his faith; the win marks the Panthers' first-ever tournament victory under first-year coach Flynn Clayman.
High Point pulled off a 83-82 upset over Wisconsin in the NCAA tournament's opening round in Portland, with Chase Johnston delivering the key moment by scoring his first 2-point basket of the season to help power the Scarlet and Black to the shock win.
In the NCAA tournament, 12-seed High Point University upset 5-seed Wisconsin 83-82, capping a 31-4 Big South title run and highlighting bench guard Chase Johnston, who shoots almost exclusively threes (138 of 143 field-goal attempts from behind the arc, 49% from deep) and delivered the game-winning shot — his first two-point make of the season.
High Point guard Chase Johnston, famed as a 3-point specialist, broke his season-long drought by scoring his first two-pointer of the year on a late layup to seal an 83-82 NCAA tournament upset over Wisconsin, finishing with 14 points and shooting 66.7% from three as the 12th-seeded Panthers stunned the fifth-seeded Badgers.
No. 12 seed High Point erased a 10-point deficit and stunned Wisconsin 83-82 in Portland, capped by Chase Johnston’s go-ahead lay-in with 11 seconds left. Johnston, a 3-point specialist, finished with 14 points on four 3s as five Panthers reached double figures, while Rob Martin led with 23 points. Wisconsin’s Nick Boyd had 27 in a heartbreaking exit, and High Point advances to face the Arkansas–Hawaii winner.