Kansas TBT Alumni Team JHX Hoops Beats KSU Squad Purple Reign to Advance to Round of 16

The Kansas basketball alumni team playing in this years The Basketball Tournament (TBT) advanced to the Round of 16 after an exciting finish against the Kansas State alumni team on Monday night in Kansas City.

JHX Hoops beat Purple Reign in front of a split KU-KSU crowd inside Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City thanks to some late heroics from former KU guard LaGerald Vick.

With the game tied at 57 and the Elam Ender (target score) sitting at 58, Vick stole a pass from Purple Reigns Austin Trice and drove the length of the floor to hit the game-winning layup in what ended up being his only points scored during the contest.

Vick was then swarmed by his coaches and teammates after helping the JHX team advance past their former Wildcat foes.

It was an exciting finish to a game with a lot of back-and-forth between the two teams.

Purple Reign had the chance to end it late with a 57-53 lead, but they were unable to close the deal thanks to a missed layup and missed set of free throws from Shaun Williams.

JHX took advantage of Purple Reigns miscues and were able to tie the game up thanks to some clutch free throws from former KU big man David McCormack and former KU guard Zeke Mayo.

Mayo would finish the game as JHXs leading scorer with 14 points on 3-of-10 shooting from the field and 1-of-5 shooting from three-point range, while McCormack nearly finished with a double-double scoring 9 points and grabbing 10 rebounds in his first TBT game.

Former First Team All-Big 12 Kansas point guard Tyshawn Taylor also played a big role in JHX Hoops win thanks to a layup which tied the game at 57 apiece.

He then came up with a huge defensive rebound after a missed shot from former KSU forward Dominique Sutton.

The win moves the JHX Hoops team onto the Round of 16 against the top-ranked team in the Kansas City region and 2023 TBT champion Team Heartfire .

The game is set for 6 p.m.

CT Wednesday at Municipal Auditorium, with tickets now available .

The game will also be streamed live on TBTs YouTube channel ..

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