Houston clips Purdue in Sweet 16 on Milos Uzan’s last-second layup

Houston is in the Elite 8 for the second time in eight seasons.

The Cougars got the better of Purdue in their Sweet 16 matchup on Friday, as Milos Uzan drained a go-ahead layup with .8 seconds to go to lead his team to a 62-60 win at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

With the game tied at 60, the Cougars drew up a perfect play out of a timeout, leaving the Boilermakers a step behind as Uzan put his shot home with less than a second remaining.

Here’s how it happened:

Houston led by as much as 10, 56-46, with just under 8 minutes to go in regulation before the Boilermakers came back to tie the game at 60 on a Camden Heide three-pointer. That eventually led to the heroics of Uzan, who finished with a game-high 22 points on 8-of-17 shooting from the field and 6-of-9 from three-point range.

For the Boilermakers, it’s a disappointing postseason defeat for a group looking to not only make it to a second straight national championship game, but win it altogether. Matt Painter’s team knocked out 13th-seeded High Point and 12th-seeded McNeese en route to Friday’s contest against the Cougars, but met their match on Friday in a de facto home game in Indy — just over an hour from West Lafayette.

Houston, meanwhile, is a step closer to its first-ever national championship. The Cougars move on to face Tennessee on Sunday in the Elite 8.

Sydney Hunte

Sydney is an Atlanta-based journalist who has covered everything from SEC and ACC football to MLS, the U.S. men's national soccer team and professional tennis. His work has appeared on such platforms as SB Nation, Cox Media Group and FanSided.