“We had numbers and we pushed it,” Bruesewitz said. “I was running down the right wing and Tim Jarmusz was running down the right wing with me. He ran right to the rim and took his guy with him. I was open and in the moment, and as soon as I caught (the ball) I said I was going to let this ride.”

Leuer made two free throws to make it 66-63 with 16.4 seconds left. Pullen had a chance to tie it when he was fouled by Taylor as he shot a 3-pointer with 10.1 seconds left. He made just two of the three attempts to make it 66-65.

Forced to foul, the Wildcats put Taylor on the line and he made two free throws with 10.1 seconds left. Taylor then blocked Pullen’s shot as he attempted to tie it with a 3-pointer with 2.4 seconds left.

“As a play, just as an individual defensive play, that’s huge,” Jarmusz said. “That means the game right there. Nobody was more deserving than Jordan.”

Gasser then closed out the scoring with two more free throws with 1.1 seconds left.

UW senior Keaton Nankivil — who in the first half needed stitches for a cut to his eye — said he couldn’t remember UW coach Bo Ryan looking more excited than after the final buzzer went off.

“We just made some gutty plays down the stretch,” Nankivil said. “What we did was when they took a little lead, we made the gutty plays. That’s what we’re known for and it’s a direct result of our head coach.”