Division III national championship ends on wild buzzer-beater as Mary Washington wins first title

NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament excitement isn’t constricted to Division I schools.

The University of Mary Washington and Emory University’s Division III nationalist title crippled came down to nan wire. The Mary Washington Eagles had nan shot successful nan last seconds and were scrambling to get last-second changeable into nan nett against nan Emory Eagles.

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The Mary Washington Eagles observe aft defeating nan Emory Eagles successful nan NCAA Division III men's hoops title crippled astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse successful Indianapolis connected April 5, 2026. (Christine Tannous/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

Mary Washington defender Kye Robinson put up a fallaway changeable arsenic he fell retired of bounds. Robinson’s changeable missed, but guardant Colin Mitchell was location to rebound nan shot and put it into nan handbasket arsenic clip expired.

Mitchell ran backmost up nan tribunal arsenic his teammates ran toward him to observe nan win.

"We trusted Kye to get to nan spot," he said, via Yahoo Sports. "And he sewage location and changeable a bully shot. Right place, correct time."

Robinson admitted he didn’t return nan "easiest changeable possible."

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Emory Eagles guardant AJ Harris rushes up nan tribunal against Mary Washington Eagles defender Hasan Hammad connected Sunday, April 5, 2026, during nan NCAA Division III men's hoops title crippled astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse successful Indianapolis. (Christine Tannous/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

"I consciousness for illustration I was making it benignant of difficult connected myself. And past erstwhile I felt my limb buckle a small bit, I was like, 'Oh, I conscionable person to get it up.' Definitely nan champion missed changeable of my life."

Seconds earlier Mitchell’s game-winning putback, Emory’s Ethan Fauss deed a game-tying 3-pointer pinch 12 seconds left. Fauss and Jair Knight were nan catalyst successful putting Emory up 8 points 3 minutes into nan 2nd half. It was Emory’s largest lead.

Mary Washington would spell connected a 14-2 tally to get backmost into nan game.

Robinson had 27 points connected 12-of-22 shooting. He had 8 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals successful nan win. Jay Randall had 14 points and Kaden Bates added 10.

Knight and Fauss had 24 points for Emory. Ben Pearce, Emory’s all-time starring scorer who eclipsed 2,000 points successful his career, was held without a made changeable until he deed a 3-pointer pinch 90 seconds left. He went 7-of-11 from nan free-throw line.

The Mary Washington Eagles observe aft defeating nan Emory Eagles successful nan NCAA Division III men's hoops title crippled astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse successful Indianapolis connected April 5, 2026. (Christine Tannous/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

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Mary Washington’s triumph gave nan squad 30 for nan season. It was a programme grounds for wins. The team, which mislaid to Emory successful nan tourney past year, eliminated nan defending champions, Trinty, successful nan semifinals.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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