Extraordinary Comeback Pushes Men’s Basketball Past Tampa

Nikita Orap

The Nova Southeastern University men’s basketball team swallowed up a 22-point second-half deficit to defeat Tampa on the road on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 73-69.

After falling behind 54-32 just before the under-16 media break, the Sharks (7-9, 3-5 SSC) fed the hot hands of two freshmen, Austin Marciniak (Uniontown, Ohio) and Nikita Orap (Moscow, Russia), who combined for five 3-point goals to start the comeback.

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