Despite Carsen Edwards’ terrific 42-point effort, Virginia moved on to the Final Four, 80-75, in an overtime thriller. Edwards stole the show with his scoring outburst, in which he made 10 3-pointers, while Virginia guards Kyle Guy and Ty Jerome combined for 49 points. Kihei Clark and Mamadi Diakite teamed up to keep Virginia alive and send it to overtime. Clark got the rebound on a missed free throw and passed it to Diakite, who beat the buzzer on a jumper. Guy returned for the second stanza after suffering an ankle injury at the end of the first half and gave the Cavaliers a big boost, breaking out of his tournament-long shooting spell with five 3s. MORE: Watch Virginia vs. Purdue on fuboTV live and on-demand (7-day free trial) Meanwhile, Edwards set the record for most points in an NCAA Tournament through the first four games since 2000. He also scored the most 3s of any player in the first four games of the tournament. A second half lineup change by Virginia made a big difference in swinging the momentum.in the Cavaliers’ favor. Coach Tony Bennett opted to go with Jack Salt over Clark for some more height and the Cavaliers responded with a 12-4 run to open the half, taking control after Purdue dominated most of the first 20 minutes. Virginia will face either No. 2 Kentucky or No. 5 Auburn in the Final Four. Sporting News provided updates and highlights from the Cavaliers' win, which sent them to their first Final Four since 1984. Virginia vs. Purdue: Live score, highlights (All times ET) 11:07 p.m.: Virginia advances to the Final Four! An all-time classic. Virginia is going to the Final Four! pic.twitter.com/FUcpacdfcU — CBS Sports (@CBSSports) March 31, 2019 11:07 p.m.: Virginia gets the inbound in successfully and Clark hits the free throws to put the Cavaliers up five. 11:04 p.m.: Purdue turns the ball over with 1.8 remaining and Virginia can wrap it up. 11:02 p.m.: Guy hits them both to put Virginia up three points with 5.7 seconds left. 11:01 p.m.: Edwards misses the 3 and Guy gets the rebound and is fouled. 10:59 p.m.: Hunter responds with a basket of his own and Virginia is ahead again. 26 seconds left to play. 10:59 p.m.: Edwards drives through the lane and puts his team back up by a point. 10:56 p.m.: Eastern hits one free throw and Hunter hits two. Virginia is up one. 10:53 p.m.: Jerome ties it with a layup. 10:52 p.m.: Purdue strikes first in overtime on a Haarms layup. 10:47 p.m.: Wow! Virginia saves it on the rebound and Diakite hits the shot at the buzzer. We are headed to overtime! MARCH MADNESS IS THE GREATEST THING IN THE WORLD pic.twitter.com/TUQchKqswO — CBS Sports (@CBSSports) March 31, 2019 10:47 p.m.: Cline hits one free throw and Jerome will head to the line down three with 5.9 seconds left. 10:45 p.m.: Edwards misses a 3 but Grady Eifert gets the offensive rebound and Virginia has to foul. 10:44 p.m.: Edwards banks in his 10th 3 of the game. He has 40 points! CARSEN EDWARDS. MARCH MADNESS LEGEND! pic.twitter.com/iwM5PU4ZMG — CBS Sports (@CBSSports) March 31, 2019 10:43 p.m.: Key defensive stop for Purdue and it has the ball down a point with 1:15 left. 10:39 p.m.: Both teams are in the bonus and have taken advantage, with a pair of made free throws apiece. 10:38 p.m.: Guy responds with a layup to put Virginia back up. 10:34 p.m.: Nojel Eastern gets the offensive rebound and layup to put the Boilermakers back up. 3:36 left to play and we heading towards a great finish. 10:32 p.m.: Nine made 3s for Edwards! He's keeping his team in this one with under five minutes to play. 10:30 p.m.: Williams delivers the layup but Jerome hits a 3. 61-57 Virginia. 10:24 p.m.: Guy and Edwards exchange 3s again. This is a shooting clinic! 10:18 p.m.: Trevion Williams and Edwards with back-to-back baskets to cut it to a one-possession game. 10:13 p.m.: Edwards has set the record for most 3s through the first four tournament games. He has 25. Virginia still leads by seven points at the under 12-minute timeout. 10:12 p.m.: Edwards responds with another 3 to cut into the lead. He has 22 points and six 3s. 10:12 p.m.: Ty Jerome and Edwards exchange 3s and Virginia remains in the lead by eight points. 10:06 p.m.: Virginia leads by seven at the first media timeout. Guy has 13 points, including nine in the second half. 10:01 p.m.: Guy hits another 3 and Virginia now leads by five! 9:59 p.m.: Kyle Guy seems to be alright. He hits a 3 out of the half and Virginia has the lead. 9:36 p.m.: Purdue leads 30-29 at halftime. A lot of offense in the first 10 minutes, but that flattened out in the latter part of the half. 9:34 p.m.: Kihei Clark has the goods. Kihei Clark faked out everyone pic.twitter.com/NnbvamKf8W — CBS Sports (@CBSSports) March 31, 2019 9:28 p.m.: May be some bad news for Virginia. Kyle Guy appears to be shaken up and is limping. He will be attended to on the bench. 9:23 p.m.: Virginia continues to score but Edwards keeps responding. He's on fire with 16 points. 9:21 p.m.: The Cavaliers' defense is putting the clamps down and they have started scoring on the other end. It's now a four-point Purdue lead. 9:15 p.m.: 25-16 Boilermakers at the under 8-minute timeout. Edwards has 11 points. 9:12 p.m.: Mamadi Diakite is off to a fast start for the Cavaliers. He has eight points on 4-for-4 shooting. 9:10 p.m.: Five more points for Purdue and it leads by 10. The Boilermakers are in total control. 9:04 p.m.: Ryan Cline and Eric Hunter Jr. add to Purdue's parade of 3s and it leads 17-12. 8:54 p.m.: The Boilermakers lead 11-8 at the first media timeout. Edwards has six points. 8:52 p.m.: Nobody can miss! The teams are a combined 6 of 6 and Purdue leads 8-6. 8:50 p.m.: Ryan Cline picks up right where he left off and hits a 3 for the first points of the game. Cline still hot from last game 🔥#MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/3BwTfb3cnR — Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) March 31, 2019 8:45 p.m.: The starting lineups for tonight's contest:<doc-sep>Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Kyle Guy scored 25 points and Ty Jerome added 24 as No. 1 seed Virginia beat No. 3 Purdue 80-75 in overtime on Saturday in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. Virginia won despite 42 points from Purdue guard Carsen Edwards, who hit 10 of 19 three-pointers for the 26-10 Boilermakers. Down 70-68 with seconds remaining in regulation, UVA forced overtime after a haphazard sequence that ended with a Mamadi Diakite jumper for the tie: In the extra session, UVA took a 76-75 lead with 28 seconds left on a De'Andre Hunter two-pointer: Edwards missed a three in response, and Guy made two free throws on the ensuing possession. Purdue still had five seconds left to go full court and attempt a game-tying three, but the Boilermakers committed a turnover. Virginia guard Kihei Clark sealed the game with two free throws. It's easy to fall into a recency-bias trap and say this was the best NCAA tournament game played in the past few years. But how can one not after watching what took place Saturday? Video Play Button Videos you might like The South Regional final was a fantastic matchup that featured a phenomenal individual performance, an all-time great play, few mistakes and two teams who hadn't made the Final Four since well before anyone on the court was born. On Edwards' end, what record didn't he match or set on Saturday evening? The fact that Edwards scored 42 wasn't the most amazing part of the night. It was how he scored those points. Who cares if Edwards called bank on his go-ahead three-pointer with 1:12 left: He also made UVA pay for not defending him at the midcourt logo: If you want to see all of his highlights, check them out here via CBS Sports: Edwards scored 34.8 points in four tournament games. He posted 42 twice, having also done so versus Villanova in the second round. It looked all but certain that Edwards and the Boilermakers were headed to the Final Four, but Clark and Diakite had other plans: Clark had the ball in his hands on the UVA side of the midcourt logo with just 2.0 seconds remaining, showcasing just how much needed to go right for Diakite to get the shot off—let alone make it. His pass needed to be fast and pinpoint accurate just to give Diakite a puncher's chance, and it was. Then, Diakite needed the presence of mind to get a controlled shot off before the buzzer, and he came through. Lee Benson of News9 pointed out the most impressive part of the play, however: The freshman guard showed unbelievable poise and maturity, especially considering the rough night he endured before that moment. Clark had more fouls (three) than points (two) and didn't score until his game-sealing free throws. UVA wouldn't have had a chance to get to that point without the dual dominance of Guy and Jerome. Guy, who had made just three of 26 three-pointers in three NCAA tournament games, broke out in a big way by going 5-of-12 from downtown. He also grabbed 10 boards. Edwards and Guy were going bucket for bucket at one point: CBS SportsLine provided an apt wrestling analogy: And Zach Harper of The Athletic was quite excited: Guy, whose slump-breaking performance seemed inevitable considering he was making 42.7 percent of his threes entering Saturday, has a big fan in ex-Virginia football standout and two-time Super Bowl champion Chris Long: The junior also played through an injured ankle, per Jeff Borzello of ESPN: Jerome was fantastic, leading the team with seven assists. Jeff Greer of The Athletic praised his passing in particular: He also provided some clutch buckets, including this one to put Virginia up 61-57: Jerome only committed one turnover, and the two teams combined had only 14 on the evening. The biggest one occurred with seconds left in overtime, when an Edwards pass to Ryan Cline went out of bounds: Edwards explained the decision to pass postgame: Who can even remotely blame him for the Boilermakers losing, though? Both teams played a phenomenal game in a matchup that featured two teams looking to go back to the Final Four for the first time in decades and simultaneously trying to ward off some old tournament demons. Purdue hadn't been to the Final Four since 1980. In the first round in 2016, the seniors endured a heartbreaking defeat when they lost to Arkansas-Little Rock 85-83 in double overtime after holding a 14-point lead with 4:06 left in regulation. Virginia knows heartbreak all too well. The No. 1 seed Cavaliers lost 68-62 to No. 10 Syracuse in the 2016 Elite Eight after holding a 16-point second-half lead. The Hoos then lost by 26 to Florida in the second round the following year before their infamous 74-54 defeat to No. 16 UMBC as the tournament's No. 1 overall seed. Jerome and Guy, two juniors who were there for the last two tournaments, now have a chance to write a happier ending in 2019. The Cavaliers have now advanced to their first Final Four since 1984 and will face the winner of No. 2 Kentucky and No. 5 Auburn next Saturday. The Wildcats vs. Tigers matchup will take place on Sunday at 2:20 p.m. ET.<doc-sep>Top-seeded Virginia and the No. 3-seeded Purdue Boilermakers will clash Saturday hoping to punch a ticket to Minneapolis and the Final Four. Neither team has been one of the last four teams standing in the NCAA Tournament in decades. Virginia last clinched a spot in the Final Four in 1984 as a No. 7 seed. Purdue’s last appearance in the Final Four came in 1980 as a No. 6 seed. Purdue enters its matchup with the Cavaliers after narrowly defeating the No. 2-seeded Tennessee Volunteers in the Sweet 16 in overtime, 99-94. Virginia is coming off of a victory over the No. 12-seeded Oregon Ducks in the Sweet 16, 53-49. Here’s how to watch Purdue-Virginia: Start Time: Saturday, March 30, at 8:49 p.m. ET TV Channel: TBS Live Stream: March Madness Live | TBS Thumbnail photo via Thomas J. Russo/USA TODAY Sports Images<doc-sep>
Virginia faces Purdue on Saturday in the South Regional final with a trip to the Final Four on the line. No. 1 seed Virginia advanced to its second Elite Eight in four years after it beat No. 12 seed Oregon 53-49. Virginia had zero points off the bench and scoring came evenly from its starters. Ty Jerome led the team with 13 points, and Mamadi Diakite scored the least with seven points. Tony Bennett is looking to get to his first Final Four and bring the Cavs back there for the first time since 1984. No. 3 seed Purdue won an overtime thriller against No. 2 seed Tennessee on Thursday. The Boilermakers had a 25-point in the second half before Tennessee stormed back, but Purdue was able to prevail 99-94. Carsen Edwards scored a game-high 29 points, but Ryan Cline stole the show late, hitting seven 3-pointers in the game. Purdue is averaging 13.3 3-pointers made per game in the tournament, the highest of all teams remaining, and hitting them at an incredibly impressive 44 percent. Let's take a closer look at this crucial showdown and see who our experts are picking to advance to Minneapolis next weekend. Viewing information When : Saturday, 8:49 p.m. ET : Saturday, 8:49 p.m. ET Where : KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky : KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky TV : TBS : TBS Live stream: March Madness Live and fuboTV (try for free) Predictions, picks So who wins Purdue vs. Virginia? And which side of the spread cashes well over 50 percent of the time? Visit SportsLine now to find out which side of the Virginia vs. Purdue spread you should be all over Saturday, all from the model that's up more than $4,000 on top-rated college basketball picks, and find out.