The Bulldogs, who hadn’t lost since Feb. 13 in overtime at Nevada, had one last run in them: They scored the next nine points to cut the score to 67-59 with 2 minutes left.

Poeltl’s three-point play on a clean spin move, stopped the run and kept the Bulldogs at bay in the Midwest Regional.

”He’s a great player,” Harris said. ”We knew it was going to be a challenge for us. We knew trying to jump up and use athleticism wasn’t going to be enough against him. You have to put a body on him. It was a tough matchup for us, yeah.”