Gohlke Gone: Cinderella Slips By Cinderella As N.C. State Outlasts Oakland In OT

Oakland overnight sensation Jack Gohlke ran out of game, and North Carolina State found a third wind as one Cinderella sent the other home.

No. 11 seed North Carolina State outscored the 14-seed Golden Grizzlies 13-7 in overtime for a 79-73 victory to win its seventh game in 12 days and advance to the Sweet 16 in Dallas next weekend.

"We strung together some really good games, and we're going to the Sweet 16, brother," North Carolina State coach Kevin Keatts said.

Casey Casey Morsell (left) and DJ Burns of the North Carolina State Wolfpack celebrate a bucket during overtime of their win over Oakland Saturday night in the NCAA Tournament second round in Pittsburgh. (Getty Images)

The Wolfpack (24-14) will play on Friday against the winner of No. 2 seed Marquette (26-9) and 10 seed Colorado (26-10), which play on Sunday (12:10 p.m., CBS).

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Keatts' team entered the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament on a four-game losing streak last week. Then it won five games in five days to win the tournament for the automatic seed. North Carolina State upset No. 6 seed Texas Tech, 80-67, on Thursday.

"I've got a lot of young men who are fighting and hungry and knew that we were better than what we finished the season with," Keatts said.

Forward D.J. Burns led North Carolina State with 24 points, 11 rebounds and four assists. He scored six points in overtime.

"We easily could've given up, but we're here," Burns said.

Oakland (24-12), which knocked off No. 3 seed Kentucky on Thursday night, saw its golden chance for a winning bucket with the last possession of regulation end in disaster, then never got it going very well in the overtime.

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Gohlke hit 10 of 20 from 3-point range for 32 points in the Kentucky win, but struggled late in this game. He missed all four of his 3-pointers in the overtime and finished 6 of 17 from beyond the arc for the game for 22 points. He did hit two free throws with 41.5 seconds to play in regulation to tie the game at 66.

Oakland had 12.3 seconds to set up a game-winning shot, but started toward the basket too late, and Gohlke never got the ball. Then Chris Conway threw it away with 1.3 seconds left. Officials reviewed the play to see if the ball grazed a North Carolina State player before it went out of bounds, but it was ruled to be North Carolina State ball. Casey Morsell just missed a half-court shot for North Carolina State as time expired, sending the game into overtime.

"I'm starting to get impressed with them," Keatts said. "No matter the situation, our guys find a way to win."