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Stanford uses overtime to claim NIT title

NEW YORK — Chasson Randle wraps up his Stanford career with 2,375 points, and the last two won him another NIT title.

Two days after setting the school’s career scoring record, Randle made the go-ahead free throws with 3.4 seconds left in overtime, and the Cardinal edged Miami 66-64 on Thursday.

Sheldon McClellan’s double-pumping 3-point attempt that would have won it at the buzzer wasn’t close to going in.

The short-handed Hurricanes had rallied from a 13-point second-half deficit to force OT and led 64-61 with less than a minute left. But Randle twice got to the line, making four straight foul shots for the victory.

“We were going to put the ball in Chasson’s hands and he was going to decide it for us,” coach Johnny Dawkins said.

The senior finished with 25 points to earn most outstanding player honors. He had scored 15 in the 2012 NIT title game as a freshman.

The experimental 30-second shot clock being used in the NIT proved critical after Randle’s free throws pulled Stanford to 64-63 with 38.9 seconds left. Under the regular 35-second clock, the Cardinal (24-13) probably would have needed to foul. Instead, they played defense, and Deandre Burnett missed a 3-point attempt that might have clinched it.

Randle then leaned into Davon Reed on a jumper to draw a foul.

Miami (25-13) threw the ball away on the ensuing inbounds.

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