March Madness 2022: Belmont women knock off Oregon in double OT

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The Belmont Bruins made history a year ago with the program's first women's NCAA Tournament win.

They found a way to top that.

Destinee Wells knocked down a pair of free throws with 1:02 left in double overtime, and Belmont knocked off No. 5 seed Oregon 73-70 Saturday for the Bruins' second straight win as a 12 seed to open an NCAA Tournament.

Belmont (23-7) upset 14th-ranked Gonzaga in the sterile Texas bubble with no fans on hand last year in the NCAA Tournament. This time, the Bruins won their 13th straight and 19th in 21 games with a victory made all the more precious by being able celebrate immediately in the arena with family, friends and fans.

"It’s so hard to rank them because last year we made history," Belmont senior forward Conley Chinn said. "It was the first time it had been done in our program. But I mean, just today, you kind of can’t get it better than that. That was pretty sweet."

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Belmont guard Kilyn McGuff (12), guard Nikki Baird (23) and forward Tessa Miller (22) celebrate with a teammate after a double-overtime win in a college basketball game against Oregon in the first round of the NCAA tournament, Saturday, March 19, 2022, in Knoxville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)

They will play fourth-seeded Tennessee, an 80-67 winner over Buffalo, on Monday in the second round.

This was the first double-overtime game in the NCAA Tournament since Dayton and St John’s in the first round in 2013. This was a thriller from start to finish with 10 ties and Wells' go-ahead free throws was the seventh lead change and the only time Belmont led in the second overtime.

Belmont coach Bart