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UCLA's Darren Collison goes up for a basket against Indiana's A.J. Ratliff.

Afflalo hit two free throws for his first points in 17 minutes, but Stemler was fouled on another 3-point attempt. The junior reserve hit two free throws, but Indiana rebounded the third — and Calloway’s diving layup tied it with a minute left, sending the Indiana fan contingent into a frenzy.

Afflalo hit two more free throws with 38 seconds left — and that’s when Collison alertly swiped Stemler’s inbounds pass before it got to Calloway, who was forced to commit his fifth foul.

“Josh did a good job denying his man, and I saw the ball and took it,” Collison said.

“I was counting the time in my head,” Stemler said. “I got to 4 (seconds), and knew I had to get rid of it.”

“It wasn’t fun for Stemler to take that ball out in front of our bench,” Howland said. “We were screaming in his ear.”

Collison added two more free throws, and Shipp sealed it with one last free throw with 10 seconds left.

Indiana went 5-for-28 in the first half, while UCLA was 7-for-26. The Hoosiers scored two points in the final 7 minutes before halftime, and the Bruins went through several lengthy dry spells.

Stemler’s 3-pointer with 4:27 to play ensured the Hoosiers wouldn’t finish with the fewest points ever scored by a UCLA opponent. Indiana’s 49 points were one more than the school’s lowest total in a tournament game — 48 against Virginia on March 24, 1984.

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