Appalachian State head coach Dustin Kerns sat down for his postgame press conference at the Pensacola Bay Center and reached for a Dasani bottle after being asked to make an opening statement.
“Well,” Kerns said, exasperated. “I need a little something stronger than a water.”
The No. 4 East Division seed Mountaineers claimed an overtime upset of No. 1 West Division seed Texas State on Saturday in the second round of the Sun Belt tournament, 76-73. But the reigning conference regular season champions went down throwing every haymaker it had before getting knocked out of the bracket.
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