TAMPA — Virgil Crump barely saw the shot go in. But it meant the world to the Wharton Wildcats anyway.

Crump drained a 3-pointer over Luke Hogue at the buzzer of the first quarter in the Wildcats’ 76-39 victory over North Port in the Region 8A-2 quarterfinals. He fell on his butt at the feet of an official who raised his arms to signal the basket.