In a dizzying, hectic scene, Georgia State coach R.J. Hunter reportedly tore his Achilles celebrating his team’s Sun Belt Conference Tournament championship in New Orleans.

After his son, R.J. Hunter, made two free throws with 21.6 seconds left, and Georgia State held on over Georgia Southern, 38-36, all happy mayhem broke out on the floor, including R.J.’s tackle of a hug to his father. Somewhere in the scrum, which is not captured in the video above, Ron Hunter went down and had to be helped off the court.

.@GSUPanthers coach Ron Hunter tore his achilles in the celebratory scrum after the game

— Doug Roberson (@DougRobersonAJC) March 15, 2015

A hobbled Hunter was able to field questions after the game, which clinched Georgia State’s third appearance in the NCAA Tournament and first since 2001.
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Kevin Ware scored 18 points for Georgia State, the only double-figure scorer in the low-scoring game, while Hunter finished with nine.

Jelani Hewitt had eight points to lead Georgia Southern (22-9).

Hunter was fouled after grabbing an offensive rebound of Ware’s missed jumper. Georgia Southern’s Curtis Diamond missed a 3-point attempt with 7 seconds left but tracked down the rebound and called a timeout as he jumped out of bounds with 5.1 seconds left. Eric Ferguson took Georgia Southern’s final shot, missing from the left side.

—With AP