Has an NCAA Men's Basketball game ever ended 39-38?

Exactly once. On November 24, 2012, Savannah State Tigers beat Western Illinois Leathernecks 39-38, and no NCAA Men's Basketball game before or since has ended that way. When it happened it was a scorigami, the first 39-38 in league history.

Where 39-38 sits among nearby NCAA Men's Basketball scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 39-38 the 3013th most common final score out of 3,845 that have ever occurred in NCAA Men's Basketball. One point away, 40-38 has happened 2 times and 39-39 has happened never.

Every 39-38 in NCAA Men's Basketball history

Date	Result	Season
2012-11-24	Savannah State Tigers over Western Illinois Leathernecks	2013

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