Utah State cheerleader responds to viral moment during NCAA Tournament

by VICTORIA HILL | KUTV Staff

Mon, March 20th 2023, 4:25 PM UTC

Missouri guard D'Moi Hodge (5) scores past Utah State guard Max Shulga (11) during the first half of a first-round college basketball game in the NCAA Tournament in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, March 16, 2023. (AP Photo/José Luis Villegas)

Missouri guard Kobe Brown (24) is fouled by Utah State guard Steven Ashworth (3) during the second half of a first-round college basketball game in the NCAA Tournament in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, March 16, 2023. (AP Photo/José Luis Villegas)

Utah State forward Zee Hamoda (24) and center Trevin Dorius (32) battle for a rebound with Missouri guard DeAndre Gholston during the first half of a first-round college basketball game in the NCAA Tournament in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, March 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Randall Benton)

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Missouri guard D'Moi Hodge (5) scores past Utah State guard Max Shulga (11) during the first half of a first-round college basketball game in the NCAA Tournament in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, March 16, 2023. (AP Photo/José Luis Villegas)

LOGAN, Utah (KUTV) — A Utah State University cheerleader is going viral after the camera caught her in an emotional moment during the NCAA Tournament.

The viral video shows cheerleader Ashlyn Whimpey crying toward the end of the Aggies game against the Missouri Tigers on March 16, in which they lost 65-76. She wrote on Instagram that in the moment, she was sad it was her last game to cheer at.

Her caption read "going out with a bang," with "#marchsadness."

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The video has been shared across social media platforms as people turned the moment into a meme.

Twitter users were fast to share the clip, which has also since been reused to apply to different teams' losses.

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