John Jay's Cinderella season keeps on going for another couple of nights, while Coast Guard continued its road run as well.
The Bloodhounds, one of two teams below .500 to make the Division III men's basketball NCAA Tournament, won 80-74 at Moravian, commonly considered the last Pool B team into the field at 18-8 on Selection Sunday. Coast Guard, the champions of the NEWMAC, opened up a 13-point lead in the second half at Trinity (Conn.) before holding on down the stretch to beat the Bantams 80-75. Thursday's scoreboard
&&b-boxr&&Coast Guard advances to play at Mass-Dartmouth on Saturday, while John Jay will travel to Amherst. The Bloodhounds went on a 13-0 run midway through the second half to turn a six-point deficit into a seven-point lead. Alex Valerio led John Jay with 16 points on 6-for-8 shooting, while Godfrey Mascall went 4-for-7 en route to 12 points.
Occidental avoided the favorites' fate, blocking a Pomona-Pitzer shot with under four seconds left to win 52-51. Conor Whitman scored the game-winner for the No. 25 Tigers with 12 seconds remaining and finished with 15 points. Audio highlight: Craig Dunkin on the call for Oxybroadcast.com.
Nate Stahl scored 25 points, 15 of them in the first half as Capital pulled away after an early deficit to beat Bethany 92-70. Clarkson was never in the game in falling 96-66 at King's. Capital has Hope in the second round, while King's, which started on a 25-8 run, follows Clarkson back up to upstate New York to play Plattsburgh State.