MEDAILLE EARNS FOURTH AMCC CROWN IN MEN'S BASKETBALL, AUTOMATIC BID TO NCAA TOURNAMENT
#2 Medaille College defeated #4 Hilbert College in the championship of the AMCC men's basketball tournament on Saturday.
#2 seed Medaille College defeated #4 Hilbert College, 81-76, in an overtime thriller in the championship of the AMCC men's basketball tournament on Saturday at the Penn St. Behrend Junker Center. With the trophy comes the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Div. III tournament.
Hilbert led nearly the entire game, leading by as much as 11 in the second half, only to see the cushion evaporate with 1:44 to go. The Mavs went up by two and looked ready to run away in the home stretch, only to see the Hawks' Sean Weisansal drain a three pointer with 2.2 seconds to go and force overtime. Medaille regained the lead and did not make the same mistake twice, capping the win with a steal and bucket by Jammal Coleman in the closing moments for their fourth league title.
The Mavericks scoring was dominated by Ryan Grandits (26), Johnathan Belton (23) and Coleman (19). Hilbert got 26 points from Weisansal and 12 from Jerame Owens.
Named to the all-tournament team were:
Jerame Owens, Hilbert
Sean Weisansal, Hilbert
Jammal Coleman, Medaille
Chris Willingham, Medaille
Zane Hackett, Penn St. Behrend
Jerell Figueroa, Pitt-Greensburg
Keith Burgess, Pitt-Bradford
Marcus Clarke, D'Youville
Pairings for the NCAA tournament will be announced Monday.