DAYTON, Ohio — Dola Adebayo and Jedy Cordilia every scored 22 issues to lend a hand Mount St. Mary’s grasp off American 83-72 on Wednesday evening in a First 4 victory.
Dallas Hobbs added 17 for the Mountaineers (23-12), who advance as a No. 16 seed to play top-seeded Duke in a first-round East Area contest Friday in Raleigh, N.C.
Geoff Sprouse had 18 issues whilst Elijah Stephens added 12 for American (22-13), which noticed its four-game win streak come to an finish. The Eagles misplaced main scorer Matt Rogers to a first-half knee damage.
Cordilia had 16 issues on 8-of-9 capturing within the first half of for Mount St. Mary’s and completed the sport 10 of eleven from the ground. Hobbs, had 15 first-half issues, together with a buzzer-beating 3 that capped a 9-2 Mount St. Mary’s run for a 48-38 lead at halftime.
Mount St. Mary’s looked as if it would put the sport away with a string of 7 instantly made baskets, together with a couple of thunderous dunks from Dola Adebayo that stretched the result in 79-60 with 6:03 final.
A 9-0 American spurt were given American inside 81-73 with 3:20 final sooner than American head trainer Duane Simpkins used to be referred to as for a technical with 2:29 final. American by no means scored once more.
Each groups displayed sharp-shooting talents, with Mount St. Mary’s making 30 in their first 48 pictures and completed 57.7 p.c from the ground, whilst American used to be at 47.4 p.c.
Rogers went down a couple of occasions within the first half of then collided with Cordilia with 5:28 left sooner than halftime. Rogers, along with his proper knee already in a sleeve, wanted help getting off the court docket and used to be not able to go back.
Rogers, who led American at 17.0 issues in step with recreation, returned to the bench in the second one half of on crutches.
After back-to-back 3-pointers from Greg Jones and Matt Mayock drew American inside 56-51 with 15:11 left, the Mountaineers replied with a 12-0 spurt that featured 3-pointers from Arlandus Keyes and Malcolm Dread.
–By means of Mike Petraglia, Box Stage Media