Pace Prosser
INDIANAPOLIS — Pace Prosser, a 2004 Berlin Brothersvalley High School graduate, totaled 28 factors and 11 rebounds and Gannon beat Lander 84-61 on Sunday to win the Division II Championship.
Prosser made 10 of 19 photographs with 4 3-pointers for the Golden Knights (34-3) in a battle between two groups aiming for a primary nationwide championship. Prosser added 5 assists and 5 steals. Lucas Sekasi completed with 13 factors, seven rebounds and 6 assists. Mackenzie Morgan added 12 factors and 7 rebounds, whereas his twin brother Lucas scored 11.
Dylan Canoville totaled 14 factors and 10 rebounds to tempo the Bearcats (30-6), who noticed a 15-game profitable streak finish. Jacob Daniels and Greyson Pritzl each scored 11.
Second-year coach Easton Bazzoli led the third-seeded Golden Knights of Erie to the title three years after a three-win season.
Prosser and Layne Sarver sank two straight 3-pointers in a 15-0 run that started and ended with baskets by Sekasi and the Golden Knights took a 20-9 lead. Canoville’s rebound basket ended the run as Lander scored six straight, however Prosser hit two 3-pointers within the last 1:11 for a 37-21 benefit at halftime.
Mackenzie Morgan hit back-to-back 3-pointers within the first two minutes of the second half and Gannon upped its benefit to 43-22. The Bearcats obtained no nearer than 14 from there.
Coach Omar Wattad and No. 5 seed Lander, out of Greenwood, S.C., upset defending champion and high seed Nova Southeastern 91-81 within the semifinals.
Gannon superior to the title recreation one different time — in 1987 — but it surely led to a 92-74 loss to Kentucky Wesleyan.
WVU wins CBC last
LAS VEGAS — Honor Huff made eight 3-pointers and scored a career-high 38 to propel West Virginia to an 89-82 time beyond regulation victory over Oklahoma on Sunday within the championship recreation of the College Basketball Crown Tournament.
The senior guard teamed up with Jasper Floyd to do all of the scoring in a game-ending 13-0 run for the Mountaineers (21-14) after recognizing the Sooners (21-16) the primary six factors in OT. Floyd missed his first eight photographs earlier than sinking 3-pointers on each side of 1 by Huff in a 9-0 run that gave West Virginia the lead for good at 85-82. Huff scored the ultimate 4 factors on the foul line.
Huff made 9 of 19 photographs with seven of the misses coming from past the arc. He made all 12 of his free throws and had 4 assists. Chance Moore totaled 19 factors — on 7-for-8 capturing — and 10 rebounds off the bench. Brenen Lorient added 15 factors and eight rebounds.