| Fran Rafferty had 19 points
and 10 rebounds to help lead the Cavaliers back to the NCAA
Tournament. Cabrini athletics file photo |
Fran Rafferty had 19 points and 10 rebounds to lead five scorers in double figures as Cabrini, last year's national runner-up, returned to the NCAA Tournament with a 90-74 win against Keystone. The CSAC automatic bid was the first one clinched this season.
Jon Miller shot 8-for-10 from the floor and added 17 points, while Jeremy Knowles had 15 for the Cavaliers, who improve to 22-5 and await an opponent to be announced by the NCAA in Monday afternoon's selection show. Details will be posted on D3hoops.com.
Duncan Lunsford connected from beyond the arc at the 15:47 mark of the second half to cut Cabrini’s lead to 52-46, but back to back 3-pointers gave the Cavaliers a 60-48 lead with 13:22 remaining. Keystone never got within seven points the rest of the way.
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Will Sanborn scored 20 points, including hitting back-to-back 3-pointers in the second half, and Anthony LoRusso added 17 as Ramapo survived a last-second attempt at a game-winner to defeat Rutgers-Newark 67-65 and win the New Jersey Athletic Conference men's title.
Rutgers-Newark led 55-54 with 6:14 left on a John Snow
three-point play, but LoRusso answered with a three-point play of
his own on the other end and Rutgers-Newark turned the ball over
twice and went one-and-out twice as Ramapo built an eight-point
lead. Al'Don Muhammad scored eight points in a span of 90 seconds
for the Raiders, however, and assisted on a David Azoroh jumper to
cut the lead to two, but couldn't convert on a well-defended
3-point attempt at the buzzer.
Muhammad finished with 15 to lead Rutgers-Newark, who are 20-7,
19-7 in-region, and hope for an at-large bid to the NCAA
Tournament. The Raiders sit fairly deep on the bubble.