The St. Thomas Aquinas College men's basketball team plays for the East Regional Championship at 2:00 pm against the College of Saint Rose. Follow the action HERE!
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3:57 - Off a miss, a foul on Saint Rose as time expires.. GAME OVER - SPARTANS WIN!!!
3:54. Jones with a putback cuts it to one. Mitchell is fouled with 15.4 left. 67-66.
3:53 - Mitchell splitting the pressure is fouled in the backcourt with 32.3 left. Makes two. 67-64
3:52 - Pause to check the clock, Mitchell, Reyes, Watler, McFarlan, Cust for STAC. Clock put at 37.8
3:50 - Great possession by Knight ends with Dorgler lay-up with clock winding down. St. Rose calls last time out, STAC with one left. Spartans lead, 65-64 with 37.4 seconds left.
3:49 - Huge stop, Knights get an offensive board with shot clock winding down, but STAC steals and Reyes is fouled. Double bonus, Reyes makes two 65-62 with 1;03 left.
3:47 -STAC pressure almost forces a turnover. St. .Rose timeout, 17 on the shot clock, 1:28 left. STAC by 1.
3:45 - refs timeout, checking the monitor to see if Watler was elbowed on the inbound. No foul called.
3:44 - Reyes again on the mismatch with Jones, three point play puts STAC back on top 63-60 with 1:41 left.
3:43 - Dorgler layup puts SR up by two, two minutes left.
3:41 - Reyes through a double-team misses the shot, doesn't get the call, much to the chagrin of the Spartan Army. Timeout, Saint Rose, 3:01 left. Tied at 60-60, CSR ball.
3:39 - Sayre makes a pair, Golden Knights outstanding from the line. McFarlan fouled in the act, three point play ties the game at 60, 4:32 left.
3:36 - Herrity makes a pair, Saint Rose up by two, 16-of-18 from the line.
3:35 - McFarlan stepping up, fouled in the act, makes a pair to tie the score at 56-56 with 5:26 left.
3:30 - McFarlan from the left elbow, Herrity answers with a three-point play. McFarlan again. 56-54 with 6:00 left.
3:30 - Spartans get a big stop, media timeout with 7:02 left, still 53-50 Saint Rose.
3:27 - deCourtenay fouls out with 8:24 left, fouls are 10-5. Sayre to shoot two, makes both to make the score 53-50. Saint Rose is 13-of-15 from the line.
3:26 - Pressure forces a turnover, Cust's layup makes the score 51-50.
3:25 - deCourtenay with a putback off a Reyes miss, STAC calls time, trailing 51-48 with 9:15 left.
3:22 - Sayre hits a baseline 15-footer, Cust is called for a questionable charge, and Dorgler hits a three. 51-46 Saint Rose. 9:35 left.
3:21 - Reyes to the basket draws Lipinski's fourth. He comes out with 10:51 left. Reyes makes one to tie the score at 46-46.
3:20 - Sayre makes both, Saint Rose with the lead for the first time at 46-45.
3:18 - Mitchell is called for his fourth, thinks he got all ball, refs disagree. Media timeout, two shots for Knights coming out, 45-44 STAC with 11:10 left. Fouls are 7-3.
3:16 - Reyes is fouled on the offensive glass, makes one, Sayre is taking charge for Saint Rose, attacks the basket and cuts the lead to 45-44 with 11:30 left. He has 18.
3:12 - Boyd hits a three to cut the gap to 42-40, Reyes with another artistic right-hand answer. Timeout STAC, 44-40 with 13:02 left.
3:09 - Koziol and Watler miss from deep, but Lipinski picks up his third on the rebound. He stays in, that would be a major loss for Knights, as seen in the first half.
3:06 - Spectacular defense by Reyes, with a block down low and a leaping play to throw the ball off Lipinski. STAC ball, media timeout, 42-35 with 15:56 left.
3:05 - It's 19 degrees outside but both teams heating up, Dorgler's three-point play cuts the gap to 42-35, 16:28 left. Watler and Mitchell with three fouls, deCourtenay picks up his fourth.
3:02 - Watler stays hot, a top left three makes the lead a dozen, 42-30 with 17:55 left.
3:01 - de Courtenay forces a five-second violation, Mitchell nails a three. STAC's biggest lead at 37-26, first minute of play.
2:59 - Teams come to the benches; the Spartan Army, slightly diminished but no less vocal, give the boys a big hand. Second half about to start, Saint Rose ball...
2:46 - Justin Reyes has 17 at the half, Chaz Watler 11. Sayre leads Saint Rose with 8. The Spartans have led throughout and are 20 minutes from the Elite Eight.
2:44 - Spartans hold, Reyes hits, 34-26 at half.
2:43 - Reyes misses and Mical-Ryan Boyd hits a trey. 32-26 under a minute.
2:40 - With Lipinski on the bench, Reyes is exploiting a mismatch with Jack Jones - he's scored three straight hoops and drawn two fouls on Jones. Coach Anderson calls time, Reyes shooting one-and-one with 1:49 left, STAC, 32-23.
2:37 - Watler has 11, Reyes 9 after making one of two, 26-19 STAC.
2:35 - Reyes muscles his way in, misses the shot but draws second foul on Lipinski, he'll shoot two after the media timeout with 3:46 left, 25-19 Spartans on top.
2:34 - Reyes with a gorgeous block, Watler with a jumper, then a block on Watler is his second foul, getting a rise out of the STAC bench. Fouls are 10-6. Coleman makes two, 25-19 with 4:02 left
2:32 - Spartans steal the inbound, Cust is fouled on the way up and makes two - 23-17 with 4:50 left.
2:29 - Dorgler whistled for his second, goes to the Knights' bench. Offensive foul on deCourtenay, his second with 4:53 left, 21-17.
2:26 - Foul shot is off, Dorgler goes to the line and makes a one-and-one, 21-14, 6:43 left.
2:23 - Watler with an artistic fallaway three from the right side is good, plus the foul on Jamal Greenwood. The senior will go for the four-point play after the media timeout, 7:46 left, 21-12 Spartans.
2:19 - Mitchell whistled for his second foul, comes to the bench.
2:17 - Reyes makes a pair and subs out for Ross Greenfield. 16-10 STAC
2:16 - McFarlan with a drive and nice reverse lay-up breaks a six minute scoreless streak. Sayer answers, Reyes draws a shooting foul after the media timeout, 10:35 left, 14-10, Spartans.
2:13 - Spartans have run cold and Golden Knights' defense is digging in, McFarlan draws a charge, 12:42 left, 12-8 STAC.
2:11 - Saint Rose is patient on offense, slowing the pace. Lipinski jumper cuts the gap to 12-6, 14:11 left.
2:08 - Julian Lipinsky breaks the drought for Saint Rose, media timeout with 15:11 left, 12-4 STAC.
2:04 - Spartans pressure creating havoc, just over two minutes in, Spartans with a 12-2 lead. Watler with a pair of threes, Reyes with a dunk off a turnover.
2:03 - Mitchell with a steal and a wild pass fortunately finds an open Watler for three, 1:15 in, 5-0 STAC.
2:02 - Reyes misses but gets his own rebound and the putback puts STAC on top, 2-0.
2:01 pm - Jump ball, won by St. Rose. We're underway, 40 minutes to Sioux Falls
1:49 - Anthem played. STAC starters; Watler, Cust, deCourtenay, Reyes, Mitchell. Saint Rose; Damon Coleman, Mical-Ryan Boyd, Chris Dorgler, Julian Lipinski, Tyler Sayre.
1:30 - What the heck, Justin Reyes factoid of the day... over the past two seasons, the Spartans have a record of 36-1 (that's thirty-six and one) from January through March with Reyes in the lineup. Their one loss was by one point at Bridgeport on February 8.
1:25 pm - If you're with us this early, here's some bonus coverage. This morning, Spartans forward Justin Reyes made the cut, announced as one of the 25 finalsts for the Bevo Francis Award for the best Small College player in the nation. Next cut is April 1, with the winner announced on April 3.
To Read More About the Bevo Francis Award, Click Here.
For the List of the Remaining 25 Finalists, Click Here.
For the NCAA Division II Tournament Interactive Bracket with Results, Click Here
1:05 pm - Snow use complaining - both teams are at Henniger Center, safe and sound, and in about three hours nets will be cut. This is the last of the eight regionals to be completed, so there are officially only nine teams in the country still alive. Teams are getting extended shootaround because of the extra day off. Tipoff at 2:00 pm.