Mavs Outlast MSU in 2 Overtimes
Feb 26, 2005 | Men's Basketball
MANKATO, MINN. -- Levy Jones' tip-in just before the buzzer gave the Mavericks a 90-88 double-overtime victory over Minnesota State Saturday, securing the second straight regular season North Central Conference title for UNO.
The Mavs will host the NCC's Wells Fargo Finals semifinal and championship games in Omaha March 4-5. UNO, ranked No. 11 in NCAA II, is 23-4 overall and finished the regular season in the NCC at 9-3. No. 14 MSU is 21-6 and 7-5 before hosting a first-round tournament game Tuesday.
Ryan Curtis scored 17 of his UNO-leading 25 points in overtime, hitting all six of his shots and five of six from the free throw line. Jones, who also sent the game into overtime with a pair of free throws late in regulation, finished with 14 points, Abdul Mills had 12, Andre Tarpley 11 and Calvin Kapels 10.
After ending regulation knotted at 65, Curtis scored nine of the Mavericks' 10 points in the first five-minute session. MSU held a 75-73 lead when UNO's Mills missed a shot. MSU guard Andy Moeller rebounded, but fell down and was called for traveling. Curtis tied the game with a two-handed slam off the inbounds pass with six seconds left to tie at 75.
UNO never trailed in the second overtime, building an 88-82 lead as Curtis scored eight points. But MSU tied the game on three-pointers by Luke Anderson in the final minute, the last one coming with seven seconds remaining.
Jones tipped in a miss by Kapels with under a second left to end the game and give UNO its second win over Minnesota State in a week.
UNO led by as many as 13 points the first half before MSU cut the margin to 35-30 at halftime on Anderson's three-pointer with six seconds remaining.
The Mavericks led most of the way the second half before MSU took its first lead since early in the game on Jamel Staten's three-pointer with 4:25 to play, 58-56.
UNO came back to take a 61-60 lead with 2:10 to go on Tarpley's two free shots. Staten and Tarpley then traded layups before Moeller's three-pointer gave MSU a 65-63 lead with 1:26 to play. Jones tied the game at 65 when he hit two free throws with 47 seconds remaining.
Moeller led MSU with 24 points and nine rebounds, while connecting on four of nine from behind the arc. Anderson added 21 points, also hitting four three-point shots. As a team, MSU hit 12 of 28 three-point shots.
The Mavericks now have four NCC titles. The previous championships were in 1979 and 1984. Last year, UNO won both the regular season and the post-season tournament titles.
The Mavs will host the NCC's Wells Fargo Finals semifinal and championship games in Omaha March 4-5. UNO, ranked No. 11 in NCAA II, is 23-4 overall and finished the regular season in the NCC at 9-3. No. 14 MSU is 21-6 and 7-5 before hosting a first-round tournament game Tuesday.
Ryan Curtis scored 17 of his UNO-leading 25 points in overtime, hitting all six of his shots and five of six from the free throw line. Jones, who also sent the game into overtime with a pair of free throws late in regulation, finished with 14 points, Abdul Mills had 12, Andre Tarpley 11 and Calvin Kapels 10.
After ending regulation knotted at 65, Curtis scored nine of the Mavericks' 10 points in the first five-minute session. MSU held a 75-73 lead when UNO's Mills missed a shot. MSU guard Andy Moeller rebounded, but fell down and was called for traveling. Curtis tied the game with a two-handed slam off the inbounds pass with six seconds left to tie at 75.
UNO never trailed in the second overtime, building an 88-82 lead as Curtis scored eight points. But MSU tied the game on three-pointers by Luke Anderson in the final minute, the last one coming with seven seconds remaining.
Jones tipped in a miss by Kapels with under a second left to end the game and give UNO its second win over Minnesota State in a week.
UNO led by as many as 13 points the first half before MSU cut the margin to 35-30 at halftime on Anderson's three-pointer with six seconds remaining.
The Mavericks led most of the way the second half before MSU took its first lead since early in the game on Jamel Staten's three-pointer with 4:25 to play, 58-56.
UNO came back to take a 61-60 lead with 2:10 to go on Tarpley's two free shots. Staten and Tarpley then traded layups before Moeller's three-pointer gave MSU a 65-63 lead with 1:26 to play. Jones tied the game at 65 when he hit two free throws with 47 seconds remaining.
Moeller led MSU with 24 points and nine rebounds, while connecting on four of nine from behind the arc. Anderson added 21 points, also hitting four three-point shots. As a team, MSU hit 12 of 28 three-point shots.
The Mavericks now have four NCC titles. The previous championships were in 1979 and 1984. Last year, UNO won both the regular season and the post-season tournament titles.
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