Arizona Christian wins thrilling GSAC Championship - Mar 9, 2020
Santa Barbara, CA- Down three with 6.9 seconds to play, Arizona Christian found four points to pull off the thrilling 83-82 win over Hope International and earn their first ever GSAC Tournament Championship. The Firestorm earn an automatic bid to the NAIA National Tournament.
Game Info Game score: Arizona Christian - 83, Hope International - 82 Records: Arizona Christian - 25-8, Hope International - 22-11 NAIA Top 25 ranking: Arizona Christian - 19, Hope International - RV Location: Murchison Gym, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA ACU Stats For The Day De'Ron Kyle (6'4''-G) - 29 points Shane Carney (5'9''-PG) - 19 points Terence Shelby (6'3''-G) - 9 points Jamel Cleveland (6'10''-F) - 8 points Xander Bowers (6'7''-F) - 6 points, 7 rebounds
Inside the Box Score ACU lead early but by no bigger than three points Game back and forth with ACU up 29-27 with 7:17 to go in the first half HIU moved ahead on their next possession and built as large as a 12 point lead before the half Halftime score was 47-38 HIU Down 11, ACU used a 11-0 run to force a tie Al Burge hit a jumper with 9:19 left for the only second half ACU lead until the very end Behind 82-79 with 6.9 to play, a flagrant foul was called against the Royals- Carney made the free throws and ACU kept possession Inbounding the ball right next to his bench, Keyvaughn Williams (6'1''-G) found Bowers cutting to basket for the game winning layup An automatic bid to the NAIA National Tournament is the result of winning the GSAC Tournament Championship
Courtesy of gsacsports.org
GSAC Tournament Final: Arizona Christian - Hope International 83-82 GSAC Tournament Semifinals: Westmont - Arizona Christian 86-102 Menlo - Hope International 72-77
Player of the Year: Abram Carrasco (5'11''-PG) of Westmont Defensive Player of the Year: Tim Soares (6'11''-C) of Master's Coach of the Year: John Moore of Westmont
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