Glenville State Tops Fairmont State For the Mountain East Title, 65-58 - Mar 9, 2015

Fifth-seeded Glenville State defeated second-seeded Fairmont State, 65-58, to take on home the 2015 Mountain East Conference men's basketball tournament at the Charleston Civic Center.
The Pioneers (21-10) won their first conference tournament title since 1974. GSC and Fairmont State will await their NCAA Tournament fate tonight at 10:30 p.m. on NCAA.com.
Donte Morales (6'5''-G), the MEC Tournament MVP, scored 21 points to lead GSC. Sedric Nady (6'1''-G) added 15 points and Brett Morris (6'4''-G) turned in a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds. Reggie Williams (6'2''-G) also chipped in 10 points.
Fairmont State (21-9) was led by 19 points and 10 rebounds from Thomas Wimbush (6'7''-F). Nick Harney (6'8''-F-92) had 15 points to go with seven boards, and Jamel Morris (6'4''-G) contributed 12 points.
The Pioneers came into the game ranking near the bottom in the NCAA in rebounding margin at -5.7, but out-rebounded FSU 38-29. GSC had more rebounds than its opponent in each of its four tournament victories.
Fairmont State jumped out to an early 9-2 lead, but the Pioneers used a 17-3 run to get back into the game and surge ahead at 25-16 with 3:38 to go. GSC took a 31-26 lead into halftime.
The Falcons remained in the game and took the lead back at 37-36 after a Caleb Davis (6'1''-G) lay-in with at 12:52. The game was tied for the final time at 46-46 with 9:51, but a 9-3 run by the Pioneers would give them the lead for good and the MEC championship.

Courtesy of MountainEast

MEC Tournament Final: Glenville State - Fairmont State 65-58
MEC Tournament Semifinals:
Fairmont State - Wheeling Jesuit 73-63
Glenville State - West Liberty 83-68