 Augusta State Claims PBC Men's Tournament Title 76-59Both teams started the game tight and points were hard to come by for the first five minutes. ASU led 9-4 before free throws from UNCP's Mike Robinson and Nate Priest and a layup from Shahmel Brackett gave the Braves their first lead of the game. The two teams traded that lead five more times over the next four minutes until the score was tied at 15 each with 9:40 to play. UNCP got to 15 on Chris Hargrove's three-pointer with 10:18 to play, but the Braves would not score again for nearly seven minutes as the Jaguars went on an 18-0 run to open up a 17-point lead. Franck Ndongo scored eight of ASU's first 10 points of the run and had 10 points overall in the span. Down 17, UNC Pembroke cut the lead down with a 9-3 run that ended with a Brackett three-pointer and Robinson layup. ASU's O'Neal Armstrong answered with a pair of free throws that left ASU up 37-24 at the half. The second half was status quo as ASU's lead shrank to 13 after a Robinson free throw with 17:42 left, but that would be as close as the Braves would get until the waning seconds. Ndongo got a steal and breakaway layup which began a period where the Jaguars were scoring two points for every one for UNCP that left ASU with a 21-point lead, their largest in the game, with 7:22 to play. The Jaguars did that largely at the free throw line, setting season-highs in both free throws made and attempted. ASU took 21 free throws in each half and hit 18 of them in the second frame, an 86% rate. UNCP hit 20 of 25 from the line as a team but struggled from long distance, hitting only one of nine three-pointers in the second half. The 34 total makes by ASU set a PBC Tournament record. ASU's Tye Beale led the team with 17 points, hitting 10 of 11 free throws. George Johnson scored 16 and was named the tournament Most Valuable Player. Ndongo finished with 15 and Armstrong 14. Brackett scored 24 to lead UNC Pembroke, hitting eight of 14 from the floor and all six of his free throws. No other Brave reached double figures as Priest finished with eight and Blakeney led all players with seven rebounds. Augusta State extends their head-to-head winning streak over UNC Pembroke to 17 straight games. The Jaguars claim their fourth overall tournament title and their second in three years, both of those also coming with PBC regular-season championships. Augusta State is favored to host their fifth straight NCAA Southeast Regional championship. If they are awarded the regional on Sunday night, they will host the event 12-13 and 15 as Christenberry Fieldhouse in Augusta. Courtesy of PBA All-PeachBelt Summary 2010-2011 PeachBelt Tournament Final: Augusta State - UNC Pembroke 76-59 PeachBelt Tournament Semifinals: Augusta State - Montevallo 61-52 UNC Pembroke - Ga. Southwestern 69-68
All-Tournament MVP: George Johnson (6'4''-G) of Gannon Player of the Year: Phillip Brown (6'7''-C) of Air Force Defensive Player of the Year: Alvin Brown (6'10''-C) of JMU Freshman of the Year: Colin Slotter (6'5''-G) of Georgia SW Coach of the Year: Mike Leeder of Georgia SW 1st Team C: Phillip Brown (6'7'') of Air Force G: Timothy Downs (5'7''-89) of BC Lakers G: George Johnson (6'4'') of Gannon F: Franck Ndongo (6'6''-88) of Va Commonwealth F: Brandon Robinson (6'6''-89) of Clayton St. 2nd Team G: Byron Faison (6'1'') of Winthrop F: Trayce Macon (6'7''-88) of Troy G: Carl Taylor (6'3''-87) of Morehead St. F: Liki Turner (6'5''-89) of Shepherd F: Reece Wiedeman (6'8''-88) of Georgia Coll. 3rd Team G: Shahmel Brackett (6'0''-91) of UNC Pembroke G: Antoine Davis (5'9''-86) of Montevallo G: John Pietkiewicz (6'4'') of Flagler G: Colin Slotter (6'5'') of Georgia SW G: Chris Vanlandingham (6'4''-89) of Armstrong Atlantic All-Tournament Team Trayce Macon (6'7''-F-88) of Troy Antoine Davis (5'9''-G-86) of Montevallo George Blakeney (6'9''-F-91) of UNC Pembroke Shahmel Brackett (6'0''-G-91) of UNC Pembroke Oneal Armstrong (5'6''-G) of Augusta St. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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