The University of Mary Washington men's basketball team claimed its third Capital Athletic/Coast-to-Coast Conference championship after downing No. 8 Christopher Newport on Saturday night, 71-66, in Salisbury, Md. The Eagles will reach the NCAA Tournament for the fourth time by claiming the conference's auto-bid for the third time in program history as well.
Mary Washington got out to an 11-8 lead in the first five minutes of Saturday's game before turning it into a 31-24 advantage with a minute left before halftime. As the first half dwindled down, Zack Blue (6'1''-G) nailed a 3-pointer with three seconds left that gave the Eagles a 34-26 advantage going into the break.
In the second half, the Eagles led by nearly as many as 12 points multiple times early in the second half as Jay Randall (6'4''-F)'s layup extended the lead to that point at the 15:49 mark, while a Kaden Bateson (6'3''-G) bucket with 12:10 left gave UMW its second 12-point lead of the half.
But CNU cut into the lead as it tied the score at 55 with 6:02 remaining, but in the end the Eagles prevailed to win and advance to the NCAA Tournament.
Randall led all scorers with 26 points on 8-of-17 shooting, while Jadon Burgess (6'3''-G) had 16 of his own on a pair of three pointers, and Blue reached double figures with 10.
All told, UMW shot 20-of-52 from the floor, which included a 5-for-16 mark from deep, while CNU was just 24-of-66 from the floor (36.4%) and 2-of-20 from deep (10%). The Eagles were outrebounded, 47-34, but made up for it by making 26 of their 30 free throws.

C-2-C Final:
Christopher Newport - Mary Washington 71-66

C-2-C Semifinals:
Christopher Newport - UC Santa Cruz 84-78
Mary Washington - Salisbury 60-50

Courtesy of umweagles.com