The No. 17 Men's Basketball team clashed with the York College of Pennsylvania Spartans in a double-overtime extravaganza with the Blazers pulling through with a 103-98 win to capture their second Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth title and earning them an automatic qualifying spot in the NCAA Division III tournament.

Inside the Box Score
Jevon Yarbrough (5'11''-G) scores a career high 44 points while dishing eight assists and eight rebounds to earn the tournament's MVP trophy. Yarbrough broke the program's single-season scoring and assists records in the contest.
Jude Huseby (6'6''-F) hauled in 14 rebounds with 13 points afternoon.
Garrett Cox (6'7''-F) added 13 points and seven rebounds and three blocks.

How it Happened
The stars of the Commonwealth aligned in the first half as Yarbrough and Jayden Rowe-Perry (6'1''-G) battle to get their teams title, Rowe finished with 11 while Yarbrough finished with 14. The teams both shot under 50 percent with Hood edging out York Pa. at 44 to 36 percent but the Blazers had eight turnovers as the difference.
Just as the previous matchup had started, it was a low scoring 35-34 game at the half before the teams emptied the tank.
The Spartans opened the second half sinking three of their first four deep balls but the hosts paced at the hands of Yarbrough with a pair of threes netted at 45-43. Play from Cox and Huseby down low boosted the squad to keep pace with the hot Spartan team.
The Blazers fell behind by nine with yet another Rowe three pointer at 69-60, but responded with a 10-0 starting with a Troy Fluton three-ball and good takes by Gage Linton and Kullen Robinson (6'2''-G) to take back the lead.
The teams would trade free throws to end the half, with the Blue & Grey netting the free throw to force extra basketball.
The first overtime the Blazers had the Blazers claiming a three-point lead, but a late foul on a three pointer sending Haberern of the Spartans would tie the game on three swishes. The remaining 1:41 would go scoreless.
Hood set the tone in the second overtime with Kullen Robinson dancing through traffic and laying in the 90-88 and then Yarbrough followed up with a corner three to capture the crowd. The foul game would begin and the Blazers would sink eight free throws to keep away ghosts of the past.
"Man, what an absolute battle. Maybe the most intense game I've ever coached, especially with everything that was on the line," said head coach Chad Dickman .
"Hat tip to York—that's an outstanding team with some big time seniors, and we knew that they were gonna leave it all out on the floor. So proud of our guys just willing us to the win. That's a game where you're playing a team that knows you inside and out, and you just gotta let your players make plays and not try to over-coach."
"Our student and community support was phenomenal. That has to be the best environment we've ever had here for a Hood sporting event. Awesome, awesome fans. And a big shout to all of our guys, my assistant coaches, and everyone else that had anything to do with our program, from athletic trainers to Sports Info and Big Ab and Big Tom on the broadcast….just so many moving parts that made this season possible."

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The No. 2 seed Stevens Institute of Technology men's basketball team claimed its fourth Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom Championship, knocking off No. 4 Misericordia University 68-59 on Saturday night.
Tommy Scholl (6'3''-G), who was named the MAC Freedom Tournament Most Valuable Player, led the way with a team-high 19 points for Stevens (18-9).

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Cougars jumped out to a 9-3 advantage nearly six minutes into the game, with the lone basket coming on a three-pointer from Matt Leming (6'3''-G). Kyle Maddison (6'3''-G-2005) and Scholl followed with back-to-back layups to pull within two, before a Scholl three-pointer gave Stevens its first lead at 13-11.
That triple sparked a 9-0 run for the Ducks, as Evan Gutowski powered home two layups during the spurt. A Gutowski jumper extended the lead to 22-13 before Anthony Loscalzo (6'2''-G) pushed the margin to double figures with a driving layup with 5:43 left in the half. Stevens closed the first half with nine of the final 13 points, highlighted by seven from Harmehar Chhabra (6'7''-F), to take a commanding 38-22 lead into the break.
The Ducks shot 50% (15-of-30) from the floor in the opening half while holding Misericordia to just 23.3% (7-of-30).
Misericordia responded quickly to open the second half, embarking on a 6-0 run over the first 1:44. A Chhabra layup and a Scholl three-pointer pushed the lead back to 15. Loscalzo followed with a jumper to make it 53-37, but the Cougars countered with a 15-5 run to close within six at 58-52 with 3:23 remaining.
After the teams traded baskets, Chhabra stretched the lead back to eight with a layup. A Misericordia free throw with 55 seconds left made it 63-57, but Stevens sealed the victory with four straight points from the charity stripe—two each from Loscalzo and Chhabra. The Cougars converted one final layup, and after Maddison went 1-of-2 at the line, Stevens secured a defensive rebound and dribbled out the clock.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
Scholl averaged 21.0 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists, and 3.0 steals over the MAC Freedom Tournament. He finished with 19 points and eight rebounds in the championship game.
Chhabra totaled 15 points and seven rebounds, while Loscalzo chipped in 10 points.
Despite scoring just one point, Olu Olaniran (6'5''-F) made an impact with six rebounds (four offensive) and two assists. Gutowski added eight points off the bench.

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