REGULAR SEASON CHAMPION WINS TOURNEY TITLE TO ADVANCE TO NCAA BIG DANCE - Feb 25, 2018

Regular season Midwest Conference champion Monmouth put an exclamation point on their season with a 79-76 win over Ripon in the MWC Tournament championship game to earn their first NCAA berth since 1990.
Neither team could deliver the knockout punch until the Scots' Will Jones (6'3''-G) and Justin Aluya (6'5''-F) combined to go 6-for-6 from the free throw line in the final 18 seconds. The Red Hawks had soared to a nine-point lead early in the game, before Monmouth began to heat up. Paul Engo III (6'1''-G) drained a 3-pointer with 1:04 left in the first half to give the Scots a 34-33 lead as Aluya followed with a pair of free throws and D.J. Swift (6'2''-G) connected on a three as the first half horn sounded to send the Scots to the locker room up 39-34.
Ripon retook the lead with 15:18 left in the game on a Tyler Semenas (6'3''-G) layup and inched ahead 46-43 on Trent Jones (6'3''-G)' bucket inside. The teams traded the lead until two more Aluya free throws with 3:26 left gave the Scots the lead for good at 63-62.
Aluya finished with a game-high 25 points, making 16 of his 18 free throws to lead all scorers. Jones and Isaac Masters (5'11''-PG) led Ripon with 17 each.

Courtesy of MidwestConference

MWC Tournament Final: Monmouth College - Ripon College 79-76
MWC Tournament Semifinals:
Monmouth College - Lake Forest College 87-81
Ripon College - St. Norbert College 82-60