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NBC Sports
29-03-2025
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- NBC Sports
MJ Iraldi rallies Nova Southeastern past Cal State Dominguez Hills 74-73 in Division II title game
MJ Iraldi made two free throws with 17.8 seconds left and finished with 27 points to rally Nova Southeastern to a 74-73 victory over Cal State Dominguez Hills in the championship game of the Division II Tournament at the Ford Center on Saturday. It was the second national championship for the top-seeded Sharks (36-1) in the past three seasons under head coach Jim Crutchfield. Iraldi's free throws came after David Cheatom had given the seventh-seeded Toros (30-6) the lead with 24 seconds remaining. Cheatom had a layup in traffic roll off the rim in the final second. Iraldi made 8 of 16 shots with a 3-pointer and 10 of 12 foul shots. He added nine rebounds and three steals. Tyler Eberhart totaled 14 points and six boards. Dallas Graziani pitched in with 13 points and nine assists. Jeremy Dent-Smith led Dominguez Hills with 27 points and 10 rebounds before fouling out with 1:19 left. Dent-Smith helped rally the Toros from an eight-point deficit with 11 minutes remaining. He scored six straight points to tie the game at 62 with 8:15 to go. Cheatom scored 15. A layup by Ross Reeves gave the Sharks a 17-9 lead seven minutes into the game. Dent-Smith's basket capped a 15-5 run from there as the Toros moved in front and played with a lead over the final 7:37, taking a 42-38 advantage into halftime. The Sharks capped an unbeaten 36-0 season with a 111-101 victory over West Liberty in the 2023 title game before losing to Minnesota State 88-85 last season. The Toros' women also lost in the championship game. Minnesota State's men and women won championships last season as the first school with teams in both title games.
CBS News
29-03-2025
- Sport
- CBS News
MJ Iraldi rallies Nova Southeastern past Cal State Dominguez Hills 74-73 in Division II title game
MJ Iraldi made two free throws with 17.8 seconds left and finished with 27 points to rally Nova Southeastern to a 74-73 victory over Cal State Dominguez Hills in the championship game of the Division II Tournament at the Ford Center on Saturday. It was the second national championship for the top-seeded Sharks (36-1) in the past three seasons under head coach Jim Crutchfield. Iraldi's free throws came after David Cheatom had given the seventh-seeded Toros (30-6) the lead with 24 seconds remaining. Cheatom had a layup in traffic roll off the rim in the final second. Iraldi made 8 of 16 shots with a 3-pointer and 10 of 12 foul shots. He added nine rebounds and three steals. Tyler Eberhart totaled 14 points and six boards. Dallas Graziani pitched in with 13 points and nine assists. Jeremy Dent-Smith led Dominguez Hills with 27 points and 10 rebounds before fouling out with 1:19 left. Dent-Smith helped rally the Toros from an eight-point deficit with 11 minutes remaining. He scored six straight points to tie the game at 62 with 8:15 to go. Cheatom scored 15. A layup by Ross Reeves gave the Sharks a 17-9 lead seven minutes into the game. Dent-Smith's basket capped a 15-5 run from there as the Toros moved in front and played with a lead over the final 7:37, taking a 42-38 advantage into halftime. The Sharks capped an unbeaten 36-0 season with a 111-101 victory over West Liberty in the 2023 title game before losing to Minnesota State 88-85 last season. The Toros' women also lost in the championship game. Minnesota State's men and women won championships last season as the first school with teams in both title games.
Fox Sports
29-03-2025
- Sport
- Fox Sports
MJ Iraldi rallies Nova Southeastern past Cal State Dominguez Hills 74-73 in Division II title game
Associated Press MJ Iraldi made two free throws with 17.8 seconds left and finished with 27 points to rally Nova Southeastern to a 74-73 victory over Cal State Dominguez Hills in the championship game of the Division II Tournament at the Ford Center on Saturday. It was the second national championship for the top-seeded Sharks (36-1) in the past three seasons under head coach Jim Crutchfield. Iraldi's free throws came after David Cheatom had given the seventh-seeded Toros (30-6) the lead with 24 seconds remaining. Cheatom had a layup in traffic roll off the rim in the final second. Iraldi made 8 of 16 shots with a 3-pointer and 10 of 12 foul shots. He added nine rebounds and three steals. Tyler Eberhart totaled 14 points and six boards. Dallas Graziani pitched in with 13 points and nine assists. Jeremy Dent-Smith led Dominguez Hills with 27 points and 10 rebounds before fouling out with 1:19 left. Dent-Smith helped rally the Toros from an eight-point deficit with 11 minutes remaining. He scored six straight points to tie the game at 62 with 8:15 to go. Cheatom scored 15. A layup by Ross Reeves gave the Sharks a 17-9 lead seven minutes into the game. Dent-Smith's basket capped a 15-5 run from there as the Toros moved in front and played with a lead over the final 7:37, taking a 42-38 advantage into halftime. The Sharks capped an unbeaten 36-0 season with a 111-101 victory over West Liberty in the 2023 title game before losing to Minnesota State 88-85 last season. The Toros' women also lost in the championship game. Minnesota State's men and women won championships last season as the first school with teams in both title games. ___ Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here. AP college basketball: and recommended in this topic
Miami Herald
29-03-2025
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- Miami Herald
NSU men's basketball survives thriller to secure second national title in three years
The Sharks are national champs – again. MJ Iraldi made the tying and go-ahead free throws with 17.8 seconds left, and Nova Southeastern University's defense held up on the game's final shot as the Sharks defeated Cal State Dominguez Hills, 74-73, on Saturday afternoon in Evansville, Indiana. The game was televised nationally by CBS. NSU's men's basketball team has now won two national titles in the past three years under coach Jim Crutchfield. The Sharks finished second last year. NSU (36-1) tied a program record for most single-season wins, set previously in 2023. The Sharks also have the longest active win streak in the nation at 23 games. Dominguez Hills (30-6) had knocked off second-seeded West Liberty in the NCAA quarterfinals and fourth-seeded Dallas Baptist in the semifinals. The seventh-seeded Toros won in those efforts despite trailing by at least 17 points in each of those games. But the Toros couldn't quite get past the top-seeded Sharks. A big factor on Saturday was Toros star guard Jeremy Dent-Smith fouling out with 1:18 left. He finished with a game-high-tying 27 points. Dent-Smith had made a 3-point play just a bit earlier to give the Toros a 71-68 lead. NSU fought back, taking a 72-71 lead on two Dallas Graziani free throws with 40 seconds left. Graziani finished with 13 points and a game-high nine assists. The Toros answered as a mid-range jumper by David Cheatom put them ahead, 73-72. Iraldi, who was recently named the NCAA Division II National Player of the Year, then drove the lane, got fouled and made his free throws. He – like Dent-Smith – finished with 27 points. A year after losing in the national title game to Minnesota State on a buzzer beater, NSU made the stop it needed to make in the closing seconds. On the game's final possession, the Toros did not call timeout. Instead, Cheatom got the ball at the top of the key and tried to drive around two Sharks. Cheatom took a Euro-step, but his shot was too hard off the backboard. Toros center Adam Afifi had rebounding position for a possible game-winning put-back. However, Sharks power forward Ryker Cisarik got his hand on the ball, and the Sharks escaped with the heart-thumping victory. 'It's surreal,' Iraldi said postgame on the CBS broadcast. 'I knew it would go down to the wire. Cal State is a great team. We just happened to come out on top.'
Yahoo
29-03-2025
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- Yahoo
MJ Iraldi rallies Nova Southeastern past Cal State Dominguez Hills 74-73 in Division II title game
FILE - West Liberty basketball heard coach Jim Crutchfield directs his team during college basketball practice on the campus of the Division II school in West Liberty, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Mark Stahl, file) MJ Iraldi made two free throws with 17.8 seconds left and finished with 27 points to rally Nova Southeastern to a 74-73 victory over Cal State Dominguez Hills in the championship game of the Division II Tournament at the Ford Center on Saturday. It was the second national championship for the top-seeded Sharks (36-1) in the past three seasons under head coach Jim Crutchfield. Advertisement Iraldi's free throws came after David Cheatom had given the seventh-seeded Toros (30-6) the lead with 24 seconds remaining. Cheatom had a layup in traffic roll off the rim in the final second. Iraldi made 8 of 16 shots with a 3-pointer and 10 of 12 foul shots. He added nine rebounds and three steals. Tyler Eberhart totaled 14 points and six boards. Dallas Graziani pitched in with 13 points and nine assists. Jeremy Dent-Smith led Dominguez Hills with 27 points and 10 rebounds before fouling out with 1:19 left. Dent-Smith helped rally the Toros from an eight-point deficit with 11 minutes remaining. He scored six straight points to tie the game at 62 with 8:15 to go. Cheatom scored 15. A layup by Ross Reeves gave the Sharks a 17-9 lead seven minutes into the game. Dent-Smith's basket capped a 15-5 run from there as the Toros moved in front and played with a lead over the final 7:37, taking a 42-38 advantage into halftime. Advertisement The Sharks capped an unbeaten 36-0 season with a 111-101 victory over West Liberty in the 2023 title game before losing to Minnesota State 88-85 last season. The Toros' women also lost in the championship game. Minnesota State's men and women won championships last season as the first school with teams in both title games. ___ Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here. AP college basketball: and
