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Yahoo
27-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Cal State Dominguez Hills basketball teams make historic Final Four runs
Nala Williams scored 21 points and Asia Jordan added 19 as Cal State Dominguez Hills defeated Union, 68-50, at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse in Pittsburgh to reach the Division II national championship game for the first time in school history. The No. 3 seed Toros (36-1) are the first California team to play in the Division II national title game since 2015 when Cal Baptist made the final and aims to be the first California school to win a national title since Cal Poly Pomona in 2002. Dominguez Hills applied consistent defensive pressure, controlled the paint and outscored No. 7 seed Union (Tenn.) 20-8 in fast break points. Advertisement Read more: Prep talk: Former University standout David Cheatom is in NCAA Division II Final Four The Toros will play No. 1 seed Grand Valley State (37-2) at 4 p.m. PDT Friday for the national title at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse. The Lakers advanced to the championship by beating Pittsburgh State 68-61 on Wednesday night. The women's basketball team's success extends a historic season for the school's hoops programs. The No. 7 seed Cal State Dominguez Hills men's basketball team rallied from a double-digit deficit to beat No. 2 seed West Liberty 84-79 on Tuesday night at the Ford Center in Evansville, Ind., to reach the Division II Final Four for the first time in school history. The Toros (29-5) will face No. 3 seed Dallas Baptist (34-4) on Thursday at 3 p.m. PDT. Get the best, most interesting and strangest stories of the day from the L.A. sports scene and beyond from our newsletter The Sports Report. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Miami Herald
26-03-2025
- Sport
- Miami Herald
NSU Sharks advance to men's basketball Division-II Final Four
The Sharks are on another streak. Nova Southeastern University's men's basketball team advanced to the NCAA Division II Final Four with a 102-93 win over the eighth-seeded Assumption Greyhounds at Evansville, Indiana. It was NSU's 21st consecutive victory, the longest active win streak in Division II. The Sharks (34-1) are also the top seed in the Elite Eight tournament, with all games held at the Ford Center in Evansville. Earlier this month, the Sharks broke the all-time Division II home-winning-streak record of 80, set by Jefferson (Pennsylvania) from 1991 to 1995. That streak will remain intact at 84 games – at least until the start of next season. The overall streak will be tested on Thursday as the Sharks will be challenged by fourth-seeded Washburn (30-3) in the national semifinals. The Ichabods, located in Topeka, Kansas, defeated Lenoir-Rhyne 90-78 late Tuesday night. Tip-off for Thursday is set for 9:30 p.m. (EST). The final is on Saturday at 3 p.m. on CBS. NSU on Thursday will be playing in its third straight Final Four after the Sharks won the national title for the first time in program history in 2023 and finished second last year. Elsewhere in the Elite Eight round, second-seeded West Liberty – NSU coach Jim Crutchfield's former team – was upset 86-84 by seventh-seeded Cal State Dominguez Hills. In Tuesday's game, NSU led Assumption 56-36 at halftime. The Sharks stretched their lead to 25 points early in the second half before the Greyhounds (22-10) cut their deficit to eight points with 11:18 left in the game. But the Greyhounds never got closer than seven points, and even that margin came with just 32 seconds left in the game. Tyler Eberhart led NSU with 24 points. Dallas Graziani and MJ Iraldi scored 22 points each; and Ryker Cisarik added 20 points. Iraldi was named a NABC All-American earlier on Tuesday. Graziani, who was named to the NABC's All-South Region team, also had a game-high nine assists on Tuesday. And, despite standing just 5-foot-8, he tied Iraldi for a game-high eight rebounds. Both teams made 35 field goals, and Assumption converted on 14 3-pointers as opposed to just eight for NSU. But the Sharks won the game at the foul line, making 24-of-35 (68.6 percent). Assumption made just 9-of-18 from the foul line. NSU also outscored Assumption in the paint, 52-42. Crutchfield, who earlier on Tuesday was named the NABC South Region Coach of the Year, is competing in his 10th Elite Eight, including his fifth with NSU. 'That number stuns me a bit,' Crutchfield said of his 10 trips to the Elite Eight. 'It's hard to get here. 'You have to win a regional championship. One game goes wrong -- you have a bad day – and you don't get here. 'One thing that never changes is that it's exciting. Playing for a national championship never gets old. 'When you get (to the Elite Eight), you know you will be in good games against tough competition. You play as hard as you can, and you try to enjoy the moment.'
