In the CAA Semifinals, Charleston overcame a deficit to beat Towson, advancing to the championship game. Stony Brook upset Hofstra to secure a spot in the title game against Charleston. The CAA Finals will feature Stony Brook against Charleston, with both teams eyeing an NCAA Tournament bid.
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Noll for 👌 @StonyBrookMBB with back-to-back threes and the lead 🔥 https://t.co/MzEDpqsVY4
What a path for @StonyBrookMBB to the Championship 🔥 https://t.co/AeZFAFQylq
What a start for @StonyBrookMBB 👌 https://t.co/NeUV7us2Cp
Tonight a @CAABasketball Champion will be crowned on @CBSSportsNet 🏆 The winner will punch their ticket for March Madness. No. 7 @StonyBrookMBB 🆚 No. 1 @CofCBasketball https://t.co/tHYgMc1y7P
Late runs by Charleston and Stony Brook yield a David & Goliath CAA Final as it’s the No. 1 vs. No. 7 seeds. https://t.co/CoEksHAgXJ
CAA FINALS: Stony Brook (20-14) vs. Charleston (26-7) Tuesday 7:00 ET CBSSN What’s at Stake: - Stony Brook’s first NCAA Tournament bid since 2016. - Charleston’s first consecutive NCAA Tournament bids since 1998-99. https://t.co/uWOv9JEKgN
.@StonyBrookMBB last played for a conference championship on March 12, 2016, when Jameel Warney put the #Seawolves on his back in the second half to win the America East. Eight years to the day, Stony Brook will play for a #CAAHoops title after a 63-59 upset of Hofstra.
Stony Brook upsets Hofstra in CAA semi, one win away from the NCAA Tournament. This is everything Stony Brook has been dreaming about since it made the jump to DI.
7-seed Stony Brook is headed to the CAA title game. Three wins in three days for the Seawolves, took down 2-seed Drexel last night and 3-seed and Long Island rival Hofstra tonight. Held the Pride without a point — 13-0 run — for nearly five minutes down the stretch tonight.
There’s the Thomas three #Hofstra needed. Just feels like it’s too little, too late. The Pride hasn’t gone away, but is still down three with 6.7 seconds left. Would need Stony Brook to miss two free throws and then hit a three to tie. Not impossible, but not much clock here.
Lil' ol' Stony Brook, former commuter school that once upon a time didn't offer scholarships as a Division II program, will play for the CAA auto bid tomorrow night. https://t.co/aBOU5maUOc
TSM is on another level right now. He fought his way through on that last one, got it to go, and put Stony Brook up four with 1:57 to go. Speedy will talk as the #Seawolves have come away with a 55-51 edge over a #Hofstra team they pushed twice, but didn’t beat. #CAAHoops
They’re going down the stretch in DC, and it’s going to be a Tyler vs. Tyler shootout over the final 3:52. Thomas, on a gimpy ankle, has 24, 9 and 6. Stephenson-Moore has reignited for 21 and 7. All square at 51 between #Hofstra and a Stony Brook team plus-12 on the glass.
Speedy said it again last night: Offense wins games, defense wins championships. #Hofstra has held Stony Brook to just 12 points in the last 13 minutes, and TSM to just two after halftime. It’s helped the Pride forge a 46-44 lead with 6:51 still on the clock. #CAAHoops
Stony Brook’s resilience will define its tournament run one way or another this weekend. Even as #Hofstra has ramped up the toughness, the #Seawolves are still not breaking. The stability has begat a one-point lead at the U16, 37-36, with 15:39 to play. #CAAHoops
Three point-blank misses aren’t ideal for #Hofstra, but the good news for the Pride is the defense hasn’t left, as Stony Brook has missed 11 of its 15 attempts through the first 9:52. Still, the #Seawolves are leading the chess match by a 14-13 tally. #CAAHoops
Winner advances to the @CAASports championship. It doesn't get any better than this. @StonyBrookMBB 🆚@HofstraMBB Tune into @CBSSportsNet NOW! https://t.co/aCwV6AdUU7
Off and running in a territory that was just annexed by Long Island. Maidoh broke the seal for Stony Brook, but #Hofstra came away empty-handed on both of its first two trips before Thomas just landed one from the Estwick corner. Both games between these two were close. #CAAHoops https://t.co/s0iP8J15Lm
After Charleston’s comeback to reach a third straight #CAAHoops championship game, the Cougars will face one of these two teams. Game #84 is tonight’s main event, with @HofstraMBB seeking a third win this season over @StonyBrookMBB. #Hofstra #PrideOfLI #Seawolves https://t.co/5fOLAR0jew
Top-seed Charleston finishes the CAA semis on a 13-1 run to come back from a seven-point deficit to beat Towson. The Cougars’ quest for back-to-back NCAA tournament appearances remains alive. They’ll play the winner of the Battle of Long Island in the CAA title game.
Brzovic is going Tony Montana against the machine gun right now. Got a block at one end, then positioned himself under the rim for an easy go-ahead flush. Towson will talk, its lead now gone in the wake of a 10-1 Charleston run. Cougars 58, Tigers 56, 33 seconds left. #CAAHoops
Towson would have trailed by a 40-32 count had the Charleston three at the end of the shot clock counted. Instead, the Tigers have taken advantage of the reprieve, reasserting themselves heading into the U12, leading by three. With 10:53 left in regulation, it’s 46-43. #CAAHoops
Gaffney going #ToTheMonitor with 15:58 left means they went a mere 34 seconds between the floater and the U16. A new record for @JonathanJWagner. They’ll review to see if Charleston beat the shot clock. Currently, the Cougars lead Towson, 37-32. #CAAHoops
That last sequence is going to end up being a big moment for better or worse. Towson couldn’t get a shot off, Charleston’s defense got a steal as the shot clock would have expired, then Smith got a turnaround floater before the horn. After 20, it’s the Cougars by one, 31-30.
Charleston has a 6-5 lead through the first 4:16. It looked like the Cougars were going to go zero to 60 in the opening minutes, but Towson got right back in this game and made it physical. This should be just as much of a war as yesterday’s UNCW game was. #CAAHoops
Time for the @CAASports Semifinal! @Towson_MBB 🆚 @CofCBasketball Get over to @CBSSportsNet NOW! https://t.co/95ogAwYsuz
Two more in the nation’s capital tonight to determine who plays for a #CAAHoops championship. Game #83, the first semifinal of the night, between @CofCBasketball and @Towson_MBB. https://t.co/BsZsnVNnf0