In the MAAC Tournament, La Salle narrowly defeated George Washington with a late buzzer shot. La Salle will face Saint Bonaventure next. Canisius dominated Mount St. Mary's in an early game. Siena and Niagara had a close match, with Niagara winning 67-65. Fairfield secured a lead against Rider. Quinnipiac advanced past Canisius. Iona and Fairfield are in a tight game with a semifinal spot at stake.
One team is through to semifinal Friday in Atlantic City, and it’s @QU_MBB. The regular season champion Bobcats took advantage of Frank Mitchell getting into foul trouble and made short work of Canisius. @VTSimone tells the story here: https://t.co/YhPvRLaNIZ #MAACHoops https://t.co/wuX805cvo1
Fairfield has taken the largest lead of the game for either side at five with 1:10 left to go. Can the Stags hold on? Can their whirlwind of a season continue? Huge basket from Caleb Fields. 64-59 Stags. ESPN+
GET TO ESPN+ We have a one point game in Atlantic City with 5:45 remaining. It’s been back-and-forth throughout between Iona & Fairfield. Trip to the semifinals on the line. 55-54 Gaels.
OMG. La Salle had a chance for the putback at the buzzer and it doesn’t fall. Shepard just had to lay it in and he tried to dunk it instead. Saint Bonaventure survives and will get a date with Loyola in tomorrow’s semifinals.
BACK AND FORTH IN BROOKLYN! GET TO USA NETWORK! 62-62 between La Salle & Bonaventure with 5:11 to play.
Double coverage comes your way tonight. Making his #MAACHoops tournament return for the first time since 2019, @VTSimone will handle the written words for Quinnipiac/Canisius, while @pete_janny takes you home later on with Fairfield/Iona.
Off and running in the #MAACHoops quarterfinals, with Canisius at the controls to start, but a Palesse three clanked off the left iron. Quinnipiac’s opening possession is a Lewis lay-in to open the door to the scoreboard. https://t.co/uK8faMx8xV
La Salle is on a 10-0 run to regain the lead on Saint Bonaventure. 55-52 Explorers with 9:47 remaining. Winner gets Loyola. USA Network.
One more in AC before I head back home. Game #89, with regular season champion @QU_MBB opening its postseason against @Griffs_MBB, who defeated Mount St. Mary’s in last night’s opener. #MAACHoops https://t.co/QTMWo8u3cg
Rider is getting close to putting Fairfield on the ropes, having just tied the game at 40 with 6:48 remaining in regulation. The Stags are just a three-point loss away from being 29-0, and are ranked 25th in the country. Potential stunner in the making here in AC. #MAACHoops
Last night marked the return of the great @BobDeaPhoto, who will be in Atlantic City all week. Here’s the first of his galleries, covering @Griffs_MBB’s opening-round win over @MountHoops: https://t.co/gWsYVNkeuB #MAACHoops https://t.co/Qsp4Ba0Mid
HERE COME THE PATRIOTS! GEORGE MASON HAS CUT IT TO A TWO SCORE GAME IN BROOKLYN! 51-45 Saint Joes with 7:23 to go. USA Network.
In 13 years covering the MAAC, I’ve never had the chance to see a ranked team within the conference…until now. Game #88, a matinee with No. 25 @StagsWBball as Fairfield begins its postseason against @RiderWBB. #MAACHoops https://t.co/Sp9h9t4oDQ
#MAACHoops Tournament Column: Manhattan’s late-season progress shows a bright future for the program under John Gallagher, as @Sam_Federman writes. https://t.co/Ps6pHoDYaV
ICYMI, Column: a year ago Tom Pecora figured he might be at the end of the road as a basketball coach. Now, remarkably, he’s the MAAC Coach of the Year sniffing the first NCAA bid for Quinnipiac — and himself. Sometimes the good guys really do win. @QU_MBB https://t.co/JnQhAk4gZb
More #MAACHoops coverage will come in the early hours of this Wednesday morning. It begins with @IonaGaelsMBB avenging Thursday’s decisive loss to Manhattan with improved defense and smart shots from @IdanTretout and @jquigley_3: https://t.co/IoTZ2JRQiE #MAACHoops #GaelNation https://t.co/7ldbpjyOkS
Kwane Marble missed a front end in the final seconds, Siena struggled to get a clean shot, and Brendan Coyle’s three for the win bounced off the left rim. The Purple Eagles survive and will face Marist on Thursday, 67-65 winners tonight. The Saints conclude the year 4-28.
If Siena is a four-win team this year, it doesn’t look like one so far tonight. The Saints have a 29-27 lead over Niagara with 3:34 remaining in the opening stanza, and haven’t been fazed by the Purple Eagles yet. #MAACHoops #MAACAfterDark #SienaSaints #MarchOn
Game #87, joined in progress with @NiagaraMBB and @SienaMBB knotted up at 13-all with just about eight minutes gone by. #MAACHoops #MAACAfterDark #MAACGraveyardShift https://t.co/ljlmOJ8wUh
#MAACAfterDark, or as @Mike_Demos referred to it tonight, #MAACGraveyardShift, is officially off and running at 11:15 p.m. It’ll be joined in progress after I get done with John Gallagher, who is having himself a very introspective and laconic press conference. #MAACHoops
🏀🏆 @MAACHoops CHAMPIONSHIPS UPDATE Tip-off for our #maAChoops24 First Round matchup vs. Niagara will tip at 11:14 PM #MarchOn
They’re going down the stretch in Atlantic City, with Iona clinging to a 52-48 edge on Manhattan approaching the final 3:48. A far cry from this past Thursday on both sides, when Manhattan played its most efficient game of the year. This one has been a well-scouted chess match.
Off and running at 8:43 in game #86, as @IonaGaelsMBB and @JaspersMBB meet for the third time. Manhattan, to use @sportsmatters parlance, gobbled up the grapefruit but came up empty its first time down the floor. Iona broke the ice on a Shema triple. #MAACHoops https://t.co/Kl34rJnHFH
Griffs looking good in MAAC opener in Atlantic City. https://t.co/fCgiD3M88h
It looked for a moment like Mount St. Mary’s was going to make this interesting, then Canisius restored order. Dinkins and Montgomery have matching 20-pieces, but the #Griffs are in control with 11 minutes to go, up 58-42. #MAACHoops
Canisius has come out of the blocks with a 14-5 start through the first 4:24, with Dinkins outscoring Mount St. Mary’s at the moment. Leffew has all the offense for The Mount, and Dan Engelstad will talk in the midst of the slow start. #MAACHoops
O/U on the Siena-Niagara tip-off at the MAAC Tournament is 10:23 p.m. IYKYK, @K_Ross_24 https://t.co/Y9sEuPL38m
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Stop #2 on the postseason tour, and @MAACHoops tournament #13. Game #85 tips off in about 10 minutes, with @MountHoops and @Griffs_MBB reprising their leadoff battle from last year. #MAACHoops https://t.co/730NO1r2IM
James Bishop damn near puts up a wedgie at the buzzer but La Salle grits out a win to end George Washington’s season. Jhamir Brickus hits a late buzzer to push the Explorers across, once again. La Salle gets Saint Bonaventure tomorrow afternoon at 5:00 on USA Network.
GW will have a chance to win it here. 61-60 La Salle with 15.6 to go. Winner gets Bonaventure. ESPN+