Box Score Andrew Maddock set the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference tournament record and tied the Colorado College single-game mark with 46 points to power the Tigers to a 93-83 victory over Austin College in the second semifinal of the 2016 SCAC Tournament.
CC, which improved to 16-10, will face top-seeded Texas Lutheran University in Sunday's championship game that tips off at noon CT. The Bulldogs advanced with an 80-70 victory over host Centenary College in Saturday's first contest.
"Our players showed their resilience as thay have all season," head coach
Andy Partee said. "
Andrew Maddock demonstrated his dominance as one of the best forwards in the conference. All togther, it was another balanced effort by out team."
Maddock, who hit a pair of free throws with 26 seconds remaining in regulation to force overtime, connected on 16 of 22 shots from the floor and all 14 of his free throws. He also grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds to complete his first double-double.
Lynn Cherepy was the first Tiger to score 46 points in 1996 against Colorado Christian University, and Elliott Broadnax matched that total against Grinnell College in 1999.
Maddock scored the first four points of overtime, and after the 'Roos tied the game at 80-80, Colorado College scored the next eight points to build an 88-80 cushion with 1:14 to go.
Jeremy Swisher's three-pointer nine seconds later trimmed Austin's deficit to five points, but the Tigers made five of six free throws during the final 59 seconds to seal the victory.
Senior guard
Justin Berardino dished out a career-high 11 assists and scored 14 points while posting his own double-double. He also grabbed nine rebounds.
Senior forward
James Lonergan scored 15 points and added five rebounds and three assists.
The 'Roos led 73-67 when Alan Sullivan hit a jumper with 2:32 to play in regulation, but CC tied the game with a 7-1 run that ended with a Maddock layup with 1:25 to go.
Cedric Hudson's layup gave Austin a 76-74 lead with 44 seconds remaining, but Maddock tied the score 18 ticks later.
Sullivan hit six of 10 three-point attempts and led the 'Roos with 25 points.
Austin Fleet posted a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds, while Brian Baehl had 10 assists.
As a team, Austin connected on eight of 23 shots from behind the arc while the Tigers went just 2-for-11.