Max Shulga scored 18 factors and Joe Bamisile sealed the victory with two free pictures with a half second remained whereas VCU held George Mason 66-63 to win the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament Championship on Sunday.
VCU led by eight in the course of the break, 36-28, however George Mason bought 3 episodes from Jared Billups and Woody Newton to comply with solely two, 45-43, with greater than 12 minutes to play. Shulga replied with a 3 and hit a few free pictures earlier than discovering Jack Clark for a 3 to push the benefit of the VCU at 53-43.
Darius Maddox hit a 3 with 2:27 left to get the Patriots on one at 59-58. Leaving a timeout, Shulga saved the ball on the high of the important thing, then she calmly knocked down a step-back 3 with 1:59 on the left. The Jalen Haynes layup with 39 remaining seconds obtained George Mason in 3, however Zach Anderson misplaced a 3-pointer with: 04 on the left and Newton was pressured to soiled bamisile with a half second on the left.
Bamisile and Jack Clark scored every 17 factors for VCU (28-6). Shulga, the Atlantic 10 Player of the Year, hit 8 out of 9 from the road whereas the RAMS transformed 22 of 27.
Haynes led George Mason (26-8) with 17 factors and eight rebounds. Maddox had 12 factors to go together with three thefts and Anderson and Brayden O’Connor added 10 factors.
VCU and George Mason completed the common season linked for the championship of the common season with 15-3 information. The RAMS have reached the match of the convention championship for the ninth time since they joined the-10 in 2012-13.
Reporting by the Associated Press.
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