Mar 19, 2025; Dayton, OH, USA; Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers ahead Jedy Cordilia (14) shoots the ball over American College Eagles ahead Mason Whittaker (45) within the first half at UD Enviornment. Obligatory Credit score: Rick Osentoski-Imagn Photographs DAYTON, Ohio — Dola Adebayo and Jedy Cordilia every scored 22 factors to assist Mount St. Mary’s maintain off American 83-72 on Wednesday evening in a First 4 victory.
Dallas Hobbs added 17 for the Mountaineers (23-12), who advance as a No. 16 seed to play top-seeded Duke in a first-round East Area contest Friday in Raleigh, N.C.
Geoff Sprouse had 18 factors whereas Elijah Stephens added 12 for American (22-13), which noticed its four-game win streak come to an finish. The Eagles misplaced main scorer Matt Rogers to a first-half knee damage.
Cordilia had 16 factors on 8-of-9 taking pictures within the first half for Mount St. Mary’s and completed the sport 10 of 11 from the ground. Hobbs, had 15 first-half factors, together with a buzzer-beating three that capped a 9-2 Mount St. Mary’s run for a 48-38 lead at halftime.
Mount St. Mary’s appeared to place the sport away with a string of seven straight made baskets, together with a pair of thunderous dunks from Dola Adebayo that stretched the result in 79-60 with 6:03 remaining.
A 9-0 American spurt bought American inside 81-73 with 3:20 remaining earlier than American head coach Duane Simpkins was known as for a technical with 2:29 remaining. American by no means scored once more.
Each groups displayed sharp-shooting expertise, with Mount St. Mary’s making 30 of their first 48 pictures and completed 57.7 p.c from the ground, whereas American was at 47.4 p.c.
Rogers went down a number of instances within the first half then collided with Cordilia with 5:28 left earlier than halftime. Rogers, together with his proper knee already in a sleeve, wanted help getting off the courtroom and was unable to return.
Rogers, who led American at 17.0 factors per recreation, returned to the bench within the second half on crutches.
After back-to-back 3-pointers from Greg Jones and Matt Mayock drew American inside 56-51 with 15:11 left, the Mountaineers answered with a 12-0 spurt that featured 3-pointers from Arlandus Keyes and Malcolm Dread.
–By Mike Petraglia, Subject Stage Media
