Conference Tournaments
Conference R
#4 seed [i]Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks[/i] (18-10)—91, #5 seed Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens—75 (Four minutes into the game the Hawks grabbed the lead and never gave it up. At the half they were on top 40-36 and then they buried Delaware in the 2nd half. SF Anthony Wilks—26 pts, 5 reb; SG Renard Bell—11 pts, 11 reb, 5 ast; reserve forward Dennis Anderson—14 pts, 3 reb; C Kyl'e Mader—11 pts, 3 ast.)
#4 seed Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks (19-10)—71, #9 seed Grambling Tigers—64 (There were 12 lead changes in the first half and initial 4 minutes of the 2nd half. But the Hawks were ahead for a bigger portion of that time and then opened a 15 point lead before the Tigers made a late run to cut that lead in half. C Kyle Mader—18 pts, 3 reb; PG Joseph Page—17 pts, 3 reb, 2 stl; SG Renard Bell—11 pts, 4 reb, 6 ast, 2 stl, 2 blk; SF Anthony Wilks—8 pts, 10 reb.)
#4 seed Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks (20-10)—76, #2 seed South Carolina Upstate Spartans—60 [Championship] (6 lead changes in the first half but the Hawks came on strong in the final 3 minutes to take a 41-33 lead at the break. Then they gradually pulled away to win convincingly by hitting 52% of their FG’s, 56% of their 3’s, and being +11 on the boards. SG Joseph Page—18 pts, 5 reb, 7 ast, 2 stl; SF Anthony Wilks—14 pts, 6 reb, 2 stl; PF Zamiro Colter—13 pts, 6 reb, 3 blk; C Kyle Mader—10 pts, 4 reb, 2 blk. “Fantastic that we won the conference championship!” exclaimed Coach Mike McMillan. “We’ve had our ups and downs this season. I’m really impressed how our guys came together to surprise everyone by getting the automatic bid to the Big Dance.”