Lipscomb basketball is a match to make its second trip to the NCAA tournament after beating Queens 81-75 in overtime Thursday evening in the semi-final Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament in Allen Arena.
THE Seed bison n ° 1 (24-9) joined the score at 67 at the end of the regulation after following 57-47 with 7:43 on the left.
Joe Anderson de Lipscomb made four of the five free throws in the last 23.8 seconds of extension and the bison forced Queens (19-14) to return the ball twice in the last 19.6 seconds.
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Lipscomb is entering the league match, where he will face n ° 2 in northern Alabama on Sunday in Allen Arena (1 p.m., CT, ESPN 2). North Alabama beat Jacksonville 78-63 Thursday evening in the other semi-final.
The winner of the championship match will win the automatic place of the conference in the NCAA tournament. The only time Lipscomb has played in the NCAA tournament was in 2017-2018.
Lipscomb lost to North Alabama 77-75 in the quarter-final of the Asun tournament last season.
Lipscomb and North Alabama separated during the regular season with the Lions Winning 74-64 at home on January 23 and the bison won 75-63 at home on February 20.
Anderson, a Furman transfer, led LipScomb with 25 points Thursday evening. He had 4 out of 8 out of 3 points and 7 out of 9 of the Launche francs line. Jacob Ognacevic, the player of the year Asun, added 21 points and 12 rebounds. Ognacevic has scored the last four points in LipSComb regulations.
The transfer of William & Mary Charlie Williams collected 16 points and eight rebounds and the former pot of Mont Juliette, Will Pruitt, added 12 points for the bison.
Jaxon Pollard came from the bench to direct the queens with 17 points. Leo Colimerio and Yoav Berman each scored 13 points for the Lions. Colimerio scored 26 points against Lipscomb in a regular season match. These are the points most marked by an individual against these bison this season.
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