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Bulldog Basketball vs. Barber-Scotia College (N.C.)

Thu, March 25, 2004  9:00 a.m.  Kansas City, Mo.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ Result: L 53-61 OT

67th Annual Buffalo Funds-NAIA Division I Men’s Basketball National Championship
Municipal Auditorium – Kansas City , Mo.

Game #9 – First Round
March 25, 2004

BARBER-SCOTIA UPSETS NO. 13 UNION IN OVERTIME, 61-53

( Kansas City , Mo. )—Barber-Scotia College (N.C.) needed an extra period, but hung on to upset No. 13 seed Â鶹ÊÓƵ University (Tenn.) by a score of 61-53 on Thursday in the first round of the 67th Annual Buffalo Funds-NAIA Division I Men’s Basketball National Championship at Municipal Auditorium.

Junior forward Santos Martinez led the charge for the Sabers with 21 points and nine rebounds, including the go-ahead three pointer to put Barber-Scotia up 50-48 with 3:41 remaining in overtime. Senior Ronald Roundtree added 13 points and senior Phillip Hillstock had nine points, nine rebounds and a team high five assists. Barber-Scotia improves to 24-10 with the victory and will play a second round game Friday at 6:15 p.m. (CST) against either Langston University ( Okla. ) and Robert Morris College ( Ill. ).

The Sabers led just once in the first half at 2-1, as Â鶹ÊÓƵ used a balanced scoring attack to head to the locker room up 27-18. The Bulldogs used a sweltering defense to take control, holding Barber-Scotia to just 24.2% shooting from the floor and forced nine turnovers in the first half. Â鶹ÊÓƵ , which led by 11 points twice in the first half, shot 47.8% in the opening 20 minutes.

Barber-Scotia used a 9-2 run to open the second half to get the Â鶹ÊÓƵ lead down to three, and took just their second lead of the day at 40-38 with 5:20 left on the clock. The Sabers and the Bulldogs traded buckets until the second half buzzer and went into overtime knotted at 47.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ was led by freshman center Ben Frederick, who notched a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds. Senior guard Chima Abakwue added 15 points as the Bulldogs finish their season with a record of 24-10.

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