The Mastodons win against the Texans on Monday Mar. 25 in a close game. The final score was 73-72.
In the first half of the game the Mastodons were down by 11, but cut the lead to five points at the half.
PFW made their comeback in the second half. Rasheed Bello’s three-pointer tied the game at 50 with 10:19 left. The Mastodons were lead by as much as nine points with four minutes left in the game, but the Texans went on a run and retook the lead with 46 seconds left.
After the Texans made free throws, they led by one point 30 seconds left in the game. Eric Mulder ended up hitting a game winner to send the Mastodons to the CIT Championship Game.
All five PFW starters finished the night with double digits scoring. Bello led the Mastodons in scoring with 21 points with 9-13 shooting from the field. Anthony Roberts hit 2,000 points for his NCAA career.
The Mastodons improved to 23-12 and the Texans fall to 25-10.