Berkeley College (NY) Advance to the Finals of the 2015 USCAA Men's Division II National Championships

After two thrilling overtime periods the second-seeded Berkeley College (NY) defeats sixth-seeded College of St. Joesph's (VT) to advance to the 2015 USCAA Men's Division II National Championship.

Berkeley College (NY) Advance to the Finals of the 2015 USCAA Men's Division II National Championships
Box Score

Team Stats

March 6, 2015

FINAL SCORE: #2 Berkeley College (NY) 115, #6 College of St. Joes (VT) 111
RECORDS: Berkeley College (NY) 20-5; College of St. Joseph's (VT) 21-11
LOCATION: Penn State Fayette Main Arena Gymnasium, Uniontown, Pa.


IN BRIEF: After 2 thrilling overtime periods the second-seeded Berkeley College (NY) defeats sixth-seeded College of St. Joesph's (VT) to advance to the 2015 USCAA Men's Division II National Championship.


ON THE COURT

  • These two Knight teams battled back and forth throughout the majority of the first half. It wasn't until 5:12 left in the first half was Berkeley able to make it a two possession game courtesy of a made layup by Keenan Langston.
  • One minute later the College of St. Joseph's (VT) would answer with a 3-point jumpshot by Steven Edwards and a 3-point play by 2015 USCAA Honorable Mention All-American Kashean Alston. 
  • Berkeley answered that rally with a pair of made layups by Stephon Jennings and Kenton Chan-Man.
  • From that point on Berkeley College went on a 13-6 run and headed into halftime with the momentum and a 9-point advantage.
  • Berkeley picked up where they left off increasing their lead to as much as 14 points with 14 minutes left in the game
  • College of St. Joseph's (VT) eventually bounced back cutting the Berkeley (NY) lead to just 4 with 4:30 left in the second half after a pair of made free throws by Kyle Houston and Josh McAfee.
  • With just 6 seconds left and trailing by 2 points McAfee came up huge for his Rutland, Vermont team hitting a layup. Berkeley (NY) made a final attempt to win the game but after a missed jump shot by Kenton Chan-Man followed by an offensive rebound and missed layup by Daquan Seymour as time expired.
  • The next 5 minutes was a back and forth battle that resulted in nothing more than a one possession advantage for either team at any point. 
  • With just :38 seconds remaing Kashean Alston gave his team the lead on a made jumper from the top of the key. However, 2015 First Team All-American Kenton Chan-Man was able to convert a layup to tie the game once again.
  • After a steal and missed jumpshot by Travis Threewitts the game would head to a second overtime.
  • Berkeley (NY) started off strong to open up the second OT going up 5 points in the first minute and a half.
  • The College of St. Joesph's (VT) rallied and a took the one point advantage with just 1:37 remaining but Kenton Chan-Man once again came to the rescue for the Knights from New York, converting a layup with just 13 seconds remaining to tie the game and force a third OT.
  • In the final OT, Berkeley (NY) started off strong once again securing a 7-point lead with just 1 minute remaining. Berkeley finished the College of St. Joesph's (VT) off by a final score of 115-111.

BEHIND THE BOXSCORE

  • 2015 USCAA Honorable Mention All-American Kashean Alston led all scorers with 31 points (11-23 FG). The Senior Guard from Brooklyn, NY also finished with 10 rebounds. 
  • Senior Forward Nolan Emory also recorded a double-double (11 points, 14 rebounds). 
  • Sophomore Forward Josh McAfee ended the game with 26 points (9-18 FG).
  • Berkeley College (NY) shared the scoring lead between Daquan Seymour and Kenton Chan-Man (21 points). 
  • Stephon Jennings (18 points, 15 rebounds) and Daquan Seymour (21 points, 14 rebounds) each finished with double-doubles. Berkeley finished with 6 players in double figures.
  • Each team's benches came to play in this hard fought semi-final matchup with Berkeley (NY) holding the slight advantage in that stat category (37-32).
  • St. Joseph's (VT) shot 76 percent from the free throw line, converting 29 of 38 attempts while Berkeley(NY) shot just 52 percent (29-56).
  • Berkeley(NY) attacked the basket hard finishing with 60 points in the paint to just 40 by College of St. Joesph's (VT).

NEXT UP

Berkeley College (NY) will advance to the Men's Division II Championship to face the winner of Johnson & Wales (NC) and Penn State Mont Alto on Saturday, March 7th at 6:00pm. College of St. Joseph's (VT) concludes their season with a 21-11 record.