Semi-Final Results

Western Carolina 82, UNC Greensboro 77
And the Catamounts pull another one out of the hat! Guess that's what I get for thinking. Western Carolina is rightfully the hottest team in the conference now, riding a seven-game win streak into the championship game and taking out two bye teams. Sumler and Mutombo again had great games, but this time the Cats got a big boost off the bench from Preston Ross. Ross went 4-7 from the field with 10 points to go along with 7 boards, but he also had some highlight plays that really changed the momentum of the game.

UNCG found themselves in a 12-point hole in the second half and for a little while it looked like they were going to make a big enough run to possibly take this one. For better or worse, Trevis Simpson went into full-on "hero ball" mode late in the game. The ball completely stopped when it touched his hand and he was playing a little too out of control. Simpson made some pretty spectacular shots that kept the Spartans within striking distance, but he also had some really careless travel violations and wild shots that certainly didn't help his cause. Questionable decision by Wes Miller late when he decided to ditch the full-court press that helped UNCG get back into it late and instead allowed G to run their play with less than 30 seconds left. Now WCU finds themselves in the final game of SoCon play; not bad for a team that just now got back to .500 on the year.

Davidson 83, Elon 67
Aside from some solid scoring performances by Lucas Troutman and Jack Isenbarger, the rest of Elon looked completely outmatched against the Wildcats. McKillop was able to limit Cohen and Cochrans minutes and Brooks was able to put up 20 and 6 despite foul trouble. The Wildcats go into the Championship game playing great basketball and with plenty of rest.