NEW HAVEN, Conn. (February 27, 2018) -- South No. 4 seed University of the Sciences scored the highlight of Tuesday's quarterfinals of the 2017-18 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Men's Basketball Championship, as the Devils knocked off North No. 1 and overall No. 1 seed Bloomfield College 72-63. It was part of a night that saw three of the South Division teams earn victories to advance to this weekend's semifinals.
USciences will face South No. 2 Jefferson, as the Rams survived a spirited rally by Caldwell University (North #3) in a 75-70 triumph. Goldey-Beacom (South #1) scratched out an 87-80 victory over Felician University (North #4), as the Lightning will face North #2 Dominican College in the semis, after the Chargers handed Wilmington University (South #3) an 86-57 setback on Tuesday.
Goldey-Beacom and Dominican will square off in Saturday's first men's semifinal at 5 p.m., while USciences and Jefferson will renew their Philadelphia rivalry at 7 p.m. The semis and the championship final will be staged at the Gallagher Center on the campus of Jefferson this weekend.
S#4 USCIENCES 72, N#1 BLOOMFIELD 63 / Boxscore
Brendan Crawford poured in 22 points to lead the Devils' thrilling upset of the Bears, while Will Gregorits notched a double-double with 20 points and 11 rebounds. Safee Abdus-Sabur scored a team-best 16 points for Bloomfield.
S#2 JEFFERSON 75, N#3 CALDWELL 70 / Boxscore
Kylan Guerra and Alexander Gorton topped 20 points with 23 and 21, respectively, to lead the Rams to the win, which looked like a sure thing early in the second half when they were up by a count of 50-29. The Cougars, however, fought back and ultimately trimmed the deficit to one at 71-70 with under a minute remaining. However, Jefferson was able to knock down a couple late free throws to seal the win. Vaughn Covington provided a team-high 18 points off the bench for Caldwell.
N#2 DOMINICAN 87, S#3 WILMINGTON 80 / Boxscore
The Chargers shot 54 percent from the floor and scored 56 second-half points to turn a narrow one-point lead at the half into a 29-point victory over the Wildcats. Daniel Grant led Dominican with 17 points, while Sayon Charles followed with 16 and TyJon Gilmore came off the pine to add 13. Jermaine Head led the Wildcats with a game-high 22 points.
S#1 GOLDEY-BEACOM 87, N#4 FELICIAN 80 / Boxscore
Corey Taite and Mahir Johnson paced G-B with 28 and 22 points, respectively, to lead the Lightning to a narrow win in an exciting affair. Terrell Spaulding netted a game-best 29 points to lead Felician in a gutsy effort against the South Division Champion.
The Bears will now rest at home and see if their body of work across the 2017-18 campaign is enough to garner them an at-large bid in the upcoming NCAA Tournament. The NCAA Division II Selection Show will be on Sunday, March 4 at 10:30 p.m. ET. and can be seen by clicking HERE.
