INDIANAPOLIS, IN: The Walsh Men's Basketball season ended Saturday afternoon as they fell to #6 Lake Superior State University in the NCAA Midwest Quarterfinal. The Cavs were in the drivers seat for most of the game and took a seven point lead into the locker room at half time. Lake Superior State never backed down. The Maroon and Gold kept control early in the second half, leading by nine but Lake Superior cut it to one at the 14:57 mark.
Zack Oddo and
Kobe Mitchell facilitated on offense building back a 13 point Cavalier lead with 7 minutes to play. LSSU erased the biggest the deficit of the day in a matter of three minutes. With 2:47 to go, the Lakers repossessed the lead, 71-70. The last bucket of the season was scored at the 2:17 mark, with a
Zack Oddo layup.
Down the final stretch, Walsh was 0 for 3 with two missed three's and a missed tip in layup. The Cavs season ends with a final record of 24-6 and 15-5 in the G-MAC.
Lake Superior State moves on to play in the NCAA Midwest Regional Semifinal on Sunday.
LOCATION: Nicoson Hall
SCORE: #6 Lake Superior State 74 - #3 Walsh 72
RECORDS: Lake Superior State 22-8, Walsh 24-6
FOR THE CAVS
- Sophomore, Kobe Mitchell, led the Cavs with 22 points and 8 rebounds.
- Zack Oddo added 14 points.
- In his final game, Senior, Nic Smith had seven points and six rebounds.
- In the first half, Walsh shot 56.67% from the field. In the second half, they would go on to only shoot 30% from the field and 2 for 11 from three.
