KIAC Men's Basketball Tournament Update
Cincinnati Christian 74, Alice Lloyd 56: Kenny Gaynor and Mitch McLeish each had 16 points and Willie McKinney added 14 to lead Cincinnati Christian to the KIAC men's basketball championship game.
Cincinnati Christian used smothering defense to shut down Alice Lloyd's offensive attack. Alice Lloyd shot just 27 percent for the game (15-of-54). Stewart Stamper led Alice Lloyd with 14 points, Cody Malicoat had 13 and Cody Stumbo added 11.
Cincinnati Christian jumped ahead early and did not look back, leading by as many as 29 in the second half.
CCU will face the winner of IU Southeast/Berea in Saturday's KIAC title game at 3:30 p.m.
IU Southeast 78, Berea 69: IU Southeast pulled out another close victory 78-69 over Berea College to advance to is seventh straight KIAC title game.
IU Southeast (25-3) led by 12 with five minutes left in the first half but key three-pointers by Berea cut into the lead and the Grenadiers led just 42-40 at halftime.
Berea took the lead a briefly in the second half but was unable to pull away. IU Southeast kept the Moutainers in it with as the offense stalled throughout the game. The Grenadiers shot just 30 percent (8-of-27) from the field in the second half and 38 percent for the game.
Kevin Mitchell had a game-high 21 points, Cameron Mitchell had 13 points and Vernon Payne added 12 points and seven rebounds.
After allowing Berea to shoot 41 percent from the field in the first half, the Grenadiers clamped down and forced Berea into bad shots. IU Southeast was able to pull away late at the free throw line where they made 20-of-26 free throws in the final frame.
Daishon Robinson had 16 points in the loss.
IU Southeast will face Cincinnati Christian tomorrow at 3:30 p.m.