Trey Townsend scored a career-high 38 points and made a number of key plays down the stretch as Oakland earned its first NCAA Tournament bid in 10 years with an 83-76 win over Milwaukee in the Horizon League championship game on Tuesday night. Townsend had 27 points in the second half, 16 in the last six minutes and seven in the last three minutes. Townsend's turnaround jumper with 2:35 left gave the top-seed Grizzlies a 72-70 lead. Blake Lampman made two free throws at 1:03 to give Oakland an 80-74 lead going into the last minute when Chris Conway blocked two Panthers shots and Townsend slapped a loose ball out to a teammate.
CONF | OVR | PF | PA | |
---|---|---|---|---|
15-5 | 21-11 | 2441 | 2332 | |
14-6 | 22-10 | 2598 | 2269 | |
13-7 | 18-14 | 2767 | 2599 | |
13-7 | 18-14 | 2209 | 2207 | |
12-8 | 19-14 | 2624 | 2595 | |
12-8 | 18-14 | 2395 | 2334 | |
11-9 | 21-12 | 2669 | 2355 | |
11-9 | 20-13 | 2521 | 2406 | |
6-14 | 10-22 | 2326 | 2425 | |
2-18 | 6-26 | 2108 | 2554 | |
1-19 | 1-31 | 2111 | 2568 |