HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Eastern Florida State has made a number of deep runs into the NJCAA National Tournament the past few years. But Region VI champion Seward County took the Titans to the brink before Eastern churned out a 67-59 win.
The Titans led by 12 at the break, but Seward used a full-court trap defense to claw back into the game. The Saints had several chances to pull ahead in the final three minutes, but two turnovers on offensive fouls proved too much to overcome.
EFSU was led by Nate Jackson, who scored 14 points. Jonathon Ned added 12 and Nick Stampley scored 11. Seward was led by Isiah Small’s 24 points and Devin Bethely, who scored 13. Star guard Marco Morency was held to just 9 points on 3-of-10 shooting. The Saints were also out-rebounded by a 35 to 19 margin. Seward ends the season at 28-6.
EFSU takes on South Plains on Thursday at 2 p.m.
| PLAYER | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STARTERS | |||||||||||||
| 00 – Junior Madut | 26 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 4-4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 02 – Ayo Dada | 27 | 3-10 | 1-6 | 2-2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 05 – Jalen Warren | 31 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 |
| 20 – Ilija Stefanovic | 25 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 24 – Nick Stampley | 32 | 4-6 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| RESERVES | |||||||||||||
| 01 – Jonathan Ned | 16 | 3-7 | 3-6 | 3-4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 03 – Nathanael Jack | 18 | 5-8 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| 23 – Mikal Starks | 14 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 32 – Osayi Osifo | 11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| TM – TEAM | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| TOTALS | 22-48 | 9-24 | 14-19 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 67 | |
| 45.8% | 37.5% | 73.7% | |||||||||||
| PLAYER | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STARTERS | |||||||||||||
| 00 – Isiah Small | 32 | 9-15 | 2-3 | 4-6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 24 |
| 03 – Devin Bethely | 40 | 5-9 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 13 |
| 05 – Marco Morency | 40 | 3-10 | 1-5 | 2-5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 23 – Montrevion Flowers | 38 | 3-8 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 25 – Yarden Willis | 11 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| RESERVES | |||||||||||||
| 11 – Hegel Augustin | 26 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 15 – Elijah Punnett | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 – Julian Santamaria | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 – Qaiyoom Olanlege | 10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| TM – TEAM | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| TOTALS | 23-50 | 7-20 | 6-11 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 18 | 59 | |
| 46.0% | 35.0% | 54.5% | |||||||||||
| Date/Time: | March 19, 2019 – 8:30 PM |
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| Location: | Hutchinson Sports Arena, Hutchinson, KS |
| Technical fouls: | (10) Eastern Florida State-None ; (7) Seward County-1 ( TEAM) . |