HUTCHINSON, Kan. — South Plains raced out to an 18-point lead in the second half, then had to hang on for an 82-74 win over Eastern Florida State.
South Plains moves on to the semifinals where they will play at 7 p.m. Friday. EFSU ends the year at 28-8.
South Plains jumped on EFSU early and often, building a 16-point halftime lead. But Eastern Florida was able to cut through the South Plains defense and got the lead down to 3 late before free throws and a strong inside game for South Plains secured the win.
South Plains was led by Chris Orlina, who scored a game-high 23 points. Deon Barnett added another 19. Eastern Florida was led by Jalen Warren with 21. Junior Madut, Ayo Dada and Jonathon Ned all chipped in 11. South Planes outrebounded EFSU 37-26 and collected 26 defensive rebounds as their inside game dominated at times.
| PLAYER | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STARTERS | |||||||||||||
| 00 – Junior Madut | 22 | 4-7 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 02 – Ayo Dada | 35 | 3-9 | 3-8 | 2-2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 05 – Jalen Warren | 35 | 9-13 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| 20 – Ilija Stefanovic | 24 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 24 – Nick Stampley | 36 | 4-10 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| RESERVES | |||||||||||||
| 01 – Jonathan Ned | 24 | 4-10 | 1-4 | 2-3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 03 – Nathanael Jack | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 04 – Noah Louis | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 – Johnny Bernard | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 – Adriel Rosa | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 – Mikal Starks | 11 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 30 – Pat Simmonds | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 – Osayi Osifo | 9 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| TM – TEAM | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| TOTALS | 28-60 | 6-21 | 12-16 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 74 | |
| 46.7% | 28.6% | 75.0% | |||||||||||
| PLAYER | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STARTERS | |||||||||||||
| 01 – Deon Barrett | 33 | 6-13 | 5-10 | 2-2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 |
| 10 – Jonah Antonio | 25 | 2-6 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 – Trey Wade | 31 | 4-7 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 23 – Chris Orlina | 35 | 6-10 | 2-4 | 9-13 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 23 |
| 34 – Gaige Prim | 29 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 8-10 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| RESERVES | |||||||||||||
| 00 – Koray Gilbert | 30 | 3-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 03 – Trevin Wade | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 04 – Christian Wilson | 4 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 – Dajour Joseph | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 – Charles Jennings | 6 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| TM – TEAM | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| TOTALS | 26-53 | 10-27 | 20-27 | 11 | 26 | 37 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 82 | |
| 49.1% | 37.0% | 74.1% | |||||||||||
| Date/Time: | March 21, 2019 – 2:00 PM |
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| Location: | Hutchinson Sports Arena, Hutchinson, KS |
| Technical fouls: | (10) Eastern Florida State-None ; (2) South Plains-None . |