Men’s Basketball
Defensive Player of the Year
Alvin Brown, USC Aiken
taking an 11-10 lead on a dunk by Santoine Butler. The Pacers pushed the
margin to four at 16-12 with 11:14 to go when Wright buried two charity tosses. However, those points marked the last time USC Aiken would
score until the 3:14 mark of the first half. During the spurt, the Jaguars
went on a 19-0 run, taking a 31-16 lead.
USC Aiken tried to battle back in the closing minutes of the opening
period after trailing 39-19. A three-point shot by Seilern in the corner
pulled the visitors within 17 at 39-22. Georgia Regents held a 41-25 lead
at the break.
The Jaguars continued to lead by 18 at the 17:26 mark, but Alderman hit a lay-up and Larsen slammed home a thunderous dunk within a
30-second span. Brown hit two free throws at the 16:20 mark and then
Zimmerman drained a three-point shot. During his shot, Zimmerman
was fouled 25-feet out. He went on to hit a free throw, slicing the deficit
to eight with 15:42 to play.
The home team regained a 12-point margin at 52-40, but Alexander’s team embarked on a 15-0 run to take a 55-52 lead.
During the run, Seilern and Alderman each hit a pair of charity tosses.
Zimmerman hit a floater along the baseline before Wright hit an 18-foot
jumper. Zimmerman’s three off a pass from Alderman gave the visitors a
52-51 margin.
After a bucket by the Jaguars, Wright answered with four straight
points.
Georgia Regents tied the contest at 62 and 64, but fouls and technicals on the Jaguars allowed USC Aiken to take advantage at the foul line.
Alexander’s team led by seven points with 1:32 to play, but the Jaguars
pulled within three. A foul by the home team put Wright on the line and
he buried two. The Pacers canned their last six free throws in the final 37
seconds to secure the win.
In the second half, the Pacers hit 30-of-37 free throws en route to
the nine-point win.
For the game, USC Aiken hit 45.5 percent of its shots from the floor
and buried 36-of-49 from the foul line (73.5 percent). Alexander’s team
out-rebounded the visitors 41-29.
Player of the Year
Troran Brown, Montevallo
Four PBC Men’s Basketball Teams Advance to NCAA
Tournament Field
Coach of the Year
Vince Alexander, USC Aiken
INDIANAPOLIS, IND – Four PBC teams learned Sunday night that they
have advanced to the NCAA Tournament as the 64-team bracket was announced. After winning the PBC Tournament for the second consecutive
year USC Aiken will be the top seed and host the regional for a second
year. The regional will begin Saturday, March 15, at the USCA Convocation Center in Aiken, S.C.
USC Aiken will be hosting the regional for the second consecutive
year and will once again be the no. 1 seed. The tournament will feature
four quarterfinal games on Saturday with the semifinals on Sunday,
March 16 and the regional championship on Tuesday, March 18
The top seeded USC Aiken Pacers will take on Limestone (21-8) in
2014 Men’s Basketball
All-Conference Team
First Team
Troran Brown, Montevallo
Evrik Gary, Francis Marion
Ishmael Hollis, North Georgia
K.J. Sherrill, Georgia Regents
DeVontae Wright, USC Aiken
Second Team
Alan Arnett, Georgia Southwestern
Jonathan Brooks, Georgia Southwestern
Paul Larsen, USC Aiken
Isaiah Johnson, Young Harris
Ronald Zimmerman, USC Aiken
USC Aiken Claims Second Straight PBC Tournament Wright finished the game with 18 points, four rebounds and two
assists. Jesse Seilern hit four first-half three-pointers to finish with 12
Title
Columbus, GA - Tournament Most Valuable Player DeVontae Wright
hit a fade-away jumper with 29 seconds left and the USC Aiken Pacers
weathered two last-second three-point attempts from Montevallo to
win 61-59 in the 2014 PBC Tournament championship game, presented
by Jani-King. USC Aiken becomes the first team to repeat as tournament champions since Georgia Regents in 2001 and 2002 and win their
third tournament title in the last five years – all against Montevallo.
The game was tied at 57 with 4:19 to play when UM’s Shykeem
Jackson drained a baseline jumper. The Pacers 29-3 then missed their
next four shots in a row until Alvin Brown put home a layup with 2:03
to go. The Falcons then missed two straight shots before losing the
ball out of bounds, giving possession to the Pacers with 57 seconds
left. Wright held the ball, running time off the clock, before sinking the
game-winning jumper.
Montevallo had three chances to tie or win the game in the final
seconds, but two three-point attempts from Troran Brown and a tip attempt from Silas Mills did not find the bottom of the net.
Points were hard to come by for both teams in the early going. Montevallo scored their first points at the 15:54 mark of the first half on a
Jackson three-pointer, which made the score 6-3.
An Alvin Brown dunk with 6:42 to go in the first gave the Pacers
a 22-17 lead, which grew to six following a free throw from Paul Larsen. Two Ronald Zimmerman free throws boosted the lead to seven, the
largest of the game, before UM’s Troran Brown made three straight baskets to cut the lead to one. The two teams were tied at the half.
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while Brown added 11 points and seven rebounds with Larsen scoring 10
with eight rebounds. USCA shot 51.7% in the second half for a 43.6% for
the game. The Pacers also outrebounonded the Falcons 39-33.
Brown and Orlando Brazier led the Falcons with 11 points each.
Jackson finished with 10 while Mills