quarterfinal play. The advancing team will take on the winner of the Division II Elite Eight. The Pacers improve to 32-3 on the season.
Georgia Regents vs. Anderson quarterfinal match up in the semifinal Leading the way for the victors was senior Jesse Seilern, who acround.
counted for a team-high 17 points. Paul Larsen accounted for 14 points
The Pacers will host the Southeast Regional tournament coming off of
and 12 rebounds for a double-double while Ronald
Zimmerman netted 14 markers. DeVontae Wright
added 11 points to go along with a game-best six assists.
USC Aiken limited the Falcons to 39.1 percent shooting from the floor (25-of-64), including just threeof-14 (21.4 percent) from downtown. Head coach
Vince Alexander’s team connected on 44.8 percent
(26-of-58) from the floor. In spite of hitting just fiveof-15 from behind the three-point stripe, the squad
managed to get to the charity stripe 34 times – and
connected on 27 attempts (79.4 percent).
The Pacers jumped out to a five-point edge just
1:19 into the game as Larsen hit a lay-up and Seilern
buried a three from the wing. The squad pushed the
advantage to nine at the 16:32 mark when Seilern
connected on another shot from deep.
their fourth Peach Belt Tournament Title (1993, 2010, 2013, and 2014). Although the Falcons pulled within three with 12:14 to go in the
USC Aiken has now advanced to the NCAA Tournament six out of the last half, Alexander’s team netted five straight points – all of which came
seven years after making an impressive run to the elite eight in 2013.
from the right hand of Seilern – for a 20-12 lead at the second media
Montevallo returns to the NCAA Tournament as the three seed and time-out.
will face PBC foe Georgia Southwestern in their first round of play. The USC Aiken’s lead reached double figures when Zimmerman hit a
Falcons finished second in the PBC Tournament falling in the Champion- three-pointer off a pass from Seilern at the 6:39 mark for a 30-19 edge.
ship game to USC Aiken for a second year. This will mark their fifth con- Although the lead dipped into single digits momentarily, Zimmerman’s
secutive Tournament appearance after a historic National Championship second three of the game extended the point spread to a dozen at 33-21.
appearance in 2012.
Alexander’s team held the double-digit advantage the rest of the half
The Georgia Regents Jaguars return to the tournament field for the and took a 43-30 lead into the break.
first time since 2012 where they fell to Anderson in the regional champi
2014 Men’s Basketball
onship. Anderson will be the first team they play in their regional quarAll-Tournament Team
terfinal game. The Jaguars come in to the tournament as the five seed in
the region after falling to Montevallo in the PBC Tournament.
Georgia Southwestern rounds out the PBC teams in the Southeast
Ryan Weems, Georgia Regents
Region as the six seed. The Hurricanes finished the regular season 11-8
behind Montevallo who they will face in their first game of the tourna- Jamon Hawkins, Georgia Southwestern
ment. They advanced to the PBC Tournament semifinals before falling to
Shykeem Jackson, Montevallo
the no. 1 southeast region seed USC Aiken. This will be the Hurricane’s
Troran Brown, Montevallo
first appearance in the tournament since 2011 when they fell to MonPaul Larsen, USC Aiken
tevallo in quarterfinal play.
The winner of the regional will advance to the NCAA Elite Eight
March 26, 27 and 29 at the Ford Center in Evansville, Ind.
Pacers Capture Southeast Regional Championship
Most Valuable Player
DeVontae Wright, USC Aiken
AIKEN, S.C. – The No. 5 University of South Carolina Aiken men’s basketball team led from start to finish en route to an 84-73 victory over
third-seeded Montevallo Tuesday evening to earn a berth in the NCAA
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2014 Peach Belt
Men’s Basketball
Elite 15 Awards presented by GradesFirst
Travis Core, North Georgia
All-Academic Team
Ben Jacobs
Travis Core
Jesse Seilern
Ryan Blumenthal
Darius Carrier
Robert Armstrong
Rick Alderman
Philip Uys
Andrew Lawrence
Alex Reid
Rob Brown
UNC Pembroke
North Georgia
USC Aiken
Georgia College
Lander
Georgia College
USC Aiken
Young Harris
North Georgia
Georgia College
UNC Pembroke
going of the second half and eventually sliced the deficit to eight when
Troran Brown hit a lay-up at the 12:23 mark.
However, it was the last time that the Falcons would be that close.
Santoine Butler hit a jumper and Alvin Brown connected on an inside
shot for another bucket. Seilerns’ two free throws with 10:02 to play
made it a 63-49 contest.
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