The following report is from Rob Washburn, CAA Associate Commissioner:

RICHMOND, Va., March 6, 2010 – In the longest tournament game since 1999, second-seeded Northeastern defeated #7 Hofstra 74-71 in double overtime in the quarterfinals of the 2010 Virginia 529 College Savings Plan CAA Men’s Basketball Championship.

Hofstra’s Halil Kanacevik (Staten Island, N.Y.) had a chance to force a third overtime, but his half-court heave bounced high off the glass to give the Huskies the victory.

The Huskies were led by senior guard Matt Janning (Watertown, Minn.), who led all scorers with a season-high 26 points. Five of Janning’s six field goals came from 3-point range, including a trey with 45 seconds in the second overtime left that put Northeastern ahead to stay. Senior Manny Adako (Decatur, Ga.) added 13 points and junior guard Chaisson Allen (Murfreesboro, Tenn.) added 10.

Junior Charles Jenkins (Queens, N.Y.), the CAA Player of the Year, paced the Pride with a team-high 24 points, while Cornelius Vines (Syracuse, N.Y.) and Greg Washington (Centereach, N.Y.) each chipped in 11.

Northeastern (20-11) advances to tomorrow’s second semifinal at 5:30 p.m. against the winner of tonight’s William & Mary and James Madison game. It will be NU’s first semifinal appearance since 2004. Hofstra, which had its seven-game winning streak come to an end, drops to 19-14 with the defeat.

Hofstra led 52-48 with two minutes left in regulation before Janning’s reverse layup trimmed the Pride’s lead to 52-50 with 1:26 to go. After a missed 3-pointer by the Pride, Janning found freshman Kauri Black (Rialto, Calif.) inside for a layup that tied the contest with six seconds left. Jenkins had a chance to win it, but couldn’t connect on a 17-footer runner at the buzzer.

In the first overtime, Northeastern built a three-point advantage before Vines lobbed an inbounds pass to Washington for a tip-in with 28 seconds to go. Allen stretched the lead to 60-57 on a pair of free throws with 18.4 left, but Vines answered four seconds later with a three-pointer from the right wing, forcing double overtime.

With the game tied at 67 and under a minute left in the second overtime, Janning hit the biggest three of his senior season with 45.3 left to give NU the lead for good. Hofstra’s Nathaniel Lester (Brooklyn, N.Y.) hit a layup with four seconds left that cut the gap to 74-72, but Allen made a free throw for the final margin.

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The following report is from Rob Washburn, CAA Associate Commissioner:

RICHMOND, Va., March 6, 2010 – Third-seeded William and Mary rallied from a 14-point second half deficit to defeat #11 James Madison, 70-65, in the final quarterfinal matchup of the 2010 Virginia 529 College Savings Plan CAA Men’s Basketball Championship.

Senior guard David Schneider (Phoenix, Ariz.) went 6-of-9 from 3-point range and led the Tribe with a game-high 23 points and senior Danny Sumner (Fairfax, Va.) tallied 22 points, 18 of which came in the second half.

Junior forward Denzel Bowles (Virginia Beach, Va.) posted his league-leading 12^th double-double with 17 points and 15 rebounds on 7-of-8 FG shooting. Sophomore forward Julius Wells (Toledo, Ohio) chipped in 14 points, while freshman guard Darren White (Danville, Va.) scored 11.

The Tribe (21-9) advances to tomorrow’s second semifinal against #2 Northeastern at 5:30 p.m. James Madison ends its season 13-20 with the loss.

JMU shot 54.2 percent in the first half and built a 33-24 advantage at the break. After trailing 10-9 after the first four minutes, the Dukes went on a 17-5 run to go ahead 26-15.

The lead grew early in the second half as Madison went up 44-30 on a Bowles dunk with 15:37 remaining. However the Tribe responded with a 10-0 run over the next 4:04 to trim the lead down to just four, at 44-40, on a pair of Quinn McDowell free throws.

Down 52-47, W&M got back-to-back treys from Schneider and Sumner to take a 53-52 lead with 5:06 remaining. Those treys kick-started a 16-2 Tribe run, with a Marcus Kitts (Holly Springs, N.C.) dunk with 2:05 to go giving the College a 63-54 lead, its largest of the game.

JMU shot 50 percent from the floor, while the Tribe hit only 40.4 percent. But W&M drained 11 three-pointers and turned the ball over only five times.

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