Chattanooga
Elon
MOCS ADVANCE TO SEMIS WITH 79-78 WIN OVER ELON
3/7/2009 11:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball
The Mocs did so by the narrowest of margins with a defensive stop on the game's final possession.
“It was the longest play of my life,” said Mocs senior forward Kevin Goffney. “That was the scariest feeling...I was saying, ?please don't go in' (on the final shot).”
Chris Long gave the
Goffney put the Mocs up for good, 79-78 on two free throws with 1:16 left to play.
Following an Elon timeout with 11 seconds to play, Carter's last second shot missed the mark and
Goffney led four
Stephen McDowell went five-for-five from beyond the arc in the second half scoring 15 of his 17 points in that frame. Sheard scored all 12 of his points from the 3-point line making four-of-eight on the night while dishing out seven assists against just 11 turnovers.
Ola Atoyebi led all scorers with 20 points for the
The Mocs shot 60.9 percent (14-for-23) in the second half and were 52.7 percent from the floor overall with a 12-for-24 performance from the 3-point line.
Samford was a 76-67 winner of The Citadel in the other quarterfinal game in the Mocs bracket. Davidson will meet College of Charleston at 6 p.m. in the first semifinal matchup.
