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Georgetown wins its third MSC Tournament title in four years.
Georgetown wins its third MSC Tournament title in four years.
Posted by Chris Wells - Sun, Mar 7, 2010 - [ Men's Basketball ] - Viewed 604 times

FRANKFORT, Ky. - Georgetown College survived a career high by Mid-South Conference player of the year Nestor Colmenares to knock off Campbellsville University 64-61 and win the league tournament title and automatic bid on Sunday afternoon at the Frankfort Convention Center.

Georgetown (26-6) took a three-point lead on a pair of free throws by senior Hollis Giles with 34.7 seconds left. Campbellsville had one last chance to tie the game, but a late three-point try by junior Shawn Savage was deflected by junior Matt Walls to seal the championship.

Campbellsville (26-7), the regular-season champion, got a career high 38 points from Colmenares, including 25 in the second half before fouling out with 25.9 seconds left. Colmenares also had nine rebounds in the loss.

The win for Georgetown was their third tournament title in the last four years.

Georgetown has won nine straight since losing at Campbellsville on Feb. 6, while Campbellsville saw a 10-game win streak come to an end.

The brilliantly-played game was never more than 10 points apart. Georgetown scored five straight to lead 29-19 with 5:01 left after Giles scored inside, and again at 31-21 after sophomore Vic Moses hit two free throws with 3:02 remaining.

But those would be the last GC points of the first half, as Campbellsville scored the final four to trail 31-25 at the break.

Georgetown scored the first basket of the second half to lead by eight, and regained that edge when Giles hit a free throw with 17:42 left to make it 38-30.

From there, it was never more than a six-point game.

Campbellsville battled the entire way, relying largely on Colmenares, who had 11 straight points for his team at one point, and when he hit inside with 2:01 to play for his 38th and final point, the game was tied at 59. It was the first tie since 7-all.

Georgetown didn't have a field goal for the final 5:40, but after the tie its 5-of-8 from the line proved enough to hold off Campbellsville for the championship.

Moses led Georgetown with a double-double, scoring 19 points and pulling 13 rebounds. With a put back with 8:41 to play, the sophomore became the 47th player to score 1000 points in school history.

He was followed by Giles who finished with 16 points.

Colmenares was the only player in double figures for Keith Adkins' club. Junior Brett Crittenden followed with eight.
 
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