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NCAA Championships (Semi-Finals) - North Central Regional
Metropolitan State vs. Nebraska-Kearney

March 9, 2002 at
Brookings, S.D. (Frost Arena)
Play-By-Play

VISITORS: Metropolitan State 25-6
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS                         
No.     N A M E           FG FGA FG FGA FT FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP   A TO BLK S MIN
12 Luke Kendall........ f  5-13   2-5    0-0    1  4  5   3  12  3  2  0  4  39
15 Patrick Mutombo..... f  4-13   0-0    3-4    3  2  5   2  11  1  4  1  1  39
44 Lester Strong....... c  2-3    0-0    3-4    2  6  8   2   7  0  0  3  1  23
10 Lee Bethea.......... g  3-8    0-2    0-0    2  4  6   1   6  2  1  0  3  38
55 Clayton Smith....... g  6-10   0-1    2-3    1  2  3   1  14  5  2  0  0  27
04 Joe Kelly...........    1-4    1-3    0-0    0  0  0   1   3  1  0  0  0  12
20 Mark Worthington....    0-0    0-0    0-0    1  1  2   1   0  0  0  0  0   4
21 Mike Buggs..........    3-5    0-0    0-0    0  2  2   0   6  0  2  0  1  16
52 Ben Ortner..........    0-1    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   1   0  0  0  0  0   2
   TEAM................                            4  4
   Totals..............   24-57   3-11   8-11  10 25 35  12  59 12 11  4 10 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 14-29 48.3%   2nd Half: 10-28 35.7%   Game: 42.1%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  0-3   0.0%   2nd Half:  3-8  37.5%   Game: 27.3%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  0-0   0.0%   2nd Half:  8-11 72.7%   Game: 72.7%    2
HOME TEAM: Nebraska-Kearney 24-6
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS                         
No.     N A M E           FG FGA FG FGA FT FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP   A TO BLK S MIN
34 Richard Dionne...... f  1-6    1-4    0-0    0  3  3   0   3  0  3  0  0  20
42 Nick Branting....... f  6-14   2-4    3-7    3  2  5   4  17  2  3  0  2  33
30 Nick Svehla......... c  1-5    0-0    4-4    2  4  6   2   6  0  2  0  0  34
05 Anthony Harms....... g  0-7    0-5    0-2    0  4  4   1   0  4  2  0  1  29
12 Brian Dunagan....... g  5-8    2-4    3-4    3  1  4   2  15  3  0  0  2  33
10 Chad Sheffield......    1-1    0-0    0-0    0  2  2   2   2  1  4  1  0  18
44 Mike Gitt...........    2-6    0-1    1-2    3  4  7   2   5  0  1  0  0  21
52 Tanner Engel........    1-3    1-3    0-0    0  2  2   0   3  1  1  0  0   9
55 Jason Brown.........    0-1    0-0    0-0    0  1  1   0   0  0  1  0  0   3
   TEAM................                         2  1  3
   Totals..............   17-51   6-21  11-19  13 24 37  13  51 11 17  1  5 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half:  8-22 36.4%   2nd Half:  9-29 31.0%   Game: 33.3%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  3-11 27.3%   2nd Half:  3-10 30.0%   Game: 28.6%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  5-6  83.3%   2nd Half:  6-13 46.2%   Game: 57.9%    
Officials: Pat Bauschelt, Mark Gelle, Doran Gotschall
Technical fouls: Metropolitan State-None. Nebraska-Kearney-None.
Attendance: 3894
Score by Periods                1st  2nd   Total
Metropolitan State............   28   31  -   59
Nebraska-Kearney..............   24   27  -   51
North Central Regional semifinal game.
Metropolitan State advances to regional championship game -- 7 p.m. Sunday
 

Play-By-Play

Play-By-Play
Metropolitan State vs Nebraska-Kearney
3-9-2002 6 p.m. at Frost Arena; Brookings, SD

1st PERIOD Play-by-Play (Page 1)
HOME TEAM: Nebraska-Kearney          TIME   SCORE  MAR  VISITORS: Metropolitan State
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MISSED 3 PTR by Anthony Harms        19:46
                                     19:46              REBOUND (DEF) by Luke Kendall
                                     19:20   0-2   V 2  GOOD! JUMPER by Lee Bethea
                                     19:20              ASSIST by Luke Kendall
GOOD! 3 PTR by Nick Branting         18:42   3-2   H 1
ASSIST by Anthony Harms              18:42
                                     18:25              MISSED JUMPER by Lee Bethea
REBOUND (DEF) by Anthony Harms       18:25
TIMEOUT 30sec                        18:16
TURNOVR by Nick Svehla               17:56
                                     17:37              TURNOVR by Luke Kendall
STEAL by Nick Branting               17:35
MISSED JUMPER by Nick Svehla         17:13
                                     17:13              REBOUND (DEF) by Luke Kendall
                                     16:58   3-4   V 1  GOOD! JUMPER by Clayton Smith
MISSED 3 PTR by Richard Dionne       16:37
REBOUND (OFF) by (TEAM)              16:37
TURNOVR by Nick Svehla               16:27
                                     16:25              STEAL by Lee Bethea
                                     16:14              MISSED JUMPER by Luke Kendall
REBOUND (DEF) by (TEAM)              16:14
TURNOVR by Richard Dionne            16:00
                                     15:58              STEAL by Luke Kendall
                                     15:54              MISSED JUMPER by Luke Kendall
REBOUND (DEF) by Anthony Harms       15:54
GOOD! 3 PTR by Brian Dunagan         15:22   6-4   H 2
ASSIST by Nick Branting              15:22
                                     15:04   6-6   T 1  GOOD! JUMPER by Clayton Smith
MISSED JUMPER by Mike Gitt           14:57
                                     14:57              REBOUND (DEF) by Lester Strong
                                     14:24              TURNOVR by Patrick Mutombo
TURNOVR by Chad Sheffield            14:05
                                     14:04              STEAL by Lee Bethea
                                     13:55              MISSED 3 PTR by Joe Kelly
                                     13:55              REBOUND (OFF) by Luke Kendall
                                     13:41              MISSED JUMPER by Patrick Mutombo
                                     13:41              REBOUND (OFF) by Lester Strong
                                     13:37              TIMEOUT 30sec
                                     13:35              TURNOVR by Patrick Mutombo
GOOD! JUMPER by Nick Branting        13:08   8-6   H 2
                                     12:45   8-8   T 2  GOOD! JUMPER by Patrick Mutombo
                                     12:45              ASSIST by Joe Kelly
GOOD! JUMPER by Nick Svehla          12:20  10-8   H 2
                                     11:59              MISSED JUMPER by Patrick Mutombo
REBOUND (DEF) by Mike Gitt           11:59
TURNOVR by Nick Branting             11:50
                                     11:26  10-10  T 3  GOOD! JUMPER by Patrick Mutombo
                                     11:26              ASSIST by Luke Kendall
TURNOVR by Tanner Engel              11:01
                                     10:59              STEAL by Luke Kendall
                                     10:55  10-12  V 2  GOOD! JUMPER by Mike Buggs
                                     10:55              ASSIST by Lee Bethea
GOOD! 3 PTR by Tanner Engel          10:23  13-12  H 1
ASSIST by Anthony Harms              10:23
                                     10:02              TURNOVR by Mike Buggs
TURNOVR by Chad Sheffield            09:54
                                     09:40  13-14  V 1  GOOD! JUMPER by Mike Buggs
                                     09:40              ASSIST by Clayton Smith
TURNOVR by Jason Brown               09:15
                                     09:09              MISSED 3 PTR by Luke Kendall
REBOUND (DEF) by Jason Brown         09:09
                                     09:02              FOUL by Lee Bethea
                                     08:57              FOUL by Luke Kendall
MISSED 3 PTR by Brian Dunagan        08:38
                                     08:38              REBOUND (DEF) by Lee Bethea
                                     08:28              MISSED JUMPER by Luke Kendall
REBOUND (DEF) by Tanner Engel        08:28
MISSED 3 PTR by Tanner Engel         08:07
                                     08:07              REBOUND (DEF) by Mike Buggs
                                     07:52  13-16  V 3  GOOD! JUMPER by Clayton Smith
MISSED JUMPER by Jason Brown         07:34
                                     07:34              REBOUND (DEF) by Luke Kendall
                                     07:14  13-18  V 5  GOOD! LAYUP by Mike Buggs
TURNOVR by Richard Dionne            06:54
                                     06:53              STEAL by Patrick Mutombo
                                     06:41              MISSED LAYUP by Ben Ortner
BLOCK by Chad Sheffield              06:41
REBOUND (DEF) by Chad Sheffield      06:39
                                     06:34              FOUL by Ben Ortner
GOOD! FT SHOT by Nick Svehla         06:34  14-18  V 4
GOOD! FT SHOT by Nick Svehla         06:34  15-18  V 3
                                     06:33              TURNOVR by Mike Buggs
MISSED 3 PTR by Anthony Harms        06:29
                                     06:29              REBOUND (DEF) by Patrick Mutombo
                                     06:13              MISSED JUMPER by Patrick Mutombo
REBOUND (DEF) by Anthony Harms       06:13
TURNOVR by Nick Branting             06:02
                                     05:40              MISSED 3 PTR by Clayton Smith
                                     05:40              REBOUND (OFF) by Mark Worthington
FOUL by Nick Svehla                  05:28
                                     05:27              TURNOVR by Clayton Smith
STEAL by Brian Dunagan               05:26
                                     05:23              FOUL by Mark Worthington
GOOD! FT SHOT by Brian Dunagan       05:23  16-18  V 2
GOOD! FT SHOT by Brian Dunagan       05:23  17-18  V 1
                                     04:52  17-20  V 3  GOOD! JUMPER by Patrick Mutombo
MISSED JUMPER by Nick Branting       04:32
REBOUND (OFF) by Nick Svehla         04:32
MISSED LAYUP by Nick Svehla          04:26
REBOUND (OFF) by Nick Branting       04:26
GOOD! LAYUP by Nick Branting         04:23  19-20  V 1
                                     03:58              MISSED JUMPER by Patrick Mutombo
REBOUND (DEF) by Anthony Harms       03:58
TURNOVR by Anthony Harms             03:49
                                     03:48              STEAL by Mike Buggs
                                     03:45  19-22  V 3  GOOD! LAYUP by Lee Bethea
MISSED 3 PTR by Richard Dionne       03:28
REBOUND (OFF) by Brian Dunagan       03:28
GOOD! JUMPER by Brian Dunagan        03:22  21-22  V 1
                                     03:04              MISSED LAYUP by Joe Kelly
REBOUND (DEF) by Nick Branting       03:04
MISSED JUMPER by Richard Dionne      02:56
                                     02:56              BLOCK by Patrick Mutombo
                                     02:52              REBOUND (DEF) by Patrick Mutombo
                                     02:45              MISSED JUMPER by Patrick Mutombo
REBOUND (DEF) by Nick Svehla         02:45
MISSED 3 PTR by Nick Branting        02:33
                                     02:33              REBOUND (DEF) by (TEAM)
                                     02:12  21-24  V 3  GOOD! JUMPER by Luke Kendall
                                     02:12              ASSIST by Clayton Smith
                                     01:47              FOUL by Luke Kendall
MISSED FT SHOT by Nick Branting      01:47
REBOUND (OFF) by (DEADBALL)          01:47
GOOD! FT SHOT by Nick Branting       01:47  22-24  V 2
                                     01:30              MISSED JUMPER by Luke Kendall
REBOUND (DEF) by Mike Gitt           01:30
GOOD! LAYUP by Mike Gitt             01:18  24-24  T 4
ASSIST by Brian Dunagan              01:18
                                     00:47  24-26  V 2  GOOD! LAYUP by Luke Kendall
TURNOVR by Chad Sheffield            00:40
                                     00:38              STEAL by Lee Bethea
                                     00:37  24-28  V 4  GOOD! LAYUP by Lee Bethea
                                     00:37              ASSIST by Clayton Smith
MISSED 3 PTR by Mike Gitt            00:04
                                     00:04              REBOUND (DEF) by (TEAM)

Metropolitan State 28, Nebraska-Kearney 24
2nd PERIOD Play-by-Play (Page 1) HOME TEAM: Nebraska-Kearney TIME SCORE MAR VISITORS: Metropolitan State ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 19:38 MISSED JUMPER by Lester Strong REBOUND (DEF) by Richard Dionne 19:38 GOOD! 3 PTR by Brian Dunagan 19:26 27-28 V 1 ASSIST by Anthony Harms 19:26 19:04 MISSED JUMPER by Luke Kendall REBOUND (DEF) by Richard Dionne 19:04 GOOD! LAYUP by Nick Branting 18:50 29-28 H 1 ASSIST by Anthony Harms 18:50 FOUL by Anthony Harms 18:43 FOUL by Nick Branting 18:28 18:14 29-30 V 1 GOOD! JUMPER by Clayton Smith MISSED 3 PTR by Anthony Harms 17:40 17:40 REBOUND (DEF) by Luke Kendall 17:29 MISSED LAYUP by Clayton Smith REBOUND (DEF) by Nick Branting 17:29 17:06 FOUL by Lester Strong GOOD! FT SHOT by Nick Branting 17:06 30-30 T 5 MISSED FT SHOT by Nick Branting 17:06 17:06 REBOUND (DEF) by Lee Bethea 17:00 30-33 V 3 GOOD! 3 PTR by Luke Kendall 17:00 ASSIST by Clayton Smith MISSED 3 PTR by Richard Dionne 16:51 16:51 REBOUND (DEF) by (TEAM) 16:16 MISSED JUMPER by Clayton Smith REBOUND (DEF) by Nick Svehla 16:16 16:02 FOUL by Lester Strong GOOD! FT SHOT by Nick Svehla 16:02 31-33 V 2 GOOD! FT SHOT by Nick Svehla 16:02 32-33 V 1 15:38 MISSED 3 PTR by Joe Kelly REBOUND (DEF) by Chad Sheffield 15:38 TURNOVR by Nick Branting 15:28 FOUL by Nick Branting 15:08 14:56 MISSED JUMPER by Mike Buggs REBOUND (DEF) by Nick Svehla 14:56 GOOD! 3 PTR by Nick Branting 14:26 35-33 H 2 ASSIST by Chad Sheffield 14:26 14:07 MISSED 3 PTR by Lee Bethea 14:07 REBOUND (OFF) by Patrick Mutombo 14:01 MISSED JUMPER by Patrick Mutombo REBOUND (DEF) by Mike Gitt 14:01 TURNOVR by Chad Sheffield 13:56 13:54 STEAL by Luke Kendall FOUL by Nick Branting 13:54 13:49 35-35 T 6 GOOD! JUMPER by Patrick Mutombo MISSED 3 PTR by Tanner Engel 13:23 13:23 REBOUND (DEF) by Mark Worthington FOUL by Nick Svehla 13:18 13:05 MISSED JUMPER by Patrick Mutombo REBOUND (DEF) by Brian Dunagan 13:05 MISSED JUMPER by Anthony Harms 12:37 12:37 REBOUND (DEF) by Mike Buggs 12:13 MISSED 3 PTR by Luke Kendall REBOUND (DEF) by Tanner Engel 12:13 GOOD! LAYUP by Brian Dunagan 12:05 37-35 H 2 ASSIST by Tanner Engel 12:05 11:58 TIMEOUT TEAM 11:43 MISSED JUMPER by Lee Bethea REBOUND (DEF) by Nick Svehla 11:43 GOOD! LAYUP by Nick Branting 11:19 39-35 H 4 ASSIST by Brian Dunagan 11:19 11:19 FOUL by Patrick Mutombo GOOD! FT SHOT by Nick Branting 11:19 40-35 H 5 10:58 40-37 H 3 GOOD! JUMPER by Clayton Smith MISSED LAYUP by Nick Branting 10:29 REBOUND (OFF) by Mike Gitt 10:29 MISSED TIP-IN by Mike Gitt 10:25 REBOUND (OFF) by Mike Gitt 10:25 TURNOVR by Mike Gitt 10:18 10:17 STEAL by Luke Kendall 10:07 MISSED JUMPER by Mike Buggs 10:07 REBOUND (OFF) by Lee Bethea 10:01 TURNOVR by Lee Bethea STEAL by Nick Branting 10:00 09:55 FOUL by Patrick Mutombo MISSED FT SHOT by Nick Branting 09:55 REBOUND (OFF) by (DEADBALL) 09:55 MISSED FT SHOT by Nick Branting 09:55 09:55 REBOUND (DEF) by Lester Strong 09:34 40-40 T 7 GOOD! 3 PTR by Joe Kelly 09:34 ASSIST by Clayton Smith GOOD! 3 PTR by Richard Dionne 09:07 43-40 H 3 ASSIST by Nick Branting 09:07 08:36 MISSED JUMPER by Clayton Smith 08:36 REBOUND (OFF) by Patrick Mutombo 08:31 TURNOVR by Patrick Mutombo MISSED JUMPER by Nick Branting 08:19 08:19 REBOUND (DEF) by (TEAM) FOUL by Chad Sheffield 07:57 07:55 43-42 H 1 GOOD! JUMPER by Luke Kendall 07:55 ASSIST by Lee Bethea MISSED JUMPER by Richard Dionne 07:37 REBOUND (OFF) by Nick Branting 07:37 MISSED LAYUP by Nick Branting 07:33 07:33 REBOUND (DEF) by Lester Strong 07:23 MISSED 3 PTR by Luke Kendall 07:23 REBOUND (OFF) by Patrick Mutombo 07:16 43-45 V 2 GOOD! 3 PTR by Luke Kendall 07:16 ASSIST by Patrick Mutombo GOOD! JUMPER by Chad Sheffield 07:03 45-45 T 8 06:35 MISSED 3 PTR by Lee Bethea REBOUND (DEF) by Richard Dionne 06:35 06:29 FOUL by Joe Kelly MISSED FT SHOT by Anthony Harms 06:29 REBOUND (OFF) by (DEADBALL) 06:29 MISSED FT SHOT by Anthony Harms 06:29 06:29 REBOUND (DEF) by Lee Bethea 06:04 MISSED JUMPER by Patrick Mutombo 06:04 REBOUND (OFF) by Clayton Smith 05:47 MISSED JUMPER by Patrick Mutombo 05:47 REBOUND (OFF) by Lee Bethea 05:39 MISSED LAYUP by Lee Bethea 05:39 REBOUND (OFF) by Lester Strong 05:36 45-47 V 2 GOOD! JUMPER by Lester Strong TURNOVR by Richard Dionne 05:19 05:18 STEAL by Lester Strong 05:04 TURNOVR by Patrick Mutombo TIMEOUT 30sec 04:44 MISSED 3 PTR by Nick Branting 04:37 REBOUND (OFF) by Brian Dunagan 04:37 MISSED JUMPER by Brian Dunagan 04:29 REBOUND (OFF) by Nick Branting 04:29 MISSED TIP-IN by Nick Branting 04:29 REBOUND (OFF) by Mike Gitt 04:29 04:29 FOUL by Luke Kendall MISSED FT SHOT by Mike Gitt 04:29 REBOUND (OFF) by (DEADBALL) 04:29 GOOD! FT SHOT by Mike Gitt 04:29 46-47 V 1 FOUL by Mike Gitt 04:22 04:22 46-48 V 2 GOOD! FT SHOT by Lester Strong 04:22 MISSED FT SHOT by Lester Strong REBOUND (DEF) by Mike Gitt 04:22 MISSED 3 PTR by Anthony Harms 03:59 03:59 REBOUND (DEF) by Clayton Smith FOUL by Nick Branting 03:46 03:46 46-49 V 3 GOOD! FT SHOT by Patrick Mutombo 03:46 46-50 V 4 GOOD! FT SHOT by Patrick Mutombo GOOD! JUMPER by Mike Gitt 03:27 48-50 V 2 ASSIST by Brian Dunagan 03:27 03:08 TURNOVR by Clayton Smith STEAL by Anthony Harms 03:07 MISSED 3 PTR by Brian Dunagan 02:56 REBOUND (OFF) by Nick Svehla 02:56 MISSED JUMPER by Nick Svehla 02:50 02:50 BLOCK by Lester Strong REBOUND (OFF) by (TEAM) 02:50 TIMEOUT TEAM 02:40 MISSED JUMPER by Nick Branting 02:21 02:21 REBOUND (DEF) by Lester Strong 01:51 48-52 V 4 GOOD! JUMPER by Clayton Smith FOUL by Mike Gitt 01:50 01:50 48-53 V 5 GOOD! FT SHOT by Clayton Smith MISSED JUMPER by Mike Gitt 01:37 01:37 BLOCK by Lester Strong REBOUND (OFF) by Brian Dunagan 01:34 GOOD! JUMPER by Brian Dunagan 01:31 50-53 V 3 01:23 50-55 V 5 GOOD! DUNK by Lester Strong 01:23 ASSIST by Luke Kendall 01:01 FOUL by Clayton Smith 01:01 TIMEOUT 30sec GOOD! FT SHOT by Brian Dunagan 01:01 51-55 V 4 MISSED FT SHOT by Brian Dunagan 01:01 01:01 REBOUND (DEF) by Clayton Smith 00:58 TIMEOUT TEAM FOUL by Chad Sheffield 00:57 00:57 MISSED FT SHOT by Clayton Smith 00:57 REBOUND (OFF) by (DEADBALL) 00:57 51-56 V 5 GOOD! FT SHOT by Clayton Smith MISSED LAYUP by Nick Svehla 00:45 00:45 BLOCK by Lester Strong 00:43 REBOUND (DEF) by Lester Strong 00:41 TIMEOUT TEAM 00:38 TURNOVR by Luke Kendall STEAL by Brian Dunagan 00:38 TIMEOUT TEAM 00:32 TIMEOUT TEAM 00:32 MISSED 3 PTR by Anthony Harms 00:24 00:24 REBOUND (DEF) by Lester Strong FOUL by Brian Dunagan 00:19 00:19 51-57 V 6 GOOD! FT SHOT by Lester Strong 00:19 51-58 V 7 GOOD! FT SHOT by Lester Strong TURNOVR by Anthony Harms 00:15 FOUL by Brian Dunagan 00:12 00:12 MISSED FT SHOT by Patrick Mutombo 00:12 REBOUND (OFF) by (DEADBALL) 00:12 51-59 V 8 GOOD! FT SHOT by Patrick Mutombo MISSED JUMPER by Anthony Harms 00:06 00:06 REBOUND (DEF) by Lee Bethea
Metropolitan State 59, Nebraska-Kearney 51