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JAMESTOWN (uj.edu) —\u00a0 Thursday, The seventh-seeded Viterbo (Wis.) University V-Hawks pulled off the upset Thursday night at Harold Newman Arena, defeating the No. 2 seeded Jimmie men’s basketball team 79-73.<\/p>\nJAMESTOWN (uj.edu) —\u00a0 Thursday, The seventh-seeded Viterbo (Wis.) University V-Hawks pulled off the upset Thursday night at Harold Newman Arena, defeating the No. 2 seeded Jimmie men’s basketball team 79-73.<\/p>\n
Ethan Haberman scored 26 points and pulled down 11 rebounds as the V-Hawks advanced to the NSAA Final Four, set for February 25-26 at Bellevue (Neb.).<\/p>\n
Despite a 3-of-15 three-point performance in the first half, Jamestown still shot 50 percent in the opening 20 minutes, and had a six-point lead with 9:21 left in the half. Viterbo retook the lead at 22-21, following a 7-0 run,\u00a0then a see-saw remainder of the half led to\u00a0five lead changes and two ties. The V-Hawks led 39-36 at halftime.<\/p>\n
Jamestown played from behind the entire second half, but were able to get within one point after Isaiah Dobson<\/a> (SO\/Stillwater, Minn.)’s three-pointer made it 52-51 at the 13:08 mark. Viterbo kept its lead between one and four points until a 7-0 run capped off by a basket from Haberman made it 68-60, putting a severe dent in UJ’s comeback plans.<\/p>\n The Jimmies have been eliminated from the NSAA Tournament and hope to earn an at-large bid into the NAIA Championship Tournament.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n