SBVC men win another thriller, advance to Elite Eight

The SBVC men's basketball team did it again! This time it was Aaron Edwards lofting up a 3-pointer with 1.4 seconds left to give the Wolverines an 80-77 win over Southwestern in a Southern California Regional Final.

It was the 20th straight win and sends SBVC into the Elite Eight for the second straight year. The tournament will not be in Fresno this year. It will be at Cal Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks.

It wasn't looking good for the home team. It was down 77-72 but scored eight points in the last 37 seconds. It helped that the Jaguars completely melted down and forgot out to inbound.

The furious finish started when Nate Roth hurled up a 3, (he was four steps beyond the arc at the top of the key), with 28 seconds left. That made it 77-75. Then there was a scramble for a loose ball at the same end. Orlando Brazier came up with it and threw it in to Maurice McGee for an easy two - tie game 77-77 with 15 seconds left.

Again the Jaguars threw the ball away. After a time out SBVC got the game-winner. Roth passed th ball to Sydney Hall, who everyone in the gym thought was taking the shot. He has been the guy in that situation all year. But he deferred to Aaron Edwards who had a more open shot - nothing but net.

Brazier was a beast - 25 points and 15 rebounds. He has been the guy coming up huge in the playoffs. No one else wa in double figures although McGee had nine. Hall, Roth and Tre Brewer had eight each. Hall also had seven assists.

Great game! .