Felician Athletics - 3/3/09 MEN'S BASKETBALL - March Madness Continues For Men's Basketball

WATERBURY, Conn. - The Felician College men's basketball team has advanced to the semifinals of the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Tournament for the first time in five years, defeating host Post University, 79-69, in quarterfinal action Tuesday night at the Drubner Center. Sophomore Devon Young (Monmouth Junction, NJ) matched a season high with 26 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in the victory.

The first half featured five ties and 13 lead changes before Felician (16-12), the No. 3 seed from the CACC North Division, emerged with a 39-36 halftime lead. Ahead 46-42 with 16 minutes, 12 seconds, left in regulation, the Golden Falcons took control as sophomore Kashiff Foster (Somerset, NJ) scored seven points in a 15-5 run lasting nearly seven minutes. When Post, the North's No. 2 seed, cut a 14-point deficit with 4:28 to play to six at the 1:43 mark, Felician ran the shot clock down to the final seconds before a Young three-point field goal iced the victory.

Young, who scored 16 second half points, was 5 for 8 from three-point range. Andrew August (Bridgewater, NJ) joined four Golden Falcon double-figure scorers with 14 points, and Foster (six rebounds) and Sherrod Barrow (Harlem, NY) scored 11 apiece. Felician out-shot the Eagles, 49-36 percent, from the floor. Omar Robinson (Brooklyn, NY) came off the bench to top Post (17-10) with 17 points and 10 rebounds, and teammate A.J. Reitter (Baltimore, MD) recorded 13 points, nine rebounds and seven assists.

Felician advances to take on Philadelphia University, the event host and South Division No. 1 seed, in Friday's second semifinal game at 7 p.m. The complete tournament results and schedule are available at www.caccathletics.org/sports/mbkb/2008-09/Schedule (scroll to bottom). The tournament champion receives an automatic berth into the NCAA Division II Tournament.

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