Division Ii Men's Basketball Championships Records Book
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DIVISION II MEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK 2015 Championship 2 History 4 All-Time Results 16 2015 CHAMPIONSHIP HIGHLIGHTS Florida Southern's senior squad finshes strong, secures championship: For the first time since 1981, Florida Southern cut down the nets Saturday afternoon at the Ford Center as the top-ranked Moccasins concluded a 36-1 season by collecting a 77-62 win against Indiana (Pa.) in the 2015 NCAA Division II National Championship game. Saturday’s national championship was the first for the men’s basketball team since the 1981 team defeated Mount St. Mary’s 73-68 in the national title game in Springfield, Massachusetts, and the 28th all-time national title in Florida Southern history. Prior to Saturday’s win, FSC’s most recent national title came in 2010 as the men’s golf team took home its NCAA Division II record 12th national championship. “What an unbelievable feeling for our basketball team, our seniors, our school and our community,” Moccasin head coach Linc Darner said following his team’s 25th consecutive victory. “Our five senior starters really deserved this for all the hard work they’ve put in on their own since losing in the first round a year ago. I’m so proud of them, but the sad thing is I don’t get to coach them anymore. “The great thing is they went out on top and they deserve all the credit.” Saturday’s national championship game was the final contest for FSC’s six seniors, five of which started all 37 games during the championship season. The six seniors this season are forward Stephen Battle, guard Kevin Capers, forward Bubby Johnson, guard Tyler Kelly, guard Tyler Logan and forward Daniel Turner. “We’ve got a great group of guys that represent Florida Southern not only on the court, but off the court and I can’t be prouder to be their coach and I’m going to miss them,” said Darner, who improved to 218-72 in his ninth season at the helm of the Moccasin program. The Mocs win was keyed by a strong defensive effort as the Mocs held Indiana (PA) to a season-low 31.1 percent shooting from the field and 28 percent from the 3-point line. In addition, they limited Indiana (PA)’s top two scorers, Devante Chance and Shawn Dyer, to a combined 8-for-19 effort from the field and 6-for-19 from the 3-point line. “We came out and played really well. We did a great job guarding their guards,” the Mocs coach added. “Their three guards went a combined 10-for-37 from the field and I thought that was the big difference in the game. We’ve guarded the 3-point line all season and once again today we held them to just 8-for-29 from long distance.” While Indiana (PA)’s offense struggled shooting the ball, FSC’s offense shot 51 percent from the field and 52 percent from the 3-point line, including hitting its first six 3-pointers and tied a Division II championship game record with 13 made treys. The Mocs finished the game 13-for-25 from the 3-point line. “We had trouble getting going on offense today and the guys kept battling, but a lot of the credit goes to Florida Southern,” Indiana (PA) head coach Joe Lombardi said. “They made some really good shots. The rim got bigger for them and they grew in confidence and we had to play on our heels the rest of the night.” The Mocs were paced offensively once again by Capers as the two-time All-American closed out his career by scoring 24 points to finish his career with 2,319 career points and closed the year by scoring in double figures in 24 consecutive games. In his career, Capers, who was named the Tournament’s Most Outstanding Player, scored at least one point in all 131 games he played, including 109 career double-digit games and 52 career games of scoring 20 or more points. Along with Capers, junior guard Dylan Travis finished with 18 points to also earn a spot on the Division II National Championship All-Tournament Team. Travis scored 15 of his 18 points in the second half. The other two double-digit scorers for the Mocs were Johnson (11 points and eight boards) and Battle (10 points, six boards and four assists) in his final col- legiate game. Indiana (PA) closed out the season with a 31-7 record. It was paced offensively by Chance, who had 17 points and added eight boards and five assists. In addition to Chance, Dyer scored 16 points and had eight boards in the loss, while Daddy Ugbede added 12 points. The other members of the All-Tournament Team were Chance, Dyer and Bellarmine forward Jake Thelen. The Mocs were outrebounded 42-30 but forced the Crimson Hawks into 12 turnovers that led to 19 points. “We focused on our game plan today really well,” Johnson said. “We did what we wanted to do going into the game and we wanted to trap some ball screens. We just bought into what coach was telling us and that’s been the key all year.” 2015 Championship 2 2015 RESULTS Bellarmine 85, Lake Superior St. 59 Fla. Southern 84, West Ga. 81 MSU Moorhead 71, Central Mo. 60 FIRST ROUND Angelo St. 66, Midwestern St. 49 Azusa Pacific 75, Western Ore. 67 Montevallo 78, UNC Pembroke 59 California Baptist 67, Chico St. 61 Mount Olive 75, Lincoln Memorial 55 Cal Poly Pomona 62, Dixie St. 60 Northwest Mo. St. 66, Augustana (SD) 65 Seattle Pacific 81, BYU-Hawaii 69 Indiana (PA) 73, Slippery Rock 65 American Int'l 58, Philadelphia U. 53 Southern Conn. St. 86, American Int'l 65 Mount Olive 84, Augusta 75 Tarleton St. 84, UC-Colorado Springs 62 Augustana (SD) 104, Arkansas Tech 77 UIndy 78, Lewis 59 Barry 73, Union (TN) 59 Southern N.H. 59, USciences 53 UNC Pembroke 89, Columbus St. 82 West Liberty 89, Fairmont St. 59 Bellarmine 84, Drury 60 Fla. Southern 89, Benedict 68 REGIONAL FINALS Lake Superior St. 78, Ferris St. 69 (OT) Azusa Pacific 91, California Baptist 79 Indiana (PA) 73, Glenville St. 53 Fla. Southern 88, Lynn 80 West Liberty 127, Livingstone 89 Indiana (PA) 77, West Liberty 74 Lynn 80, Ala.-Huntsville 62 Mount Olive 82, Montevallo 75 Fairmont St. 68, Mercyhurst 63 MSU Moorhead 47, Northwest Mo. St. 42 Midwestern St. 58, MSU Denver 56 Southern N. H. 75, Southern Conn. St.. 58 Montevallo 74, Carson-Newman 69 Tarleton St. 66, Angelo St. 64 Lincoln Memorial 95, North Greenville 62 Bellarmine 81, UIndy 72 Central Mo. 82, Northern St. 72 Northwest Mo. St. 59, Minn. St. Mankato 56 QUARTERFINALS MSU Moorhead 80, Pittsburg St. 68 Slippery Rock 65, Gannon 57 Bellarmine 92, MSU Moorhead 75 Southern Conn. St. 88, Bridgeport 75 Fla. Southern 81, Southern N.H. 75 Tarleton St. 71, St. Mary's (TX) 52 Indiana (PA) 69, Azusa Pacific 65 Southern N.H. 71, Stonehill 59 Tarleton St. 77, Mount Olive 59 Angelo St. 85, Tex. A&M-Commerce 79 UC-Colo. Springs 90, Colorado Mines 87 SEMIFINALS UIndy 74, Michigan Tech 53 Fla. Southern 79, Bellarmine 76 UScience 73, St. Anselm 58 Indiana (PA) 72, Tarleton St. 68 West Ga. 80, West Ala. 79 Lewis 70, Wis.-Parkside 62 CHAMPIONSHIP SECOND ROUND Fla. Southern 77, Indiana (PA) 62 Azusa Pacific 77, Cal Poly Pomona 67 California Baptist 78, Seattle Pacific 77 Lynn 90, Barry 82 2015 Championship 3 HISTORY RESULTS Season Champion Score Runner-Up Third Place Fourth Place Championship Championship Game Total Attendance Attendance 1957 Wheaton (IL) (28-1) 89-65 Ky. Wesleyan Mt. St. Mary’s Cal St. L.A. 5,000 13,000 1958 South Dakota (22-5) 75-53 Saint Michael’s Evansville Wheaton (IL) 4,709 16,007 1959 Evansville (21-6) 83-67 Missouri St. N.C. A&T Cal St. L.A. 8,651 22,287 1960 Evansville (25-4) 90-69 Chapman Ky. Wesleyan Cornell College 9,009 27,836 1961 Wittenberg (25-4) 42-38 Southeast Mo. St. South Dakota St. Mt. St. Mary’s 5,138 13,002 1962 Mt. St. Mary’s (24-6) 58-57 (OT) Sacramento St. Southern Ill. Neb. Wesleyan 1,851 7,749 1963 South Dakota St. (22-5) 44-42 Wittenberg Oglethorpe Southern Ill. 5,261 18,526 1964 Evansville (26-3) 72-59 Akron N.C. A&T UNI 12,244 31,915 1965 Evansville (29-0) 85-82 (OT) Southern Ill. North Dakota Saint Michael’s 12,797 36,084 1966 Ky. Wesleyan (24-6) 54-51 Southern Ill. Akron North Dakota 10,319 26,082 1967 Winston-Salem (30-2) 77-74 Missouri St. Ky. Wesleyan Illinois St. 6,041 20,608 1968 Ky. Wesleyan (28-3) 63-52 Indiana St. Trinity (TX) Ashland 13,062 33,899 1969 Ky. Wesleyan (25-5) 75-71 Missouri St. **American Int’l Ashland 12,132 30,003 1970 Philadelphia U. (29-2) 76-65 Tennessee St. UC Riverside Buffalo St. 5,748 16,075 1971 Evansville (22-8) 97-82 Old Dominion **La.-Lafayette Ky. Wesleyan 13,124 35,812 1972 Roanoke (28-4) 84-72 Akron Tennessee St. Eastern Mich. 5,233 17,450 1973 Ky. Wesleyan (24-6) 78-76 (OT) Tennessee St. Assumption Brockport 6,768 18,318 1974 Morgan St. (28-5) 67-52 Missouri St. Assumption New Orleans 4,381 14,207 1975 Old Dominion (25-6) 76-74 New Orleans Assumption Tennessee St.