Taylor Braun's late layup aids North Dakota State clinch Summit title
Taylor Braun made a strong declaration after North Dakota State's 2013 Top League championship loss to South Dakota State.
"We're going to win it following year," he shared.
Braun followed through on that assurance Tuesday evening by making a key layup while being fouled with 12 secs left and adding the free throw to lead the Bison to a 60-57 draw Indiana-Purdue-Fort Wayne for the Top Organization title and a 2nd travel to the NCAA event.
"Honestly, I thought I was visiting the free throw line-- tossed it up and it in some way went in," Braun shared.
TrayVonn Wright led North Dakota State (25-6) with 19 factors on a mix of dunks, layups and jumpers, and Braun added 15 points.
Marshall Bjorklund, the nation's most accurate shooter from the field at 63.7 percent, contributed with 12 factors, but fouled out with approximately 2 mins left in the video game.
Coach Saul Phillips claimed Wright kept the Bison in the ready most of the 40 mins and Braun stepped up to complete it.
IPFW (24-10) stuck with its balanced method, with Pierre Bland, Luis Jacobo and Michael Kibiloski each buying 9 factors for the Mastodons, which were playing in their very first Top League title video game.
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Mastodon instructor Tony Jasick claimed the game was a difficult defensive matchup, and it's tough to get clean looks against the Bison.
"I thought we had a bunch of balls on the rim that simply really did not succumb to us today," he shared.
North Dakota State got in the video game atop the Division I basket capturing at 51.3 percent however try merely 40.7 percent from the field in the game, featuring 5 of 16 from past the arc.
Wright stated the group required a lot more determination in using ball fakes and they hurried a lot of chances.
"We were impatient," Wright shared. "We wished to gain right now. We didn't would like to stand by.".
Phillips concurred.
"My message was,'You've still acquired time right here men," he shared.
The Bison, which trailed for the majority of the very first half, began to make a move with about 5 minutes in the duration when Wright soaked an alley-oop from Kory Brown for two and then hustled down court for a block on Steve Forbes, a turn over that led to one more two.
Yet IPFW fought back to hold a 35-30 lead at halftime.
The Bison pioneered a handful of times in the second one-half, yet neither team might pad its lead.
The group of 4,263 at the Sioux Falls Field was primarily pulling for North Dakota State, which sits concerning 240 miles due north of Sioux Falls in Fargo, N.D.
The Bison gained a berth to the NCAA competition in 2009 throughout its very first year of Department I postseason eligibility, yet shed in the opening round to Kansas 84-74. Phillips shared he's delighted to take this group to the NCAA tournament.
"It's going to be a blast," he claimed. "It's visiting be an absolute excitement ride for our individuals, and I'm visiting make sure it is.".
Jasick stated IPFW has had a wonderful run this period and he wishes to obtain a postseason invitation.
"I wish for our elders that they get to play once more," he said.
