COLUMBUS STATE DETHRONES KENNESAW STATE!!!!!

It's all over for the Kennesaw State University men's basketball team, as the defending NCAA Division II national champions saw their quest for a repeat halted all too abruptly in a 83-78 overtime loss to Columbus State in the first round of the South Atlantic regional at Bowie, Md. Saturday.

The Cougars (23-8) will face top seeded Bowie State in a regional semifinal game Sunday. The Bulldogs also needed overtime to hold off eighth seeded Tusculum 91-88.

Here are some scores from other regional games involving D-II South Sports teams. Teams in conferences covered by D-II South Sports are marked in BOLD type.

MEN

SOUTH REGIONAL--at Montevallo, Ala.

Central Arkansas 74, West Georgia 71

Lynn 89, Lane 61

Eckerd 81, Florida Gulf Coast, 79

Montevallo 74, Barry 48

SOUTH ATLANTIC REGIONAL--at Bowie, Md.

USC Upstate 63, Winston-Salem State 59

Virginia Union 85, Catawba 81

WOMEN

SOUTH REGIONAL--at Conway, Ark.

Henderson State 69, Valdosta State 56

Central Arkansas 103, Fort Valley State 88

FINALS--MONDAY

Henderson State vs. Central Arkansas

SOUTH ATLANTIC REGIONAL--at Raleigh, N.C.

Carson-Newman 75, Clayton State 61

Shaw 105, Wingate 74

For more information on the other regionals, as well as any webcasts, log on to http://www.ncaasports.com. Also, don't forget to log on to http://www.ussportsradio.com for continuing coverage of the men's NCAA South Atlantic Regional from Bowie, Md.