Thursday, March 27, 2008

ELITE EIGHT UPDATE

The Augusta State University men's basketball team has reached its first-ever NCAA Division II title game.

The Jaguars edged Central Oklahoma in a 106-104 double-overtime thriller Wednesday, then downed Alaska-Anchorage 56-50 Thursday, to advance to the championship game.

ASU will face Winona State (Minn.) for the title Saturday. The game will be televised live on CBS, starting at 2:30 p.m. EDT.

As for the University of North Alabama, the Lions quest to win their first national championship since 1991 ended in the national quarterfinals, as they lost to Bentley (Mass.) 102-92 Wednesday.

Click here for the results of the NCAA Division II Elite Eight, courtesy of d2basketball.com.

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