Tigers rally, secure second-seed in upcoming tournament

Georgetown College men's basketball needed to rally in the second half, but the No. 11 Tigers (24-5) did just that for a second straight road win to seal up second in the Mid-South Conference. GC erased a 10-point deficit for a 76-67 win Saturday in Lebanon, Tenn.

GC will open postseason 2 pm Friday in Pikeville, Ky. against the seventh seed. There is a tie between Shawnee State University and Cumberland University for the seventh and eighth spot.

Head-to-head they split, but CU beat top seeded University of Pikeville back in January, making them the seventh seed.

Pikeville will open the tournament against Shawnee State at 10 am. Life University and Campbellsville University will play the noon four-five seed game. University of the Cumberlands and Lindsey Wilson College will face off in the quarterfinal finale 4 pm.

It was a bottleneck race of confusion entering the final day of this very competitive league – five teams ranked in the Top 25 and a sixth receiving votes.

Cumberlands lost to Pikeville and Life won, meaning Georgetown needed to win to secure the second seed or a three-way tie would have been thrown into the tiebreaker situation. As it worked out, the day finished with Life and Cumberlands tied for third, LWC and Campbellsville tied for fifth and SSU and CU tied for seventh.

Head-to-head match ups resolved the first two ties, the final had to move to records verse other MSC opponents starting with the top of the league.

Cumberland made it interesting Saturday, erasing a 14-point early deficit to lead by 10 twice in the second half.

Quan Poindexter started an 11-1 Tiger run for the game's first tie, 50-50. It went back and forth for the next few minutes until the game's fourth tie at 58-58 with 7:07 left.

Shadell Millinghaus broke it with one-of-two from the foul line. Troy Steward hit a three on the next possession and it was Georgetown in the lead from there. The lead ballooned to eight, but Cumberland made a run to get within one. GC finished on a 10-2 run to put the game away.

Millinghaus finished with a team-high 19 points. Malik Dow had a career-high 13 points. Poindexter added 12, while Eljay Cowherd and Steward had 11 each.