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CBI Semifinals to be Played Wednesday<\/strong>
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March 23, 2015
\nContact: Ray Cella (rcella@gazellegroup.com<\/a>), 609-921-1300<\/p>\n

Loyola Chicago, ULM, Seattle, and Vermont each advanced to Wednesday’s semifinals in the eighth annual College Basketball Invitational.<\/p>\n

In Burlington, Vt., Trae Bell-Haynes and Ethan O’Day scored 17 and 16 points, respectively, to lead Vermont to a 78-71 win over Radford.<\/p>\n

Kurt Steidl tallied 12 points and Dre Wills added 11 for the Catamounts who were playing their first-ever postseason home game. Vermont (20-13) won the game at the foul line, outscoring Radford 21-13 while taking 20 more free throws.<\/p>\n

Radford (22-12) was paced by Javonte Green’s 24-point, 15-rebound effort. R.J. Price added 13 points.<\/p>\n

In Macon, Ga., ULM overcame a 42-27 halftime deficit to secure a 71-69 win over Mercer.<\/p>\n

Taylor Ongwae led all scorers with 27 points for the Warhawks, who also received 14 points and 14 rebounds from Majok Deng and 11 points from Nick Coppola.<\/p>\n

Defensively, ULM (23-12) held Mercer to just 24 percent shooting from the field in the second half in outscoring the Bears, 44-27.<\/p>\n

Mercer (19-16) was led by Ike Nwamu, who had 20 points.<\/p>\n

Jestin Lewis scored 12 points and Jibri Bryan added 10 points and eight rebounds.<\/p>\n

In Chicago, Ill. Earl Peterson tallied 19 points, primarily on 11-of-11 shooting from the foul line, to pace Loyola Chicago to an 86-78 win over Oral Roberts.<\/p>\n

Peterson’s performance from the line led the Ramblers, who ended the game 27-of-35, outscoring the Golden Eagles by 10 at the line. Montel James scored 17 points and Christian Thomas had 15 points for Loyola (21-13).<\/p>\n

Oral Roberts (19-15) was led by Aaron Young’s career-high 26 points. Bobby Word had 22 and Obi Emegano added 10 points.<\/p>\n

In Seattle, Wash., the host Redhawks overcame a nine-point second half deficit to defeat Colorado, 72-65.<\/p>\n

Trailing 45-36 with 15:40 to play, Seattle closed the game on a 36-20 run to advance to the semifinals. Jarell Flora paced Seattle (18-15) with 22 points, while Isiah Umipig (20 points) and Jack Cook (10 points) also reached double digits.<\/p>\n

Josh Scott led Colorado (16-18) with 17 points and 12 rebounds.<\/p>\n

In Wednesday’s semifinals, ULM will host Vermont and Loyola Chicago will be home to Seattle. The winners will meet in the best-of-three Championship Series, which begins on Monday. The entire Championship Series will be televised by CBS Sports Network with Michael Reghi and John Griffin handling the announcing chores.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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