YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) - D.J. Cole banked in a driving bucket with 2.5 seconds left to lift Youngstown State to a 62-60 win over Loyola of Chicago in the first round of the Horizon League tournament Tuesday night.
The teams' regular-season meetings also were decided in the final seconds, with the Penguins winning 68-66 on Jan. 5 and 60-59 on Feb. 7.
This time, Youngstown State (17-14) led by eight with 6:01 left but couldn't maintain its advantage. After Loyola's Devon Turk tied it with two free throws with 13 seconds left, Cole hit his game-winner. Joe Crisman's desperation heave from beyond half court was wide.
The sixth-seeded Penguins will play No. 3 Wright State on Friday.
Blake Allen and Kamren Belin scored 15 apiece for Youngstown State, Cole added 13 and Damian Eargle had 10 points and a Horizon League tournament-record seven blocks.
Christian Thomas' 16 points led the seventh-seeded Ramblers (15-16).
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Loyola-Chicago (15-16) | 29 | 31 | 60 |
| Youngstown State (17-14) « | 29 | 33 | 62 |
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| Loyola-Chicago Ramblers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Thomas, F | 31 | 7-13 | 2-4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| N. Osborne, F | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. White, G | 36 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| J. Hicks, G | 35 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| D. Turk, G | 21 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Crisman | 27 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| B. Averkamp | 26 | 5-10 | 4-7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| M. O'Leary | 21 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Totals | 24-54 | 8-13 | 32 | 17 | 15 | 60 | |
| 44.4% | 61.5% | ||||||
| Youngstown State Penguins | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Belin, F | 39 | 6-11 | 2-2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| D. Eargle, F | 35 | 5-7 | 0-1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| B. Allen, G | 40 | 6-15 | 0-0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| D. Cole, G | 40 | 5-10 | 3-5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| S. Amiker, G | 35 | 4-8 | 1-2 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Hain | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Weber | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Chojnacki | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Podolsky | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 26-52 | 6-10 | 27 | 14 | 14 | 62 | |
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