FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- Lubos Barton scored a career-high 31 points to lead
Valparaiso over Chicago State 84-72 Sunday in the quarterfinals of the
Mid-Continent Conference Tournament.
Valparaiso (23-7) will play Indiana-Purdue-Indianapolis in the semifinals on
Monday, the eighth consecutive year the Crusaders have advanced to the semifinals.
The Crusaders' top scorer in the regular season, Milo Stovall, sat out the
game with mononucleosis.
Chicago State (5-23) outscored Valparaiso 20-12 in the first eight minutes
of the second half and grabbed a 57-56 lead on a slam dunk and a free throw by
Rafael Morris.
Barton ignited an 11-0 run for Valparaiso when he hit two free throws with
11:28 to play.
Raitis Grafs finished with 17 points and 11 rebounds for the Crusaders.
Jason Jenkins had 11 points and 10 rebounds, and Dwayne Toatley scored 10
points for Valparaiso.
Tony Jones and Jimmy Mack led Chicago State with 18 points apiece. Game summary
Charles Price hit two free throws with 3.4 seconds
left to secure a narrow win for Indiana-Purdue-Indianapolis over Missouri-Kansas
City in the quarterfinals.
IUPUI (11-17) will play Valparaiso in the semifinals Monday.
The Jaguars won despite going six minutes without a basket late in the game.
Matt Suther's basket pulled UMKC within 49-47, but Matt Hermes broke the
drought with a basket for IUPUI with 25 seconds to play.
Suther hit two free throws to cut the lead to 51-49, but a free throw by
Sylvester Allen pushed the Jaguars' lead to three.
Javin Tindall missed a 3-pointer for the tie and Price finished the
Kangaroos with his free throws.
FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- Frederick House scored 17 points to lead Southern
Utah over Western Illinois in the quarterfinals.
Justin Sant and Jeff Monaco added 12 points each and Dan Beus scored 10 for
the Thunderbirds. Southern Utah will face Oral Roberts in Monday's semifinals.
Southern Utah built a 36-25 halftime lead by shooting 15-of-25 from the
floor while holding Western Illinois (5-23) to 10-of-27 shooting.
Matt Robins led Western Illinois with 12 points. Cory Fosdyck added 10
points.
FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- Markius Barnes scored 31 points to lead Oral Roberts
over Youngstown State.
ORU (10-18) will face Southern Utah in Monday's semifinals.
Youngstown State (19-11) led 36-33 at halftime. But ORU shot 15-of-27 from
the field in the second half for the come-from-behind win.
Josh Atkinson added 18 points, and Kyan Brown had nine points and 11
rebounds for ORU.
Rafael Cruz led Youngstown State with 16 points. Craig Haese scored 14
points, TeJay Anderson added 12 points and Desmond Harrison scored 10 for the
Penguins.
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