PEAY

STETSON

Blackmon's career-high 43 points lead Stetson to NCAA Tournament for first time

AP
Mar 10, 2024

DELAND, Fla. (AP) Jalen Blackmon scored a career-high 43 points, making 14 of 17 free throws, and Stetson Hatters defeated Austin Peay Governors 94-91 on Sunday to win the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament and an auto-bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Blackmon's and-1 after a tough driving layup gave Stetson an 87-84 lead with 1:11 remaining. After a dunk by Austin Peay's Sai Witt, Stetson went back ahead by three when Aubin Gateretse made two free throws.

Dezi Jones missed a 3-pointer for the Governors and Austin Peay had to foul with 34 seconds left. Blackmon made both free throws and Witt answered with a three-point play to make it 91-89. Blackmon made 3 of 4 from the line in the final 13 seconds to send Stetson to the NCAA Tournament for the first time.

Gateretse made 11 of 15 free throws and finished with 13 points along with seven rebounds. Stephan Swenson had 13 points and Alec Oglesby added 10 for the second-seeded Hatters (22-12).

Witt had 28 points and 10 rebounds and Jones had 17 and 11 for the fourth-seeded Govs (19-15). DeMarcus Sharp scored 16 off the bench, Isaac Haney had 13 and Ja’Monta Black 11.

The teams combined to score 110 points in the second half. Stetson's 94 points came with only 26 made field goals in 50 attempts. The Hatters made 32 of 42 free throws and Austin Peay went 24 for 27. There were 49 fouls in the game.

After Austin Peay went ahead 54-47 in the second half, Blackmon caught fire, scoring 16 points in four minutes as Stetson took a 65-62 lead. The Govs tied it with a three-point play by Sharp, but Stetson surged back ahead by five points.

Witt made a layup to make it 70-67 with 6:17 remaining. Neither team made another field goal until a layup by Alec Oglesby gave Stetson an 80-74 lead with a little under three minutes remaining.

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1st Half
PEAY
Governors
39
STET
Hatters
36

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Sai Witt vs. Aubin Gateretse (Governors gains possession)
19:47	+2	Sai Witt makes two point layup	2-0
19:21		Ja'Monta Black blocks Alec Oglesby's two point jump shot
19:19		Ja'Monta Black defensive rebound
19:09	+2	Sai Witt makes two point layup (Dezi Jones assists)	4-0
18:48		Sai Witt shooting foul (Aubin Gateretse draws the foul)
18:48	+1	Aubin Gateretse makes regular free throw 1 of 2	4-1
18:48	+1	Aubin Gateretse makes regular free throw 2 of 2	4-2
18:28	+2	Dezi Jones makes two point jump shot	6-2
18:20		Isaac Haney personal foul
18:11		Ja'Monta Black shooting foul (Aubin Gateretse draws the foul)
18:11		Aubin Gateretse misses regular free throw 1 of 2
18:11	+1	Aubin Gateretse makes regular free throw 2 of 2	6-3
17:43		Sai Witt misses two point layup
17:42		Sai Witt offensive rebound
17:42	+2	Sai Witt makes two point layup	8-3
17:42		Aubin Gateretse shooting foul (Sai Witt draws the foul)
17:42	+1	Sai Witt makes regular free throw 1 of 1	9-3
17:24		Jalen Blackmon misses two point layup
17:22		Sai Witt defensive rebound
17:13	+2	Sai Witt makes two point layup (Dezi Jones assists)	11-3
16:59		Isaac Haney shooting foul (Stephan Swenson draws the foul)
16:59		Stephan Swenson misses regular free throw 1 of 2
16:59		Stephan Swenson misses regular free throw 2 of 2
16:59		DeMarcus Sharp defensive rebound
16:39		DeMarcus Sharp misses two point jump shot
16:37		Dezi Jones offensive rebound
16:34		Dezi Jones misses three point jump shot
16:32		Sai Witt offensive rebound
16:29		Treyton Thompson blocks Sai Witt's two point layup
16:27		Tristan Gross defensive rebound
16:21		Treyton Thompson misses two point layup
16:19		Treyton Thompson offensive rebound
16:12	+3	Tristan Gross makes three point jump shot (Stephan Swenson assists)	11-6
15:42	+2	Sai Witt makes two point layup (DeMarcus Sharp assists)	13-6
15:22	+3	Treyton Thompson makes three point jump shot (Stephan Swenson assists)	13-9
15:00	+3	Ja'Monta Black makes three point jump shot (Dezi Jones assists)	16-9
14:41		Jalen Blackmon misses two point jump shot
14:39		Dezi Jones defensive rebound
14:18		Sai Witt misses two point layup
14:16		Treyton Thompson defensive rebound
14:05		Stephan Swenson misses two point layup
14:03		Dezi Jones defensive rebound
13:43		Dezi Jones misses three point jump shot
13:41		Tristan Gross defensive rebound
13:33	+2	Tristan Gross makes two point jump shot	16-11
13:28		Governors 30 second timeout
13:28		TV timeout
13:14		DeMarcus Sharp misses two point jump shot
13:12		Treyton Thompson defensive rebound
13:08		DeMarcus Sharp shooting foul (Stephan Swenson draws the foul)
13:08		Stephan Swenson misses regular free throw 1 of 2
13:08	+1	Stephan Swenson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	16-12
12:45		Dezi Jones misses two point layup
12:43		Dezi Jones offensive rebound
12:40		Isaac Haney misses three point jump shot
12:38		Jalen Blackmon defensive rebound
12:28		Jalen Blackmon turnover
12:18		Dez White misses three point jump shot
12:16		Sai Witt offensive rebound
12:14		Jalen Blackmon shooting foul (Sai Witt draws the foul)
12:14		Sai Witt misses regular free throw 1 of 2
12:14		Sai Witt misses regular free throw 2 of 2
12:14		Treyton Thompson defensive rebound
12:09	+3	Jalen Blackmon makes three point jump shot (Stephan Swenson assists)	16-15
11:46		DeMarcus Sharp misses two point jump shot
11:44		DeMarcus Sharp offensive rebound
11:41		TV timeout
11:35		Treyton Thompson personal foul
11:14		Governors turnover (shot clock violation)
10:48		Jalen Blackmon turnover (lost ball) (Ja'Monta Black steals)
10:40		DeMarcus Sharp misses two point layup
10:38		Dezi Jones offensive rebound
10:35		Ja'Monta Black misses three point jump shot
10:33		Alec Oglesby defensive rebound
10:20	+2	Stephan Swenson makes two point jump shot	16-17
10:08		Isaac Haney misses two point layup
10:06		Hatters defensive rebound
9:48	+2	Treyton Thompson makes two point layup	16-19
9:26	+2	Dez White makes two point layup	18-19
9:03		Stephan Swenson misses two point jump shot
9:01		Isaac Haney defensive rebound
8:59		Jalen Blackmon shooting foul (Isaac Haney draws the foul)
8:59	+1	Isaac Haney makes regular free throw 1 of 2	19-19
8:59	+1	Isaac Haney makes regular free throw 2 of 2	20-19
8:34		Aubin Gateretse turnover (lost ball) (Sai Witt steals)
8:13	+2	Sai Witt makes two point layup	22-19
7:34		Hatters turnover
7:34		TV timeout
7:22		Sai Witt misses two point layup
7:20		Aubin Gateretse defensive rebound
7:14		DeMarcus Sharp personal foul
7:04	+3	Tristan Gross makes three point jump shot (Stephan Swenson assists)	22-22
6:51		Isaac Haney misses three point jump shot
6:47		Sai Witt offensive rebound
6:42		Dezi Jones misses two point layup
6:39		Aubin Gateretse defensive rebound
6:36		Alec Oglesby misses three point jump shot
6:34		Isaac Haney defensive rebound
6:28		Ja'Monta Black misses three point jump shot
6:26		Tristan Gross defensive rebound
6:05		Aubin Gateretse misses two point layup
6:03		Sai Witt defensive rebound
5:53	+2	Sai Witt makes two point layup (Dezi Jones assists)	24-22
5:30		Dez White shooting foul (Aubin Gateretse draws the foul)
5:30	+1	Aubin Gateretse makes regular free throw 1 of 2	24-23
5:30	+1	Aubin Gateretse makes regular free throw 2 of 2	24-24
5:22		Giancarlo Valdez shooting foul (Isaac Haney draws the foul)
5:22	+1	Isaac Haney makes regular free throw 1 of 2	25-24
5:22	+1	Isaac Haney makes regular free throw 2 of 2	26-24
5:04		Tristan Gross misses three point jump shot
5:02		Alec Oglesby offensive rebound
4:59		Dez White shooting foul (Alec Oglesby draws the foul)
4:59	+1	Alec Oglesby makes regular free throw 1 of 2	26-25
4:59	+1	Alec Oglesby makes regular free throw 2 of 2	26-26
4:41		Dezi Jones misses two point jump shot
4:39		Giancarlo Valdez defensive rebound
4:14		Stephan Swenson misses three point jump shot
4:12		Dez White defensive rebound
4:03	+3	Ja'Monta Black makes three point jump shot (Dezi Jones assists)	29-26
3:38		Stephan Swenson turnover (Isaac Haney steals)
3:33		Giancarlo Valdez shooting foul (Isaac Haney draws the foul)
3:33		TV timeout
3:33	+1	Isaac Haney makes regular free throw 1 of 2	30-26
3:33	+1	Isaac Haney makes regular free throw 2 of 2	31-26
3:24		Alec Oglesby turnover (Dez White steals)
3:22		Alec Oglesby shooting foul (Dez White draws the foul)
3:22	+1	Dez White makes regular free throw 1 of 2	32-26
3:22	+1	Dez White makes regular free throw 2 of 2	33-26
3:10		Stephan Swenson turnover (Dez White steals)
3:00	+2	Dezi Jones makes two point jump shot	35-26
3:00		Hatters 30 second timeout
2:39		Stephan Swenson misses two point layup
2:37		Hatters offensive rebound
2:29		Jalen Blackmon misses two point layup
2:29		Aubin Gateretse offensive rebound
2:29		Jordan Wilmore personal foul (Aubin Gateretse draws the foul)
2:29		Aubin Gateretse misses regular free throw 1 of 1
2:29		Isaac Haney defensive rebound
2:20		Dezi Jones misses two point jump shot
2:18		Aubin Gateretse defensive rebound
2:09	+2	Stephan Swenson makes two point layup	35-28
1:59	+2	Isaac Haney makes two point jump shot	37-28
1:39	+3	Jalen Blackmon makes three point jump shot	37-31
1:14		Isaac Haney turnover
0:59	+3	Jalen Blackmon makes three point jump shot	37-34
0:36	+2	DeMarcus Sharp makes two point layup	39-34
0:01	+2	Stephan Swenson makes two point layup	39-36
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
PEAY
Governors
52
STET
Hatters
58

Time		Play	Score
19:45		Jalen Blackmon misses three point jump shot
19:43		Ja'Monta Black defensive rebound
19:32		Stephan Swenson personal foul
19:17		Dezi Jones misses two point layup
19:15		Aubin Gateretse defensive rebound
19:08		Jalen Blackmon misses two point layup
19:08		Hatters offensive rebound
19:08		Jordan Wilmore personal foul (Jalen Blackmon draws the foul)
19:02		Jalen Blackmon misses three point jump shot
19:00		Jordan Wilmore defensive rebound
18:37		Dezi Jones misses two point jump shot
18:35		Jalen Blackmon defensive rebound
18:27	+2	Jalen Blackmon makes two point layup	39-38
18:09		Isaac Haney misses two point layup
18:07		Tristan Gross defensive rebound
18:03	+3	Alec Oglesby makes three point jump shot (Jalen Blackmon assists)	39-41
17:43		Ja'Monta Black misses three point jump shot
17:41		Aubin Gateretse defensive rebound
17:28		Stephan Swenson misses three point jump shot
17:26		Dezi Jones defensive rebound
17:16	+2	Jordan Wilmore makes two point hook shot (Dezi Jones assists)	41-41
16:53	+2	Jalen Blackmon makes two point layup	41-43
16:39	+3	Ja'Monta Black makes three point jump shot (Dezi Jones assists)	44-43
16:14	+2	Stephan Swenson makes two point layup	44-45
15:58		Ja'Monta Black misses two point layup
15:56		Isaac Haney offensive rebound
15:53	+2	Isaac Haney makes two point layup	46-45
15:50		Governors 30 second timeout
15:50		TV timeout
15:30	+2	Aubin Gateretse makes two point dunk (Jalen Blackmon assists)	46-47
15:18		Ja'Monta Black misses three point jump shot
15:16		Governors offensive rebound
15:15		TV timeout
15:12		Aubin Gateretse shooting foul (Sai Witt draws the foul)
15:12	+1	Sai Witt makes regular free throw 1 of 2	47-47
15:12	+1	Sai Witt makes regular free throw 2 of 2	48-47
14:48		Jalen Blackmon misses two point jump shot
14:46		Sai Witt defensive rebound
14:37	+2	Dezi Jones makes two point layup	50-47
14:11		Stephan Swenson misses three point jump shot
14:09		Aubin Gateretse offensive rebound
14:08		Aubin Gateretse turnover (DeMarcus Sharp steals)
14:08		Aubin Gateretse personal foul
13:52		Treyton Thompson personal foul
13:44	+2	Sai Witt makes two point layup	52-47
13:18		Tristan Gross turnover (Dezi Jones steals)
13:14	+2	Dezi Jones makes two point layup	54-47
13:13		Hatters 60 second timeout
12:55	+2	Treyton Thompson makes two point layup	54-49
12:37		Sai Witt turnover
12:25	+3	Jalen Blackmon makes three point jump shot	54-52
12:07	+2	Sai Witt makes two point layup (Dezi Jones assists)	56-52
11:54		DeMarcus Sharp shooting foul (Jalen Blackmon draws the foul)
11:54		TV timeout
11:54	+1	Jalen Blackmon makes regular free throw 1 of 2	56-53
11:54	+1	Jalen Blackmon makes regular free throw 2 of 2	56-54
11:36		Treyton Thompson blocks Sai Witt's two point layup
11:34		Alec Oglesby defensive rebound
11:30		Dez White shooting foul (Jalen Blackmon draws the foul)
11:30		Jalen Blackmon misses regular free throw 1 of 2
11:30	+1	Jalen Blackmon makes regular free throw 2 of 2	56-55
11:02		Sai Witt misses two point layup
11:00		Dezi Jones offensive rebound
10:57	+2	DeMarcus Sharp makes two point layup (Dezi Jones assists)	58-55
10:39	+2	Jalen Blackmon makes two point jump shot	58-57
10:28	+2	Dezi Jones makes two point layup	60-57
10:05		Stephan Swenson misses two point layup
10:03		Hatters offensive rebound
9:59		Treyton Thompson misses two point layup
9:57		Hatters offensive rebound
9:50	+3	Jalen Blackmon makes three point jump shot (Alec Oglesby assists)	60-60
9:36		Ja'Monta Black misses three point jump shot
9:34		Jordan Wilmore offensive rebound
9:31		Dezi Jones turnover (Tristan Gross steals)
9:31		Dezi Jones personal foul
9:16		Isaac Haney personal foul
9:03	+2	Jalen Blackmon makes two point layup	60-62
9:03		Dez White shooting foul (Jalen Blackmon draws the foul)
9:03	+1	Jalen Blackmon makes regular free throw 1 of 1	60-63
8:43	+2	DeMarcus Sharp makes two point jump shot	62-63
8:21	+2	Jalen Blackmon makes two point jump shot	62-65
8:10		Alec Oglesby personal foul
8:06		Treyton Thompson personal foul
8:06		TV timeout
7:54	+2	DeMarcus Sharp makes two point jump shot	64-65
7:54		Stephan Swenson shooting foul (DeMarcus Sharp draws the foul)
7:54	+1	DeMarcus Sharp makes regular free throw 1 of 1	65-65
7:34	+3	Alec Oglesby makes three point jump shot (Jalen Blackmon assists)	65-68
7:25		Dezi Jones turnover (Tristan Gross steals)
6:57		Stephan Swenson misses two point jump shot
6:57		Governors defensive rebound
6:35		Isaac Haney misses three point jump shot
6:33		Jalen Blackmon defensive rebound
6:30		Sai Witt personal foul
6:30	+1	Jalen Blackmon makes regular free throw 1 of 2	65-69
6:30	+1	Jalen Blackmon makes regular free throw 2 of 2	65-70
6:16	+2	Sai Witt makes two point layup	67-70
5:52		Jalen Blackmon misses three point jump shot
5:50		Stephan Swenson offensive rebound
5:47		Jalen Blackmon misses three point jump shot
5:45		Ja'Monta Black defensive rebound
5:45		Alec Oglesby personal foul
5:45	+1	Ja'Monta Black makes regular free throw 1 of 2	68-70
5:45	+1	Ja'Monta Black makes regular free throw 2 of 2	69-70
5:37		Ja'Monta Black personal foul
5:37	+1	Stephan Swenson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	69-71
5:37	+1	Stephan Swenson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	69-72
5:22		Sai Witt turnover
5:11		Jordan Wilmore personal foul (Jalen Blackmon draws the foul)
5:11		Jalen Blackmon misses regular free throw 1 of 1
5:11		DeMarcus Sharp defensive rebound
4:49		Aubin Gateretse blocks Isaac Haney's two point jump shot
4:47		Jalen Blackmon defensive rebound
4:46		Dezi Jones personal foul
4:46	+1	Jalen Blackmon makes regular free throw 1 of 2	69-73
4:46	+1	Jalen Blackmon makes regular free throw 2 of 2	69-74
4:31		Dezi Jones turnover (lost ball) (Jalen Blackmon steals)
4:26		Sai Witt shooting foul (Aubin Gateretse draws the foul)
4:26	+1	Aubin Gateretse makes regular free throw 1 of 2	69-75
4:26		Aubin Gateretse misses regular free throw 2 of 2
4:26		Sai Witt defensive rebound
4:15		Alec Oglesby personal foul
4:15	+1	DeMarcus Sharp makes regular free throw 1 of 2	70-75
4:15	+1	DeMarcus Sharp makes regular free throw 2 of 2	71-75
4:12		Ja'Monta Black personal foul
4:12	+1	Aubin Gateretse makes regular free throw 1 of 2	71-76
4:12		Aubin Gateretse misses regular free throw 2 of 2
4:12		DeMarcus Sharp defensive rebound
4:01		Giancarlo Valdez personal foul (Dezi Jones draws the foul)
4:01	+1	Dezi Jones makes regular free throw 1 of 2	72-76
4:01	+1	Dezi Jones makes regular free throw 2 of 2	73-76
3:49		Ja'Monta Black personal foul
3:49		TV timeout
3:49	+1	Stephan Swenson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	73-77
3:49	+1	Stephan Swenson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	73-78
3:42		Tristan Gross personal foul
3:42		DeMarcus Sharp misses regular free throw 1 of 2
3:42	+1	DeMarcus Sharp makes regular free throw 2 of 2	74-78
3:42		Hatters 30 second timeout
3:23		Jalen Blackmon misses two point jump shot
3:21		Sai Witt defensive rebound
3:07		Dezi Jones misses three point jump shot
3:05		Jalen Blackmon defensive rebound
2:55	+2	Alec Oglesby makes two point layup (Stephan Swenson assists)	74-80
2:42		Sai Witt misses two point layup
2:40		DeMarcus Sharp offensive rebound
2:40		Alec Oglesby personal foul
2:40	+1	DeMarcus Sharp makes regular free throw 1 of 2	75-80
2:40	+1	DeMarcus Sharp makes regular free throw 2 of 2	76-80
2:19	+2	Jalen Blackmon makes two point layup	76-82
2:10	+3	Isaac Haney makes three point jump shot (Dezi Jones assists)	79-82
2:08		Governors 30 second timeout
2:07		Hansel Enmanuel personal foul
2:07	+1	Aubin Gateretse makes regular free throw 1 of 2	79-83
2:07	+1	Aubin Gateretse makes regular free throw 1 of 2	79-83
2:07	+1	Aubin Gateretse makes regular free throw 2 of 2	79-84
1:58	+2	DeMarcus Sharp makes two point layup	81-84
1:54		Stephan Swenson turnover (Sai Witt steals)
1:50	+3	Dezi Jones makes three point jump shot (DeMarcus Sharp assists)	84-84
1:08	+2	Jalen Blackmon makes two point layup	84-86
1:08		DeMarcus Sharp shooting foul (Jalen Blackmon draws the foul)
1:08	+1	Jalen Blackmon makes regular free throw 1 of 1	84-87
0:57	+2	Sai Witt makes two point dunk (Dezi Jones assists)	86-87
0:57		Sai Witt personal foul
0:57	+1	Aubin Gateretse makes regular free throw 1 of 2	86-88
0:57	+1	Aubin Gateretse makes regular free throw 2 of 2	86-89
0:33		Dezi Jones misses three point jump shot
0:31		Giancarlo Valdez defensive rebound
0:28		Dezi Jones personal foul
0:28	+1	Jalen Blackmon makes regular free throw 1 of 2	86-90
0:28	+1	Jalen Blackmon makes regular free throw 2 of 2	86-91
0:20		Ja'Monta Black misses three point jump shot
0:18		Sai Witt offensive rebound
0:16	+2	Sai Witt makes two point layup	88-91
0:16		Aubin Gateretse shooting foul (Sai Witt draws the foul)
0:16	+1	Sai Witt makes regular free throw 1 of 1	89-91
0:16		Governors 60 second timeout
0:12		Dezi Jones personal foul
0:12		Jalen Blackmon misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:12	+1	Jalen Blackmon makes regular free throw 2 of 2	89-92
0:05		Aubin Gateretse personal foul
0:05	+1	Dezi Jones makes regular free throw 1 of 2	90-92
0:05	+1	Dezi Jones makes regular free throw 2 of 2	91-92
0:04		Dezi Jones personal foul
0:04	+1	Jalen Blackmon makes regular free throw 1 of 2	91-93
0:04	+1	Jalen Blackmon makes regular free throw 2 of 2	91-94
0:00		Ja'Monta Black misses three point jump shot
0:00		Hatters defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

Hatters defensive rebound