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Games 737-739: Mid-week tripleheader

739 - (8) SIU-Edwardsville vs. (5) Morehead State
Ohio Valley first round
March 6 at Ford Center in Evansville, IN
espn3

738 - (6) Vermont women at (3) Stony Brook
America East quarterfinals
March 6 at Island Federal Arena in Stony Brook, NY
ESPN +

Shania Johnson continued her incredible senior season in leading the third-seeded Seawolves into the semifinals.

Johnson broke her own school record with 16 assists (she's fourth in the country in the category) and added 14 points and India Pagan scored a career-high 21 points (on 10-of-13 shooting) in Stony Brook's 69-58 win.

Johnson's back court mate Jerell Matthews' night became sort of an afterthought, but it shouldn't have been. The 5-9 senior drained six 3-pointers (on 10 attempts) and scored 20 points to go along with a team-high eight rebounds.

The Seawolves erased a six-point halftime deficit thanks to a dominant third quarter (28-15).

Vermont got a game-high 28 points from Hanna Crymble.

737 - (13) Florida women vs. (12) Mississippi
SEC first round
March 6 at Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, SC
SEC Network



Other games watched:

(7) UT Martin vs. (6) Eastern Illinois, Ohio Valley first round

Game 150 - (3) Morehead State vs. (2) UT-Martin

Ohio Valley semifinals
March 4 at Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, TN
ESPNU

This Ohio Valley Tournament is what makes college basketball, and in particular this part of the college basketball season, so fantastic.

With UT-Martin's 83-70 victory, the Skyhawks are in the OVC final for the first time in the program's Division 1 history. That's a history that began in 1992 and before coach Heath Schroyer arrived last season, there had only been three winning seasons. Shroyer is 2-for-2 in that department and UT-Martin can go its first-ever NCAA Tournament with a win in Saturday's final.

As for the other finalist, Austin Peay won a thriller, 97-96 in overtime over top seed Belmont.

The Governors, 14-17 coming into the tournament (now 17-17), are the first No. 8 seed to advance to the OVC title game. The Clarksville, Tennessee school is trying to reach the NCAAs for the first time since 2007-2008.

Now, to the nonsense

Rick Hollenberg and Mark Adams are enthusiastic announcers who both seem to love not just the sport of basketball, but in particular college basketball, especially Adams. I love that in an announcing team.

They also are prone to silliness.

* Adams said "the miracle on Martin" six different times, but thankfully only once said "he was a manimal!"

* Hollenberg: "Cinderella lives in Nash Vegas!"

I don't have any idea what/where Nash Vegas means/is.