ASTON Pa,- The Immaculata men's basketball team picked up an Atlantic East Conference Quarterfinal victory for the fourth straight season with a 70-69 win over Neumann this evening.
 
How It Happened:
In a packed house at the Mirenda Center, it was the Mighty Macs who came out on top due to a Mandon Seapoe foul shot with 3.1 seconds remaining to secure the road victory for Immaculata.
 
It was a game of runs throughout, with both teams trading blows from start to finish. Neumann led by as many as nine points with 8 minutes remaining in the first half, however Immaculata would end the first half on a 15-0 run.
 
Both teams would exchange holding the lead in the second half, Immaculata would lead by seven with 7:05 remaining. Neumann would take a one-point lead with 3:42 remaining. From that point on, the Mighty Macs would not trail for the remainder of the contest.
 
Tim Schultice would hit the biggest shot of the night, receiving a feed from Seapoe off an offensive rebound where Schultice would knock down a three to put the Macs up four with 1:21 to play. The Knights would tie the contest up with 10 seconds left to play, before Seapoe called game at the charity stripe.  
 
 
 
Inside the Numbers:
Tyler Tillery and Keith Farmer led the way for Immaculata with 14 points each, both tied for a team high. Tillery led the way with eight rebounds, while Dinero Washington and Mandon Seapoe hauled in five a piece. Dylan Crews added 12 points of his own.
 
Overall, nine Mighty Macs found the scoring column with Seapoe (9), Washington (8), John Proctor (5), Idan Zuker (3), Schultice (3) and Gregory Vlassopoulos (2), all helped the Mighty Macs take down the Knights offensively.
 
 
Extras:
 
14 wins in a season sets a single season high for Head Coach Jayson Hyman and marks the first time since 2017-18 the team will finish the season with a winning record.
 
When asked how his team handled the atmosphere this evening and how it will prepare them for another loud gymnasium on Wednesday night at Marymount, Head Coach Jayson Hyman stated "It is always tough to play on the road. Neumann has a great atmosphere; the fans get so invested into the game and their players feed off it. We fell victim to that in our previous match up against them. I thought today we handled it much better; although they disrupted us on the free-throw line, we were able to make plays. I believe every playoff win helps you for the next game. Marymount also has a very invested crowd that they feed off."