March 10, 2025
The workforce is driving an eight-game successful streak.
Savannah State College males’s basketball’s eight-game successful streak has come on the proper time. On Saturday, March 8, it received the SIAC (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Convention) Match Championship, the workforce’s second since 2022.
The Tigers beat Tuskegee College, 67-66 at Forbes Enviornment on the campus of Morehouse Faculty after Javonte Landy hit a free throw with two seconds left within the sport.
“Congratulations to THE @savannahstate College, the 2025 @thesiac Champions! #SavannahStrong #SSU #WeHailYou”
The Tigers had been down by eight factors with lower than 5 minutes remaining within the sport, however went on a 14-3 run to beat Tuskugee within the closing minutes. Landy led the workforce with a season-high 23 factors, making 4 of six pictures from behind the three-point line and making 5 of six free throws.
On their approach to successful the championship, Savannah State avenged losses in the course of the season by beating Spring Hill Faculty, Miles Faculty, Central State College, and Tuskegee. In three of the 4 video games, the Tigers misplaced by double digits.
The Tigers’ document is 18-11, with a 12-9 convention document. In addition they took dwelling the convention championship in 1970 and from 1979 to 1981.
The workforce now heads to the NCAA II Males’s Match. They’ve been chosen because the No. 8 seed within the South Area and can play No. 1 seed, Nova Southeastern College on Saturday, March 15, in South Florida at 5:00 p.m.
The college additionally introduced that Landy was honored as HBCU Nationwide Participant of the Week by BOXTOROW. The junior averaged 19 factors with 48 % taking pictures from the sphere. Landy led the workforce to a 4-0 document within the SIAC Match. .
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