East Tennessee State Buccaneers at UC Irvine Anteaters
· SANFORD PENTAGON SHOWCASE
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
72 - 66
72 - 66
Cromer leads ETSU to tourney title over UC Davis
Irvine led 34-31 at the half and pushed it to eight early before Bradford's dunk at 12:54 gave the Buccaneers a 46-45 lead. A Julian Waters 3 at the 11 minute mark put ETSU up for good, 50-47.
The Aggies tied the game at 55 but the Bucs reeled off eight straight, starting with two Cromer free throws and ending with his 3. The lead was slashed to three inside the final minute but Bradford made four free throws and Cromer two in the last 26 seconds.
ETSU (5-1) finished 17 of 23 from the line in the second half. Cromer was named MVP of the round-robin tourney.
Ioannis Dimakopoulos had 21 points and Jaron Martin 19 for the Aggies (3-4).
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Statistics
 ETSU |
 UCI |
|
|---|---|---|
| 21-45 | FG | 23-55 |
| 47 | Field Goal % | 42 |
| 7-20 | 3PT | 8-20 |
| 35 | Three Point % | 40 |
| 23-35 | FT | 12-20 |
| 66 | Free Throw % | 60 |
| 31 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 6 | Offensive Rebounds | 11 |
| 25 | Defensive Rebounds | 23 |
| 15 | Assists | 14 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 1 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 15 | Total Turnovers | 18 |
| 1 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 1 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Points Off Turnovers | 0 |
| 0 | Fast Break Points | 0 |
| 0 | Points in Paint | 0 |
| 21 | Fouls | 30 |
Game Information
Venue: Sanford Pentagon
Location: Sioux Falls, SD
Attendance: 291 | Capacity:
Location: Sioux Falls, SD
Attendance: 291 | Capacity:
2025-26 Southern Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Tennessee State | 13-5 | - | 23-11 |
| Mercer | 11-7 | 2 | 19-13 |
| Wofford | 11-7 | 2 | 19-13 |
| Samford | 11-7 | 2 | 18-14 |
| Furman | 10-8 | 3 | 22-13 |
| Western Carolina | 10-8 | 3 | 15-16 |
| UNC Greensboro | 9-9 | 4 | 15-19 |
| Chattanooga | 7-11 | 6 | 13-19 |
| The Citadel | 7-11 | 6 | 11-22 |
| VMI | 1-17 | 12 | 6-26 |
2025-26 Big West Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| UC Irvine | 15-5 | - | 23-12 |
| Hawai'i | 14-6 | 1 | 24-9 |
| UC San Diego | 12-8 | 3 | 23-11 |
| Cal State Northridge | 12-8 | 3 | 20-14 |
| Cal State Fullerton | 12-8 | 3 | 18-16 |
| UC Davis | 11-9 | 4 | 19-14 |
| UC Santa Barbara | 11-9 | 4 | 18-14 |
| Cal Poly | 10-10 | 5 | 14-19 |
| Long Beach State | 6-14 | 9 | 10-22 |
| UC Riverside | 5-15 | 10 | 10-22 |
| Cal State Bakersfield | 2-18 | 13 | 8-24 |