The Game Facts:
Score: Catholic 95, No. 20 Roanoke 91 OT  
Location: Hartford, Conn. – Trinity College (Ray Oosting Gymnasium)

The Short story: The Roanoke men's basketball team held a 19-point early second half lead, but Catholic University rallied for a 95-91 overtime win over the Maroons in the NCAA Division III Tournament's Round of 16.  

Roanoke finishes the 2024-25 season 25-6, the most wins for the program since the 1993-94 season. The last time the Maroons reached the Sweet 16 was in the 1995-96 campaign.

How it happened:  
*Roanoke took a 14-7 lead with 9:33 left in the first half behind eight points from freshman Caleb Franze.
*RC opened a 38-25 lead at intermission as sophomore Gavin O'Malley scored the last six points of the half.
*Roanoke netted the first six points of the second half to open a 19-point lead. The Cardinals chipped away at the Maroon lead and made it a single-digit edge (54-46) with 13:15 remaining. *Catholic tied the game at 76 all with a 9-0 run with 1:59 left in regulation. Joshua McClary scored on back-to-back possessions to give RC an 80-78 advantage, but Dan Buckley answered with a layup to tie the game with 25 seconds left. Roanoke couldn't convert in the closing seconds and the game went into overtime.
*The Maroons scored the first four points of overtime but Catholic netted the next nine to go ahead 89-84 with 1:16 left. A McClary three pointer cut the edge to 93-91 with 15 seconds left but Catholic sealed the game at the free-throw line and forced a late turnover.

 Inside the numbers:
*McClary finished with a team-high 27 points and added five rebounds and five assists.  
*O'Malley posted 22 points and eight rebounds, shooting 9-of-14 from the field.
*Marcus Morgan had 14 points, four rebounds and four assists and Franze had 14 points.
*Jackson Bell had 10 points and Joshua Morse snared eight rebounds with three points, three assists and two steals.
*CJ Ruoff scored a game-high 36 points for Catholic (25-5), hitting 6-of-11 from three-point range to go with five rebounds and five assists.
*Brian Herbert scored 21 points and Buckley had 20 points, six rebounds and four assists.