Latraius Mosley’s 3-point shot broke a late tie, and the Chattanooga State men’s basketball team edged Roane State 69-67 to join the Lady Tigers in the NJCAA Region VII tournament semifinals today in Dyersburg, Tenn.
The Tigers (23-5) missed four free throws after Mosley’s shot but got defensive stops, and Alex Wells made two free throws for a five-point lead. Jonathan Maybank hit a 3 for Roane (16-11) and the Raiders got the ball back on a turnover but couldn’t get off a shot in the last four seconds despite taking five timeouts to set one up.
Alex Dean had 20 points and 11 rebounds to lead Chattanooga State, while Mosley had 12 points and Wells and Michael Robertson scored 10 each. Maybank scored 18 in defeat.
The Tigers face Columbia State today. Top-seeded Motlow State also reached the men’s semifinals by beating Cleveland State 80-47. Darryn Frazier scored 14 points for the Bucks, who took a 35-4 lead.
Keith Johnson had 14 points and 11 rebounds for the Cougars (13-15).