MARCH 4, 2009
 NEWBERRY, S.C. - The second-seeded Newberry College men's basketball team will advance to the 2009 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Tournament semifinals after a hard-fought 107-103 victory over seventh-seeded Mars Hill College in Eleazer Arena on Wednesday night.
Newberry (21-7 overall) will face third-seeded Tusculum College in the semifinal matchup at 8 p.m. Saturday in Hickory, N.C., at the Catawba Valley Community College Arena. Mars Hill ends its season at 17-11 overall.
Newberry was led by 32 points and nine rebounds from senior forward Clemente Martin (Freeport, Bahamas), who played his final game in Eleazer Arena. Sophomore Jesse Wheeler (Suwanee, Ga.) scored 24 points and grabbed eight rebounds, with no points bigger than the long distance three-pointer he drained with 1.9 seconds on the clock in regulation to tie the game and send it to the extra frame.
Brett Goodwell (Inglewood, Calif.) added 17 points and eight rebounds, with Grant Domsic (Winter Garden, Fla.) rounding out double-digit scorers with 16 points. Matt Alexander (Atlanta, Ga.) scored seven points, dished out eight assists and grabbed five rebounds in his final home game.
Mars Hill had three 20-plus scorers, led by 25 points from P.J. Gore (North Myrtle Beach, S.C.). Danny Sanders (Shelby, N.C.) netted 23 points and Stoney Polite (Morganton, N.C.) scored 20 points off of the bench. Jamarl Glen (District Heights, Md.) scored 13 points and grabbed a team-high eight boards and Akeene Coakley (Mount Pleasant, S.C.) rounded out double-digit Lions with 12 points.
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