Sacred Heart fought off a second-half rally Friday night to earn its first Kaysinger Conference tournament championship, defeating Stover 54-46 at Fred E. Davis Multipurpose Center.
“This is our first tournament championship and also the first time our program’s hit 20 wins,” Sacred Heart coach Shawn Bestgen said. “Stover’s a good team and we had to battle tonight. We had several players step up and get the job done and my hat’s off to them.”
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