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NORTH CANTON, Ohio - Branden Maughmer's steal and layup beat the buzzer to stun No. 2 Hillsdale, 68-66, in the G-MAC Championship Semifinals and send the No. 6 Yellow Jackets to the title game for the second year in a row.

CU faces host and No. 1 seed Walsh on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. EST with the winner earning the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional.

Maughmer stole an inbounds pass with six seconds remaining and sprinted three-quarters the length of the court to lay in the winner.

It finished off a furious finish in which the Yellow Jackets scored seven unanswered points in the final 43 seconds to beat the Chargers for the first time ever.

Trailing 66-61 with under a minute to play, Isaiah Speelman drilled a three-pointer and then following a Hillsdale turnover, Maughmer canned a 15-footer with 12 seconds left to tie it.

Maughmer racked up 24 points, seven rebounds, and five steals for Cedarville, 19-11.

Jayvon Maughmer scored 15 points, Kollin Van Horn muscled in 12, and Speelman had 11.

Stinger Notes:

• The Maughmer brothers netted 22 of the team's 32 points in the second period.
• Cedarville had a 14-point lead in the first half and was up 36-24 at the intermission.
• Hillsdale regained the advantage with 8:45 to go and held it until Maughmer's heroics.
• The Jackets made just 1-of-4 free throws and were outrebounded 31-23.
• Cedarville committed only four turnovers and forced 16.
• CU had never beaten the Chargers in 11 previous meetings.

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