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About the 2001 Division III
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William Paterson 67, Illinois Wesleyan 52
SALEM, Va. — Senior guard Horace Jenkins scored a game-high 30 points to lead William Paterson to a 67-52 win over Illinois Wesleyan in the semifinals of the 2001 NCAA Division III Men’s Basketball Championships held at the Salem Civic Center. The Pioneers (26-4) will play Catholic University of America (27-5) in tomorrow’s national championship game. The title game will be broadcast live on Fox Sports South at 5pm.

Jenkins’ 30 points came on 11-of-19 shooting from the field and a perfect 6-of-6 from the line. He also had four boards and dished out five assists. Senior forward Ray Ortiz also scored in double figures with 11 points and eight rebounds.

Sophomore forward Luke Kasten led Illinois Wesleyan (23-7) with 18 points and four rebounds while sophomore guard Laban Cross chipped in with 12 points in 25 minutes of play. The Titans will face Ohio Northern (27-3) in tomorrow’s consolation game slated for 2:30 pm.

The Pioneers jumped out to an early 9-0 lead to start the game. However, with the score 31-17 in favor of William Paterson, the Titans went on a 9-4 run to end the first half as they went into the locker room down 35-26. A lay-up by Jenkins with 5:31 left in the game gave the Pioneers their largest lead of the game, 62-45.

William Paterson shot 43.5% for the game and was 71.4% from the charity stripe. Illinois Wesleyan finished the game shooting 40.9% from the field and 75.0% from the line, but committed 19 turnovers to Paterson’s eight.

The championship game appearance marks the first for both William Paterson and Catholic. William Paterson advanced to the national semifinals in 1999 losing to UW-Platteville, 75-51. Tomorrow’s championship also marks the third consecutive year the two teams have met in the NCAA Tournament. William Paterson was a winner in 1999 in the round of 16, while Catholic came out ahead in the 2000 round of 16.

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