DJ Cole scored on a runner with three seconds left to lift No. 6 seed Youngstown State (17-14) to a 62-60 victory over seventh-seeded Loyola University Chicago (15-16) in a Horizon League Championship First Round game tonight at the Beeghly Center. The three games between the Ramblers and Penguins were decided by a combined total of five points with all three contests decided in the final 10 seconds of regulation. Of Loyola's 16 losses this season, seven came by three points or less.

Sophomore guard D.J. Cole banked in a driving bucket near the left block with 2.5 seconds left, and the Youngstown State men's basketball team defeated Loyola 62-60 in the first round of the Horizon League Tournament on Tuesday evening at Beeghly Center.

We use the word inspiration so much it's almost become trite. Sometimes we call moments special when they really aren't much to speak of, and so we become almost numb to the moments that truly transcend ordinary. Jordan Hicks and his mother, Carla, are here to remind us what inspiration is really about, what really does matter.

Junior Alec Brown (Winona, Minn.) and sophomore Keifer Sykes (Chicago, Ill.) combined for 29 points for Green Bay (16-14, 10-6 HL) on Saturday afternoon, outshining Valpo's All-Horizon League duo, but lights out shooting from the Horizon League champion Crusaders (24-7, 13-3 HL) spoiled senior day at the Resch Center. Valpo got 21 points from Matt Kenney and 16 from Bobby Capobianco in a 75-56 in a win that snapped a four-game league winning streak for the Phoenix.

Cleveland State dropped its regular season finale at Loyola, 87-60, as the Ramblers shot 60-percent from the field on Saturday afternoon in Gentile Arena.

The UIC men's basketball team dropped a 79-67 decision versus Detroit in the regular season finale for both teams at the Pavilion Saturday afternoon. On Senior Day, Daniel Barnes and Anthony Kelley combined to score 43 points.

Jordan Hicks scored a career-high 26 points, hitting 11 of 15 shots from the field, and pulled down seven rebounds to lead Loyola University Chicago (15-15, 5-11 Horizon) to an 87-60 victory over Cleveland State (14-17, 5-11 Horizon) at Gentile Arena this afternoon in the regular-season finale for both teams. With the win, Loyola earns the No. 7 seed in the 2013 Horizon League Championship, which begins Tuesday night (March 5).

CHICAGO (3/2/13) – The University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team captured its 20th win of the season with an impressive 79-67 road win over Horizon League foe UIC. The win was also the 12th in league play for the Titans, which ties the most program history, and is the first time since 1999.

CHICAGO (3/2/13) – The University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team captured its 20th win of the season with an impressive 79-67 road win over Horizon League foe UIC. The win was also the 12th in league play for the Titans, which ties the most program history, and is the first time since 1999.

The men's basketball team shot 62 percent from the field in jumping out to a 20-point halftime lead and went on to defeat Youngstown State 72-45 in the regular-season finale for both teams Saturday at WSU's Nutter Center.