GRAND VALLEY STATE 55, PARKSIDE 53
It took a improbable buzzer-beater for the No. 7 seed Grand Valley State to take down the No. 3 Parkside men's basketball team in the GLIAC Semifinals, which was hosted by Davenport. The Lakers' Jeremiah Ferguson hit a falling away jumper from the corner as time expired after GVSU secured an offensive rebound with :23-seconds to play.

Parkside ends the 2018-19 season with a 16-12 overall record and won the GLIAC North Division. They will enter the 2019-20 season with an 11-game winning streak on their home court.

HEAR FROM COACH REIGEL
"This is an absolute heartbreaking loss," head coach Luke Reigel. "I wish the season could keep going because this group gave us everything they had. Our seniors, Chip, Bret and Adam have always acted like Champions. Win, lose or through unbelievable adversity they have always represented our program with class."

"They have set a very high bar for our young players on how to be great teammates, win or lose. I'm proud to have coached these young men and they will always be Rangers."

DOWN THE STRETCH
With 2:16 to play and Parkside trailing 52-50, redshirt-senior Chavares Flanigan hit a clutch 3-pointer from the wing, putting the Rangers up 53-52. GVSU got to the free-throw line with 1:13 to play and went 1-for-2, tying the game up at 52-52.

Ramar Evans missed a tough layup with :47-seconds left, followed by a Lakers' 3-point attempt that was missed, but they grabbed the offensive rebound and ended up hitting the buzzer-beater on a broken play.

TIGHT GAME THROUGHOUT
Parkside had a nice lead early on, taking a 15-4 advantage with 13:22 to play, but the Lakers used an 11-0 run to take a 19-17 lead with 6:36 to play. Parkside took a 26-21 lead into the half after holding the Lakers' to 38.5-percent from the floor with nine turnovers in the first half.

In the final 10:00 of the second half, there was never more than a five-point lead, with the Rangers holding on to the lead the most of the way.

STATWORTHY
Adam Bonk had a huge first half, going for 13 points on 3-of-5 shooting from beyond the arc, but the sharpshooter was held scoreless in the second half. Bonk and Flanigan led the team with 13 points each while Brandon Trimble had 10 and hit a couple of key shots down the stretch. Joey St. Pierre finished with seven points and nine rebounds while Ramar Evans had seven points and four steals.

Parkside shot 38.8-percent while GVSU finished at 41.8. The Lakers won the rebounding battle 39-26 and went +8 in offensive rebounds.