Delaware (27-2), which was held without a field goal for the last 4 minutes, 9 seconds, used two timeouts in the final 30 seconds as it tried to get the ball across halfcourt. Ultimately, they couldn’t. Sean Martin stole the ball from Jake Lowman near the midcourt line and, after St. Ignatius’ final timeout, Quinn Woidke drove the lane and snuck in the go-ahead layup with 13 seconds remaining.

Lowman’s attempt at a long 3-pointer from the top was off the mark and Carter Piatt-Brown’s put-back as time expired also missed.

“It was a high-level basketball game (with) two very good teams,” Vincenzo said. “Unfortunately, somebody’s gotta lose and it was us tonight. We had the ball in some awkward spots on the sidelines, so we had to take our timeouts just to protect ourselves. We just didn’t hold a seal long enough in the one spot and that’s basketball. They got the turnover and made a play. In a game like, tiny execution matters a lot. We executed a lot during the game, but just that tiny detail – they were better than us in (those) last 30 seconds and made a couple of plays there.”

The Pacers, who won their first district title since 1986 and second overall and followed up with their first regional championship, used a 16-2 run in the third quarter to take control.