MINNEAPOLIS -- Tayler Persons made three game-clinching buckets Sunday, as the Mid-American Conference team came within two points of a shot at the Dos Equis 3X3U National Championship.
Persons' squad fell to the eventual champions from the Colonial Athletic Association in the semifinals on ESPN2. The MAC bounced back to defeat the Northeast Conference in the third-place contest on his final game-winner.
The Kokomo, Indiana, product recently completed his senior season at Ball State. He teamed with fellow MAC seniors Larry Austin Jr. (Central Michigan), Jaelan Sanford (Toledo) and Jaylin Walker (Kent State) to represent the league this Final Four weekend in front of large crowds at the Mall of America.