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Gaels lose overtime thriller to Utah in NIT quarterfinals

By Dean Boerner | Editor-in-Chief

Landale goes for two his 17 points in the loss to Utah. (Courtesy of smcgaels.com)

In an incredibly evenly-matched game up until the two-minute mark of the overtime period, Utah prevailed over Saint Mary’s in the quarterfinals of the NIT, using a dominant final five minutes to down the Gaels in front of a packed house at McKeon Pavilion. Thus ends the season of Saint Mary’s, who finished 30-6 in the winningest season in program history, and thus ends the Saint Mary’s careers of the trio of Jock Landale, Emmett Naar, and Calvin Hermanson, the winningest trio in the history of Saint Mary’s basketball.