Baltimore • Jimmer Fredette’s team could never get over the hump Thursday night in the semifinals of The Basketball Tournament, a $2 million winner-take-all event.
Despite runs of 13-0 and 10-0 in the second half, Team Fredette could never take control and lost 80-76 to Eberlein Drive on the campus of Morgan State University.
Fredette, who averaged 32.8 points in the tournament’s first four games, had 11 points through three quarters, and finished with 22.
Eberlein Drive led 73-69 at the first dead ball under four minutes, and the Elam Ending went into effect, the target score becoming 80.