FRANKFORT, Ky. — It will be a Campbellsville University basketball double-header in the Mid-South Conference Tournament. Seventh-ranked CU men's basketball won the rubber match between its rival Georgetown College in the semifinals, 78-72.

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Both the men's and women's teams will play in the MSC finals tomorrow, Sunday March 8. The Lady Tigers will tip at 1 p.m. ET against Shawnee State University and the men will follow at 4 p.m. ET against long-time rival University of the Cumberlands. It is the second time both teams have played in the finals the same year with the last coming in 2010.

"What a game," said CU head coach Keith Adkins. "We came out in the second half and threw a punch right at them and we had kids step up all night long."

The Tigers that stepped up were D'Von Campbell with a game-high 26 points and Eric Gaines pitched in 20. Elliott Young also led the Tigers with four 3-pointers and scored 15 points.

Campbellsville only turned the ball over five times in a game where it saw Georgetown outrebound the Tigers, 45-33.

Campbellsville and Georgetown met for the rubber match of the season and it was as good as advertised. Two of the top teams in the Mid-South Conference were neck-and-neck throughout the first half and neither could get a lead larger than Georgetown's six at the 13:13 mark.

The second half was a different story. Campbellsville came out of the locker room with a 9-0 run and retook the lead, 36-33. Elliott Young drained his second 3, Eric Gaines scored four-straight points and D'Von Campbell hit two free throws to cap the run.

The Tigers extended their run to 21-8 after hitting 7-of-8 field goals to start the half. Campbell hit a wide-open 3 from the right corner, pushing CU ahead 50-41, forcing Georgetown to call a timeout with 14:32 left.

Then Campbellsville was served a little of its own medicine in the middle of the second half. After Eric Gaines put CU up, 56-48 he was called for his fourth foul with 10:24 and went to the bench. Elliott Young then picked up his fourth foul moments later with 9:58 left and took a lengthy break. Georgetown then cut the lead to four, 61-57 with 7:13.

Elliott Young re-entered the game at the 6:04 mark and Adkins looked like a genius. The sophomore from Mt. Washington, Ky. drilled his fourth 3  out of the right corner to push CU ahead, 64-58.

The genius act continued for Adkins and his staff. This time Gaines checked back in and made his presence felt right away. He hit a basket while being fouled to push CU ahead, 66-58. He missed the free throw but D'Von Campbell hustled after the board and hit a slashing Damontre Harris for the alley-oop slam, forcing GC to call another timeout with 3:14 left and CU leading 68-58.

"There was a lot of heart tonight," said Adkins. "And that was one big play where I saw determination in the eyes of D'von after picking up that offensive rebound on the missed free throw. That was huge for us at that point and gave us the entire momentum at the end.

"You see a team that feeds off that," said Adkins. "The rest of the team sees their best player make a big hustle play like that and it goes to everyone else…… That was huge."

After a McWhorter slam, Harris one-upped him with another flush to push Campbellsville ahead, 71-62 with 1:40 left.

Georgetown extended the game by fouling Campbellsville in the final minute and the Tigers answered the call. Mainly, it was Campbell at the line for the Tigers, hitting 6-of-8 down the stretch. Campbellsville as a team hit 8-of-12 from the charity stripe in the final minute to close the game.

"He (Campbell) does a great job coming up with plays no matter how he plays up to that point," said Adkins. "We saw him take a charge tonight and that was a huge play defensively. He also scored and took control on the offensive side when we needed him to hit free throws down the stretch. We wouldn't be this far without D'von that is for sure."

The CU Tigers only hit 10-of-32 (31.3 percent) but awoke in the second half and finished hitting 42.6 percent (26-of-61) from the floor.

Campbellsville is looking for its second MSC Tournament Championship and will play University of the Cumberlands tomorrow afternoon at 4 p.m. EST.