This earned Marian a crack at the top-seed for the tournament, the MSOE Raiders.  Similarly to the CUW match-up, Marian was an under dog after falling to the Raiders 85-81 in overtime at home during the regular season.  Marian opened with a one-point lead in the first 10 minutes, but MSOE was able to finish the half strong and led 44-36 at the break.  The Sabres came out strong to begin the second half using a 17-6 spurt to retake the lead.  The two squads traded leads for most of the second half until a run of nine straight Marian points put the Sabres ahead by eight with 4:08 left to play.  MSOE was able to trim their deficit down to as little as three with 2:43 on the clock, but Marian quickly scored the next 10 points to cruise to a second straight upset.

After an upset in the other NACC Tournament semifinal, Marian found itself on the road at the No. 3 seed Aurora.  Marian was also making a bid to become just the third team to win three NACC Tournament games on the road; 2008 Lakeland and 2022 Marian.  Just like the first two games of the postseason, Marian was fighting a battle against a team that had defeated them in the regular season.  Marian once again found itself trailing at halftime by a deficit of nine points.  As they had the entire postseason, Marian persevered through it and managed to tie the game at 46-46 shortly into the second half.  It was a nail biter through the final 14:30 of action with the Spartans eventually besting Marian by just one point to earn an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.
 
Marian had four All-Conference selections highlighted by Andrew Ayeni earning First Team recognition.  Marvin Haslett had a spectacular first season as a Sabre earning All-Conference honors and Freshman of the Year recognition.  He became the first Sabre to earn Freshman of the Year since 2012.  Alex Vassilakis and Derek Lindert were also All-NACC picks and were named to the CSC Academic All-District squad.
 

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