But with five minutes left, it was 180-180, and it looked like anyone's game. Both Lafayette and Pitt gave the finalists all they could handle, from a crowd that wasn't expecting much of the B-Pool teams, whose games were much lower scoring, on average. Pitt played a great game, only to be overtaken by a Travis-led Georgetown comeback, and defeated on an overtime question answered by the same worthy player. The second semifinal was the match of the tournament. Pitt jumped out to a 100-point lead by early in the second half, only to see Georgetown storm back to take a seemingly insurmountable lead with a minute left.
Teams shake hands and leave stage to a nice ovation.
But remember, the score on the chalkboard is NOT the official score. The official scoresheet stated that the two teams were tied at 200, and both teams returned to their seats for a sudden death tossup. The tossup was answered at the end of the question by Georgetown, and they took the game 210-200. All told, credit should be given to WVU for putting on a very well run tournament in which 5 game officials were present for virtually every match, and to George Washington, for going undefeated in Region 4 for the third consecutive year. James Rogers Johns Hopkins University 490 pts.