SCRANTON \u2014 Mario Castro Sanchez hit three of four free throws in the final minute after keying Susquehanna’s pivotal second-half run, and the River Hawks topped Scranton 85-78 in the first round of the Landmark Conference Men\u2019s Basketball Championship on Tuesday at the John Long Center.<\/p>\n
Billy Anderson scored a game-high 27 points off the bench, and Castro Sanchez added 21 as Susquehanna avenged a pair of regular-season losses to the third-seeded Royals. The sixth-seeded River Hawks (14-12), who earned the tournament’s final berth via a tiebreaker, advanced to Thursday’s semifinals against defending champion and No. 2 Drew at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n
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