Men's basketball: Vikings to play for national title

Rory Blanche, Zach Henifin, and their teammates on the Western Washington University men's basketball team will have a chance Saturday, March 24, to win a national title in a men's team sport for the first time in school history.
The Vikings built a 20-point lead early in the second half and held on to beat Stonehill College 71-66 on Thursday, March 22, in an NCAA Division II national semifinal game at Northern Kentucky University's Bank of Kentucky Center.
The Vikings will play defending national champion Montevallo in Saturday's final at NKU.