Reserve guard Ridge Shipley connected from the top of the key with 13.7 seconds left, and the seventh-seeded Cal Poly pulled out a 61-59 victory over Cal State Northridge on Saturday night to put fifth-year coach Joe Callero's team into the NCAA tourney for the first time in school history.
Shipley scored 11 of his 14 points in the second half, Chris Eversley had a team-high 18 and Dave Nwaba added 17. Eversley was named tournament MVP, the first player from his school to receive that honor.
Stephen Maxwell scored 18 points for Northridge (17-18), which lost all three meetings with Cal Poly.