GLENSIDE, Pa. -- Josh Scott scored 25 points and the Arcadia men's basketball team outlasted Albright, 77-73, on Thursday night in the MAC Commonwealth Semifinals at Alumni Gymnasium.
 
The Knights improved to 21-5 with the win, while Albright's season ends at 9-17 overall. Arcadia will now play for the MAC Commonwealth Championship for the second time in program history and first time since the 2015-16 season when it dropped a 78-73 decision at home to Lycoming. The conference championship would be the first for an Arcadia men's basketball team in any conference. The Knights will play host to third-seeded Widener on Saturday at 7 p.m. The Pride knocked off second-seeded Hood 87-70 on Thursday night.
 
In a game that featured 15 lead changes and five ties, and saw a combined 42 personal fouls called, the Knight made their final three shots from the floor and hit on 8 of 10 free throws in the final 3:32 to hold off a late charge from the Lions.
 
Albright whittled an eight-point deficit (63-55) with 5:57 to play down to a single point (63-62) by the 3:50 mark following a layup by Jared Rappoport. Da'Kquan Davis answered with a layup in traffic for the Knights, and after the Lions split a pair of free throws, Josh Scott made a short jumper with 2:59 left to give AU a four-point lead. Samuel Majekodunmi followed with a pair of free throws for the Lions, but Scott answered right back with two of his own to make it 69-65 with 2:37 on the clock.
 
Sidney Brown pulled Albright to within 69-68 with a triple on the ensuing possession, but two free throws by Davis, followed by and Evan Slone layup gave the Knights a 73-58 lead with 1:11 to play. A missed layup followed by an empty trip to the free throw line for Albright led to two more free throws from Scott and a 75-68 lead with 38 seconds left.
 
DeLascio Dancy missed an off-balance trey for the Lions and Davis secured the rebound and made 1 of 2 free throws after getting fouled to push the lead to 76-68 with 19 seconds left. A pair of inconsequential buckets by the Lions in the final seconds, and a free throw from AU's Jordan Sanders accounted for the final score.
 
All 15 lead changes and the five ties took place in a back-and-forth first half. Albright seemed to gain some momentum late in the period, taking a 33-29 lead with 2:08 left in the half on a Brown triple, but the Knights closed the period on an 8-0 run to take a 37-33 lead at the break.
 
Albright shot 51.9 percent (27-52) for the game, but just 44.8 percent after the break. Arcadia was 28 of 53 (.528) from the floor, and shot 16 of 25 (.640) from the free-throw line. Albright hit on .769 percent of its free throws, but shot just 13 (10-13). Arcadia outrebounded the Knights 31-24 and committed 16 turnovers while forcing 18 miscues from the Lions.
 
Scott shot 8 of 9 from the floor and 9 of 12 from the free throw line to lead AU. Davis and Phil Pierfy each scored 14 points, with Davis scoring 12 of his in the second half to go with a team-high six rebounds. Slone added nine points and five boards.
 
Majekodunmi led the Lions with 25 points on 7 of 9 shooting from the field and 10 of 11 shooting from the charity stripe. Brown scored 24 points, hitting on 6 of 10 three-pointers, and Rappoport chipped in a double-double of 18 points and 11 rebounds.