JOLIET - Indiana South Bend hit a 3-point shot 10 seconds into the game and led from wire-to-wire to defeat University of St. Francis, 81-65, in a quarterfinal round game of the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament Tuesday night at the Recreation Center.

The loss ends USF's season and also ends the Hall of Fame 34-year coaching career of retiring USF coach Pat Sullivan.

The visiting Titans (8-22) used hot shooting on their end (17-of-30, 56.7 percent) and poor marksmanship by the Saints (13-of-33, 39.4 percent) in the first half to open up a 45-31 lead at the intermission. IUSB was especially hot from 3-point range in the first 20 minutes, as the Titans made 5-of-7 shots from beyond the arc with guard Kyle Heatherly leading the way by canning 4-of-5.

IUSB did not let the Saints off the hook in the early moments of the second half, either, as the Titans immediately extended their lead to as much as 22 points at 55-33 with 17:31 left in the game.

USF then made a little run at the Titans with a 9-1 spurt that cut the visitors' lead to 13 points at 56-43 with 12:40 on the clock. But that 13-point deficit was as close as the Saints could get. IUSB again pushed the margin to 22 points at 79-57 at the two-minute mark before settling for the final 16-point spread.

Junior point guard Andrew Fair (Olive-Harvey College/Chicago, IL) led all scorers in the game with a season-best 23 points. Fair also shared top rebounding honors for the Saints, matching the total of six collected by sophomore Derek Ciezczak (Stagg H.S./Hickory Hills, IL).

Fair got scoring support from junior forward Greg Leavell (Schoolcraft College/Farmington Hills, MI) who finished with 18 points and senior forward Tristan Therkield (Richards H.S./Oak Lawn, IL) who finished his collegiate career with 11 points.

Heatherly led IUSB with 22 points. IUSB will travel to Chicago on Thursday night for a semifinal game at CCAC regular season champion Robert Morris.

Sullivan concluded his outstanding career at USF with a final coaching record of 506-505 over 34 seasons.