NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- Brandon Johnson made two free throws with 11.9 seconds to play and Jeff Xavier's desperate 3-point heave just before the buzzer spun out Monday night as Old Dominion held on to beat Manhattan 70-66 in the second round of the NIT.
The Monarchs (23-9), who won 79-61 at Colorado in the first round, advanced to play at fellow Colonial Athletic Association member Hofstra on Wednesday. The winner of that game moves on to the semifinals at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Xavier scored 19 points and Jason Wingate 18 for the Jaspers (20-11), who beat Fairleigh Dickinson in the opening round and then won at Maryland in the first round.
Manhattan, which fell behind 57-50 with 2:38 left after Arnaud Dahi led a 9-0 run for the Monarchs, rallied as Xavier, Wingate and Kenny Minor did all Manhattan's scoring in a 16-9 run. Wingate's running bank tied it at 66 with 19.2 seconds left.
Johnson then hit his free throws, and after Xavier's near miss, the officials put 1.5 seconds back on the clock and Valdas Vasylius on the foul line for Old Dominion.
The junior made both, depriving the Jaspers of one last improbable chance.
Alex Loughton had 20 points and nine rebounds in his final game at the Constant Convocation Center, while fellow senior Isaiah Hunter struggled in his last home game. Hunter finished 2-for-11 with eight points, but did convert a key twisting drive with 1:56 left before the Monarchs did the rest at the free throw line.
They were 11-for-14 from the line in the last 1:33 and outscored Manhattan 27-14 at the line. Old Dominion also forced 18 turnovers and turned them into 21 points.