San Diego St. ends Gaels’ season

Steve Fisher’s San Diego State Aztecs are going to New York and Patrick Mills is heading into the offseason.

The Aztecs blew a 13-point second-half lead, then rallied to beat Mills and the Saint Mary’s Gaels 70-66 on Wednesday night in San Diego to reach the semifinals of the NIT.

Tim Shelton posted up for the go-ahead basket with 48.6 seconds left and Richie Williams made three free throws in the final 26 seconds as the Aztecs held off the Gaels.

Mills was on the bench at the final buzzer, having fouled out with 10.8 seconds to go. He scored a game-high 18 points but had a horrible night shooting, going 7 for 24 overall and 4 for 13 on 3-pointers.

Billy White scored 17 for the Aztecs (26-9), who will play Baylor (23-14) in the semifinals Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden.

This is the deepest SDSU has advanced in a national postseason tournament in its Division I history.

Notre Dame 77, Kentucky 67: Luke Harangody had 30 points and 11 rebounds and Notre Dame (21-14) hit 12 3-pointers to end a 10-game losing streak to Kentucky, beating the Wildcats (22-14) in South Bend, Ind., to advance to the semifinals.

The Irish wil face Penn State (25-11) Tuesday night in New York.