DANVILLE — Beating the top-seeded team in the NJCAA Division II Tournament wasn’t enough for Cincinnati State Technical and Community College.

The Surge have a much bigger goal on their minds this week.

“We ain’t satisfied until we are the last one standing,’’ said Cincinnati State sophomore Rayshawn Goins. “We aren’t satisfied with beating No. 1 and coming back the next day and lose. That means nothing.’’

Cincinnati State took another step toward an NJCAA Division II National Championship with a 75-65 win over Brown Mackie at the Mary Miller Gymnasium.

The Surge, who upset top-seeded Monroe on Tuesday, had to overcome a 10-point second-half deficit to beat the Lions.

“We got together as a team, pulled it together,’’ Cincinnati State guard Jamarien Paul-Brown said. “We’ve been there before. We kept our heads up and we kept fighting as a team, as one unit.

“Our coach (Andre Tate) always uses two words — the smartest and the toughest. We’ve been doing that all season. This is our last year. We have to put it all on the floor.’’

Cincinnati State (26-8) adjusted it’s defense at halftime and the move paid off as Brown Mackie shot just 33 percent in the second half.

“We stopped gambling a lot on defense,’’ Cincinnati State coach Andre Tate said. “We cut back on our run-and-jumps a little bit and stayed solid. That helped us keep guys in front us and contest jump shots a lot better.

“After watching them (on Tuesday), I thought we could turn them over. They did a good job of taking care of the basketball in the first half and they made us pay for being too aggressive. We decided we would stay solid in the second half and make them shoot contested shots.’’

Brown Mackie (20-13) made just 7-of-25 shots in the final 18 minutes, and four of those baskets came in the final minute, as the Surge outscored the Lions 42-25 in the second half.

“We went a pretty good period of time there where we couldn’t score at all,’’ said Brown Mackie coach Francis Flax, whose team made just 1-of-14 shots for a 10-minute stretch of the second half. “It didn’t matter if we were inside or outside. We didn’t get anything done until the final minute. So I guess we should been in panic mode the entire second half.”

During that stretch all five of Cincinnati State’s starters scored at least four points during a 31-7 run for the Surge.

“It’s been like that all season,’’ Tate said.

So, how did the Cincinnati State get its offense going that well?

“We stopped settling for jump shots,’’ Tate said. “I think we came out early on and we tried to play like them a little bit. They came out shooting 3s and we tried to go back at them with 3s.

“We didn’t get this far, hoisting up 3s. We play inside-out, and they came out in the second half and they did that.’’

It was just the opposite for Brown Mackie.

“We were settling,’’ Brown Mackie coach Francis Flax said. “They were double teaming (Brian) Word every place he went and we were doing too much dribbling.

“If we would have reversed the ball, instead of dribbling it so much, we would have gotten a lot more post opportunities. Especially midway through the second half, we started shooting the ball with way too much time on the (shot) clock and we didn’t rebound.’’

Flax also pointed out that his Lions committed too many turnovers as they finished with 19, about five more than their season average.

A main reason for that was Paul-Brown’s play on the defensive end, he finished with a game-high seven steals.

“My team has been on my hard lately,’’ Paul-Brown said. “At the beginning of the season, I was leading in steals and I always play the best player.

“But lately, I’ve been slacking off. I had to redeem myself. So I came with the attitude, I had to get this, I had to focus.’’

Joining Goins in double figures for the Surge were the other four starters, Paul-Brown (14), James Millen (13), Quentin Williford (11) and Illya Glover (11).

Cincinnati State now gets a day off before playing Lewis & Clark, an 83-72 winner on Wednesday, in the National Tournament semifinals at 6 p.m. on Friday.

Brown Mackie, who were led by Brian Word and David Sanders with 15 each, plays Cecil in a consolation bracket contest at 3 p.m. today.

“We just have to clear our minds and come ready to play at 3 (today),’’ Word said. “I’m pretty much speechless. We blew a lead that we built to 10. We just let it slip away.

“But, the ball wouldn’t fall.’’