Boston College Athletics
Conte Forum's Fantastic Finishes
August 03, 2000 | Men's Basketball
Aug. 3, 2000
Please take a look at a preliminary list of "Conte Forum's Fantastic Finishes". These 15 games -- listed in reverse chronological order -- were selected as contests that were decided in the final seconds and/or that featured several lead changes in the closing minutes.
As we attempt to refine the list, we'd welcome your feedback. Do you agree with the games that have been selected? What games don't belong -- and what games do you believe should be on the list?
Once your feedback is considered and a "final" list generated, we'll then conduct a second step -- in which you can vote for your favorites. In the end, we'll post a list that ranks the games according to your votes.
Fifteen Fantastic Finishes
Jan. 18, 2000 - Georgetown 72, Boston College 69: Georgetown's Kevin Braswell's lay-in with 18 seconds to play gave the Hoyas a 69-66 edge, before Troy Bell evened the score with three free throws with :16 on the clock. The Eagles' winning bid was thwarted, however, when Braswell nailed a three-point field goal with two seconds remaining. BC did not get off a last-second shot attempt.
Feb. 20, 1999 - Pittsburgh 67, Boston College 66: After Jonathan Beerbohm sank two free throws with 32 seconds left to give BC a 66-63 advantage, Pittsburgh responded with the final four points of the game to gain the victory. Vonteego Cummings trimmed the BC margin to one point with two free throws with 28 seconds remaining, and Stephen Flores' layup with five seconds left put the Panthers on top. A last-second three-pointer by Kenny Walls missed the mark.
Nov. 18, 1998 - Harvard 62, Boston College 61: Harvard's Mike Beam sank a three-point field goal as time expired to cap the Crimson's come-from-behind effort. BC led by four points with :28 to play, but converted just 1-of-2 free throws in the final seconds while Harvard hit two three-pointers.
Dec. 23, 1997 - Boston College 64, Northwestern 63: Duane Woodward's basket as time expired lifted the Eagles to a one-point victory. Woodward's hoop came after he grabbed the rebound of a missed three-point attempt by BC freshman Javier Rodriguez. Woodward shot the ball in midair to beat the final horn. The visiting Wildcats tied the game at 61-61 on Evan Eschmeyer's jumper with 1:00 remaining. Woodward sank 1-of-2 free throws with 28 seconds to play to give the Eagles the advantage, before Eschmeyer answered with another jumper with :09 on the clock to set the stage for Woodward's heroics. The start of the game was delayed because of a heavy snowstorm.
March 3, 1996 - Boston College 73, Rutgers 72: Scoonie Penn's long-distance "runner" swished through the net as time expired to give BC a one-point win in the regular-season finale. Penn's shot should have been credited as a three-pointer, but all eyes were focused on the hoop and no one ever recognized that both feet were behind the 19-foot, 9-inch stripe. BC trailed by three points with 44 seconds left, before Antonio Granger nailed a three-pointer to even the score at 71-71. Rutgers' Damon Santiago sank 1-of-2 free throws with :03 on the clock to give the Scarlet Knights a momentary edge.
Feb. 13, 1996 - Georgetown 66, Boston College 63: BC fought back from an 11-point deficit with just more than six minutes to play, but could not convert a basket in the final seven seconds to force overtime. After Allen Iverson gave the Hoyas a 66-61 advantage with :33 left, Antonio Granger's baseline drive brought BC to within striking distance. Iverson was fouled by Andy Bedard with 12 seconds remaining, but missed the front end of a 1-and-1, giving BC one final chance.
Feb. 9, 1994 - Connecticut 94, Boston College 91: Connecticut twice used the three-point shot to tie the game and force an extra session. After Bill Curley gave BC the advantage with an old-fashioned three-point play, Doron Sheffer's three-pointer with 34.6 seconds to play in regulation tied the game at 79-79. Late in the first overtime, Malcolm Huckaby's three-pointer gave BC an 86-83 lead, before Donyell Marshall's long-range jumper evened the score with 35.6 seconds remaining. After the teams traded baskets to begin the second overtime, the Eagles trailed throughout the second extra session.
March 6, 1993 - Providence College 58, Boston College 57: After seeing the game tied five times in the previous eight minutes, Bill Curley sank one free throw with 53.1 seconds remaining to give BC a one-point lead. PC's Tony Turner answered with a 17-foot jump shot with 16.8 seconds left to lift the Friars to victory.
Feb. 6, 1993 - Boston College 63, Seton Hall 62: Bill Curley grabbed an offensive rebound and hit the game-winning shot with 0.4 seconds remaining as the Eagles downed Seton Hall for their fourth consecutive BIG EAST win. BC led 31-28 at halftime and never trailed until Seton Hall's Jerry Walker converted a three-point play to give the visitors a 62-61 lead with 16.9 seconds left.
Jan. 16, 1993 - Connecticut 66, Boston College 64: Donyell Marshall's fallaway jumper off an offensive rebound with 0.6 seconds left gave Connecticut its first lead since the 12:26 mark of the second half -- and the victory. Bill Curley's 13-foot jumper with 2:56 to play gave BC a 64-62 advantage that lasted for nearly 1:30 before Marshall sank two free throws to even the score.
March 24, 1992 - Rhode Island 81, Boston College 80: Rhode Island's Jason Alexander's three-pointer with 33.6 seconds remaining in the second overtime lifted the Rams to the win in the National Invitation Tournament. Rhode Island scored the final points of regulation and the first overtime to force a second extra session. In regulation, Jeff Kent hit a 14-foot jumper with :39 remaining to knot the score at 64-64. BC had a chance to gain the win, but Howard Eisley missed two free throws with 11 seconds to play. In the first overtime, the lead changed hands five times, before URI's Kyle Ivey-Jones evened the score at 72-72 with 13.6 seconds left. BC missed three free throws in the first overtime. In the second overtime, there were three lead changes, before Malcolm Huckaby registered a three-point field goal to give BC an 80-78 lead with :54 left. URI scored the final basket to end the Eagles' season.
Feb. 1, 1992 - Boston College 88, Georgetown 86: Trailing by seven points -- 66-59 -- with less than one minute to play, BC outscored the Hoyas 10-3 at the end of regulation to force overtime. Malcolm Huckaby converted a four-point play to pull the Eagles closer, and, after Alonzo Mourning made one free throw, Huckaby recorded an old-fashioned three-point play to trim the BC deficit to one point -- 67-66. Mourning sank two free throws with 30.3 seconds remaining, forcing BC's Gerrod Abram to sink a three-pointer with :13 remaining to force the first overtime. BC trailed 78-74 in the overtime session, before Huckaby scored five straight points to give BC the lead. Mourning, though, sank one free throw with 8.9 seconds on the clock to send the game into another extra session. In the second overtime. Huckaby netted five points -- and BC overcame three missed free throws -- to give the Eagles the victory.
Jan. 14, 1992 - Boston College 77, Providence College 75: Gerrod Abram scored the game-winning layup with 3.0 seconds to play to lift the Eagles to the victory. BC took a four-point lead -- 75-71 -- with 1:44 to play, before the Friars answered with two mid-range jumpers to even the score with 21 seconds remaining.
Feb. 6, 1990 - Villanova 66, Boston College 65: Trailing by two points with less than three minutes to play, Boston College used four David Hinton free throws to gain a 63-61 advantage with two minutes remaining. Hinton, though, missed a fifth free throw attempt, and the Wildcats answered with a field goal and two free throws to take a two-point edge. Doug Able then missed two potentially game-tying free throws for the Eagles. After Lance Miller extended 'Nova's lead to three points, Lior Arditti's layup brought BC back to within one at 66-65. Miller then missed the front end of a 1-and-1 with six seconds to play, but BC could not score at the other end.
Feb. 22, 1989 - Connecticut 77, Boston College 75: BC trailed by eight points -- 73-65 -- with 2:48 to play, before Bryan Edwards sank two field goals, including a three-pointer, and Dana Barros converted two free-throw attempts to pull BC to within one point at 73-72. The Huskies, however, shot 4-for-4 from the free-throw line in the final 30 seconds to hold off the Eagles.
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