Taking a football pass from sophomore Gabbie DePalo that carried past midcourt, Andrea Bailey caught the ball with a defender at her back, turned to her left and let it fly, giving Wheaton (Mass.) a 64-63 win against Worcester Polytech.
And in the end, it became the first D3hoops.com Women's Basketball Buzzer Beater of the Year. In voting over parts of the past two weeks, Bailey's shot got 295 of 702 votes, surpassing the 259 votes for a similar shot by Carthage's Katie Klemke to beat Elmhurst on Feb. 10.
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A shot by Washington College's Meghan Tait to beat Ursinus received 33 votes. Redlands freshman Allison Wong's shot to beat Westmont received 30, while Chelsie Schweers' shot for Christopher Newport to beat Ferrum got 22.
One would have figured the men's Buzzer Beater of the Year was a no-brainer, but UW-Stout fans made it a close battle, down to the last few votes. With 99 of the 251 votes cast from the UW-Stout campus, Jerrel Enerson-Matthews' shot in the WIAC Tournament nearly pulled it out, but in the end, it was a halfcourt buzzer beater by Albertus Magnus' Byron Reaves that punctuated the upset win against William Paterson in the first round of the NCAA Tournament which got 262 votes to lead the way. The halfcourt shot by Gustavus Adolphus' Phil Wirtjes got 68 votes. Darnell Braswell's shot for DeSales got 36 votes, while the shot by Widener's Bobby Edmunds to defeat Albright got 30.
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Division III schools can have their buzzer beaters posted here. Please email us a YouTube link or the video file for us to use. To qualify for this feature, a shot has to be in the air when the buzzer sounds, the shot has to tie or win the game. A first-half buzzer beater can be included if it's from halfcourt or beyond. Here's the latest:
Friday, March 5, 2010: William Paterson, essentially the top seed in the bracket, took a 55-54 lead on the GNAC champs with 1.6 seconds left on a jumper by Gabriel Paul. Out of timeouts, Albertus Magnus inbounded to Byron Reaves, who shot over the defender from halfcourt for the victory.
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Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010: Down by two points with the clock running down, Jerrel Enerson-Matthews hit a 3-pointer as the buzzer sounds to give UW-Stout a 75-74 win over UW-Platteville, Tuesday, Feb. 23 in the WIAC tournament quarterfinals.
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Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010: This one is the last play of the game only because the clock operator failed to stop the clock on the made basket and the officials failed to correct the error. Tim Rupp takes a three-quarters court pass and delivers on a three-pointer to lift RPI past Hamilton 67-66.
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Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010: Cabrini point guard Cory Lemons drains a 15-foot jump-shot at the buzzer to down Centenary 79-77. (You may wish to start this video at the 1:30 mark.)
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Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010: Chelsie Schweers hits a three-pointer for Christopher Newport to tie the game against Ferrum and send it into overtime. The Captains won in the extra period to remain unbeaten.
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Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010: Baruch guard Tammer Farid hits a game-winning three pointer against Lehman to win 69-68.
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Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010: Katie Klemke banks in a three-point bomb to give Carthage a dramatic 85-84 win over Elmhurst.
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Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010: Lakeland's Jake Schwarz beats the buzzer with a tip-in to give the Muskies a 70-69 victory over Dominican.
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Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010: The Plattsburgh State women's basketball team entered the locker room at halftime with a lead, thanks to Lindsey Larivee's halfcourt shot, which put Plattsburgh up on Buffalo State 31-29.
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Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010: Springfield defeats Wheaton (Mass.), 59-56, on a buzzer-beater -- a 3-point shot by freshman Meghan Biondolillo. Springfield's win lifted it into a tie for second place in the NEWMAC.
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Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010: Steve Thomas runs the tip drill to perfection, sinking a putback at the buzzer as Plattsburgh State defeats Buffalo State 88-86 on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010.
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Friday, Feb. 5, 2010: A last second jumper from freshman Sara Villanueva in the Lewis & Clark womens Northwest Conference matchup against Linfield snapped the Pioneers' four game losing streak, handing them the 52-51 win.
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Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010: Bobby Edmunds goes coast-to-coast and hits a shot at the buzzer in Widener's 49-48 win at Albright.
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Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010: With the score tied and 8.6 seconds remaining, Central guard Justin Madsen had a pass slip through his fingers but recovered in time to launch a game-winning three-point shot at the buzzer for 76-73 victory at Dubuque. That kept Central alone in first place in the Iowa Conference.
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Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010: Oppong Agyemang received the pass from sophomore Shereef Taylor with two seconds to go and drove to the hoop for the game-winning lay-up for New Paltz State as time expired in a 68-67 win against Cortland State.
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Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010: Freshman Rob Harrigan netted a three-pointer as time expired to lift the Connecticut College mens's basketball team to an 83-81 NESCAC victory against Tufts.
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Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010: After a missed free throw with 5.8 seconds left, Meghan Tait sinks a buzzer-beating three-pointer to give the Washington College women's basketball team a come-from-behind 59-58 win at Ursinus. Tait scored the Shorewomen's final 13 points.
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Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010: Grinnell's Matt Chalupa drained a 16-foot jumper as time expired to give the Pioneers a 101-99 victory against Carroll.
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Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010: Lehman senior Alain DelaCruz hits a half-court shot as Lehman defeats CCNY 68-65 in CUNYAC action.
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Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010: Wheaton (Ill.) defeats No. 17 Illinois Wesleyan 66-65. Illinois Wesleyan's Sean Johnson hits a three-pointer with 11 seconds left to give IWU a 65-64 lead before Wheaton's Andrew Jahns makes a putback as time expires to give Wheaton the dramatic 66-65 win.
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Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010: Jacob Owens goes coast-to-coast and hits a runner as time expires to give Marietta a 69-67 win at Carnegie Mellon.
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Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010: Alex Rudolph hits a game-winning three-pointer to lift Babson to a 63-60 victory over Bowdoin.
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Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010: Drew's Danielle Barber hits a three at the buzzer to defeat Catholic, 65-63. Barber also recorded the Landmark Conference's first ever triple-double in the victory.
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Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010: B.J. Smith's 3-pointer at the buzzer off Jarrell Nelson's pass gives Widener a 66-65 victory at Lebanon Valley.
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Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010: Washington and Jefferson senior point guard Kennan Killeen's three-pointer as time expired helped the Presidents avoid Chatham's upset attempt in Pittsburgh. W&J won, 53-50.
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Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010: Greensboro's Pernell Davis made an off-balance three-pointer at the horn in regulation that had to be confirmed by video review.
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Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010: Texas Lutheran point guard Amy Doyle banks in a last-second three-pointer at the end of regulation to send a game against University of the Ozarks into overtime. TLU eventually won in double overtime 89-86.
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Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010: Wheaton (Mass.) women's senior point guard Andrea Bailey banked in a 40-foot buzzer-beating heave during overtime to give the Lyons a thrilling 64-63 victory over WPI in a NEWMAC game.
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