Lynchburg led 55-51 with two minutes left in the game. Terrell Dixon hit a three-pointer and Tyler Fantin scored two of his game-high 27 in the paint to give the Marlins a 56-55 lead with 7.6 seconds left in regulation. Senior Matt Sweeney (Hollywood, MD/Leonardtown) made the second of two free throws with 1.8 seconds remaining to force overtime.
In the extra period, Fantin nailed a three-pointer to put VWC ahead 63-58 with 1:54 remaining, but senior forward Reed Fairchild (Spotsylvania, VA/Massaponax) responded with a 28-foot three-pointer as the shot clock ran down. Adair answered with a three-pointer with 40 ticks left, and Sweeney brought LC back within three with a jumper. D’Juan Tucker hit huge free throws with 17 seconds left to give the Marlins a 68-63 edge, but the Hornets again scored, this time on a Sweeney three pointer. Lynchburg forced a turnover in the final 10 seconds, but was unable to convert and was forced to foul. Marlin Thomas Sumpter made one of two free throws with 3.3 seconds left, and a desperation Hornet half court attempt came up short.
Sweeney scored a team-high 20 points on eight of 14 shooting. Patrick Prior (Cheshire, CT/Cheshire) had 15 points and seven rebounds, while Fairchild scored seven points and added six assists and three steals.
Fantin hit nine of 13 shots from the floor and seven of eight from the free-throw line and blocked five shots for VWC (9-3/4-1 ODAC). Adair made nine of 15 shots from the field.
Lynchburg (1-11/1-4 ODAC) travels to Eastern Mennonite University Saturday for another ODAC game at 7 p.m.
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