Fairfield -vagt Deon Perry called games – from the parking lot.
Fairfield and Marist were tied 56-56 with 1.1 seconds left in the second half on Thursday night at Leo D. Mahoney Arena at Fairfield University.
Fairfields Michael Rogan filed the ball from under his own basket where stags needed a kind of miracle to prevent overtime.
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Fairfield-Guard Deon Perry bully of teammates after hitting miraculously game-winning shots. (Olivia Frzop/Fairfield University Athletics)
Rogan found Perry, who returned to Rogan to receive the passport.
Perry turned around, took a dribbling and launched a prayer from approx. 70 meters out.
The ball hit nothing but Netto.
Pandemonium followed when Perry was bullied by teammates and fans who stormed the court.
Perry was hoisted in the air at the top of his teammates’ shoulders while the judges tried to restore order to the place and blow frenetically their flutes.
It was an appropriate ending to a game that was tied 11 different times with 10 lead changes as it was back and forth all night between Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference rivals.
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Fairfield-Guard Deon Perry celebrates with teammates after hitting unlikely game-winning shot. (Olivia Frzop/Fairfield University Athletics)
Perry played only 19 minutes in Stags ’59 -56 win, but he led the team to score with 19 points on 6-14 shoots. He was the only Fairfield player who was in double characters in the scoring.
Jamie Bergens and Prophet Johnson each had nine points in the victory, while Peyton Smith added eight points of himself to Fairfield.
For Marist, Josh Pascarelli and Jadin Collins-Roberts are leading the way. Pascarelli scored 15 points on 6-13 shoots, while Collins-Roblerts added 10 points in the loss for the red foxes.
Perry’s Miracle game winner only handed over their other losses in the MAAC game and their fourth loss overall over the season.
Marist fell to 16-4 (9-2 in MAAC) with the heartbreaking loss to Fairfield and seems to jump back towards Iona on Saturday at. 7pm one.
Fairfield improved to 9-14 (5-7 in MAAC) and appears to carry their momentum when they host the cross-town rival Sacred Heart at. 19 Saturday.
