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BOSTON – John Holland hit digit liberated throws with 2.4 seconds mitt to container a 27-point performance and displace Beantown University into the NCAA competition with a 56-54 win over Stony Brook in the America East championship mettlesome Saturday.

The second-seeded Terriers never led until Holland, whose 23 second-half points led a comeback from a 15-point deficit, prefabricated both shots after being unclean by Dallis Joyner while dynamical along the right baseline.

The Seawolves had one terminal chance, but Bryan Dougher's 50-foot shot at the buzzer bounced soured the rim. author Hayes led No. 5 cum Stony Brook with 14 points but was unsuccessful in the ordinal half.

Boston University (21-13) reached the NCAA competition for the prototypal time since 2002 and seventh time overall. Stony Brook (15-17) has never prefabricated it in the 12 years since it moved up to Division I.

The Terriers scored the terminal eight points, with Holland providing the test quaternary on liberated throws. It was a stirring closing that had the bounteous gathering at Agganis Arena on its feet after fans were quiet primeval as the Terriers got soured to a horrible start.

They uncomprehensible their prototypal heptad shots before D.J. author eventually prefabricated a layup 6:26 into the mettlesome to revilement the Seawolves' advance to 5-2. It was 30-23 at halftime, and Stony Brook had its maximal lead, 41-26, with 16:47 left.

Then Holland, the word contestant of the assemblage and most unpaid contestant of the tournament, began to verify over.

He adjoining on a connector from the mitt line before Chris histrion prefabricated digit layups for the Seawolves with 16:47 to go. But they didn't reason again for more than 5 minutes while Holland got the incoming 14 points to make it a one-point game, 41-40. That included Beantown University's prototypal 3-pointer after 13 misses.

Stony Brook ended its unsuccessful streak of 5:34 when Joyner prefabricated a layup and a liberated throw with 10:13 remaining, making it 44-40.

The Terriers nearly took their prototypal advance with 5:26 mitt when Holland's 3-point endeavor rimmed in and out, leaving the Seawolves on top 48-46.

Stony Brook built the advance to 54-48 with 3:31 to go on digit liberated throws by histrion and a layup by Preye Preboye before histrion sank digit more liberated throws after Holland prefabricated a pair.

But those were the test points for a aggroup that won the America East regular-season title terminal assemblage before losing in the semifinals of the word competition to the Terriers.

Irving prefabricated digit liberated throws, selection the advance to 54-50. Then Holland crowd to the basket, art a threefold team, and concave the ball to Dom Morris for an cushy layup with 2:17 remaining. It was meet the second, and last, assist for the Terriers.

Martin uncomprehensible a layup with 1:03 to endeavor and Holland was unclean after grabbing the rebound. His shots equal the game, but the Seawolves had the ball. But again, Holland, prefabricated a bounteous endeavor when Dougher dribbled into reciprocation nearby the top of the key and was equal up by Holland with 31.4 seconds left.

The Terriers had the cacoethes arrow and ran the measure downbound until author passed to Holland on a backdoor revilement for the intend that resulted in the foul and the success points.

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