Hampden-Sydney, VA – Sewanee: the University of the South, scored a buzzer-beating lay-up on Thursday afternoon to edge Keystone College's men's basketball team, 66-64 on the opening day of the Luck Stone Holiday Tournament hosted by Hampden-Sydney College.  The Tigers improve to 4-3 on the season and advance to Friday's championship game against the winner of the Hampden-Sydney-Kean University nightcap while the Giants will now look for their first win of the season in Friday's consolation game at 1:00 p.m.   
 
Duncan Lunsford (Marietta, GA/Sprayberry) scored a game-high 24 points on Thursday to lead Keystone and the senior forward is now just 11 points shy of becoming the all-time leading scorer in Giants' history.
 
Trailing 62-59 with 1:06 left in regulation, Miles Dargan (Orlando, FL/Wekiva) was fouled while attempting a three-pointer and stepped up to the stripe and calmly drained all three free throw attempts to level the contest at 62-apiece.  On Sewanee's ensuing possession, Brody Stone collected an offensive rebound and scored on a layup to put the Tigers back up by two before missing a chance at a three-point play. 
 
After a Keystone timeout, Lunsford tied the game at 64-64 on lay-in with 30 seconds left on the clock.  Sewanee then called a timeout of their own to draw up a play for the last shot and would be awarded a pair of free throws with one second left after a foul on the Giants.  The Tigers missed both free throw attempts, but Stone was there to grab the offensive rebound and put back the game-winning basket as the final horn sounded to give Sewanee the dramatic victory.
 
The contest was a tight affair through the full 40 minutes of play, with Sewanee holding a 16-10 lead with 12:29 remaining in the first half before James Cooper (Effort, PA/Pius X) connected on back-to-back three-pointers before Lunsford gave Keystone an 18-16 edge with a layup at the 10:52 mark.  The Tigers would go back in front and lead by as many as seven points before an 8-0 run by the Giants gave Keystone a 37-36 edge with 10 ticks left in the opening stanza as Dargan connected on a pair of free throws, but Sewanee was able to take a 38-37 edge into the locker room at halftime by making a pair of their own from the charity stripe with three second remaining.
 
The two teams traded the lead nine times of the first 13:44 of the second half before Keystone was able to claim a 59-55 edge with 6:06 left on the clock.  Sewanee countered with a 7-0 spurt to claim a 62-59 edge with 2:14 left to play which set the stage for a thrilling final two minutes of action.
 
Jorden Williams paced Sewanee with 23 points on the day while Keshonn Carter added 15 points and seven rebounds while blocking three shots.  Marcellus Caldwell led all players with 10 boards for the Tigers, who held a narrow, 36-32 advantage on the glass for the contest.  Sewanee shot 40.7 percent from the field for the game including a 31.8 percent clip from beyond the arc while going 73.3 percent from the stripe.
 
Lunsford's game-high 24 points came on a 9-16 shooting night from the field and the forward also led Keystone with seven rebounds and two steals.  Dargan and Dan Candemeres (Holbrook, NY/Sachem East) also reached double-figures in the loss with 10 points apiece while Tyreek Peeples (Philadelphia, PA/Girard College) dished out a team-high three assists.  As a team, the Giants connected on 43.8 percent of their field goal attempts and 35.3 percent of their efforts from downtown while going 76.2 percent from the foul line. 
 
Keystone will play their final game of the calendar year on Friday afternoon against the loser of Thursday's game between Hamden-Sydney and Kean   Opening tipoff of the consolation game is set for 1:00 p.m. in Hampden-Sydney's Fleet Gymnasium.