Saturday, February 26, 2011

Merola's buzzer 3 lifts Manhasset in 2 OTs

Photo credit: Kathy Kmonicek | Manhasset's Head Coach George Bruns rushes in with his team to celebrate Daniel Merola's winning basket as he hugged by Dan Connolly (15). (Feb. 25, 2011)

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The ball Manhasset's Dan Merola sent flying toward the hoop at the double-overtime buzzer Friday was more of a wish than a shot.

The designed play - a drive to the basket off a screen set by Dan Connolly - collapsed under the time constraint. Manhasset trailed Floral Park by two, two of its top scorers had fouled out, and Merola was about halfway between midcourt and the three-point line when...

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