Tigers Sink Hurricanes with Buzzer Beater

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TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. --  The Tyndall Air Force Base Tigers men's varsity basketball team improved their season record to 4-1 with a 75-74 win over the Naval Station Mayport Hurricanes Saturday. 

They remain tied with Eglin AFB for first place in the Southeastern Military Athletic Conference, thanks to a half-court buzzer beater by Tigers guard Rasheem Ramsey. 

Both teams struggled offensively throughout the first half, until the Tigers went on a late run to close out scoring with a 31-28 lead. 

In the second half, the Tigers steadily increased their lead by 14 as they appeared to put the game away, 57-43, with 5:22 remaining. The Hurricanes switched to a full-court trapping press to battle all the way back and took the lead, 70-68, with 28.2 seconds remaining in the contest. 

With 3.9 seconds remaining, Mayport's Kerega McCollum went to the free throw line. He connected on the first free throw, putting Mayport up by two points 74-72, but misfired on his second attempt. Anthony Showers rebounded the missed free throw and fired a perfect outlet pass to Ramsey at half court--Ramsey banked in the game winning three-pointer, silencing the boisterous Mayport crowd, before being tackled by his teammates. 

Anthony Showers led the Tigers in scoring with 24 points, followed by Marqus Armour with 15 and the trio of Melvin Smith, Frank Vega and Chris Walker all had 10 points. Armour and Showers led in rebounding with 14 and 11. Showers also led in assists with five. Kerega McCollum led the Hurricanes in scoring with a game high of 25 points. 

The Tigers are on their bye week this weekend and will return to the hardwood to host the defending SEMAC champions, the Hurlburt Field Commandos, on Dec.1.