Look: Buzzer-beater in eighth overtime ends Maine high school basketball thriller

Fryeburg clawed back down 10 in the fourth and Greely needed a buzzer-beating 3 to escape the fifth OT

Andy Buhler, SBLive Sports | Feb 1, 2023

A back-and-forth Maine high school basketball game was sent to a sixth overtime by a buzzer-beating 3-pointer.

It took two more extra periods to decide a winner.

Greely High School (Cumberland Center, Maine) sophomore forward Kade Ippolito's layup with 0.6 seconds left was the deciding bucket, lifting the Rangers to a 117-115 win over Fryeburg Academy in the eighth overtime Tuesday night.

Greely (7-7) was in the driver's seat to close out the win in regulation, until Fryeburg (9-6) cut away a 10-point deficit in the final two minutes and tied it up at 61-61.

A combined 110 points were scored after regulation.

Greely's Tyler Pettingill scored a game-high 39 points, including a buzzer-beater 3 to send the game to a sixth overtime — one of his nine 3-pointers on the night. Pettingill fouled out in the eighth overtime.

Ippolito received a bounce pass from point guard Manny Mendoza and dropped layup off the glass over two defenders with 0.6 seconds left.

Scroll to the top of the post to watch the final play.

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Video courtesy of Greely High School, MSAD #51

Published Feb 1, 2023

ANDY BUHLER, SBLIVE SPORTS

Andy Buhler is a Regional Editor of Texas and the national breaking news desk. He brings more than five years of experience covering high school sports across the state of Washington and beyond, where he covered the likes of Paolo Banchero and Tari Eason served on state tournament seeding committees. He works on the SBLive/Sports Illustrated Power 25 national boys basketball rankings. He has covered everything from the Final Four, MLS in Atlanta to local velodrome before diving into the world of preps. His bylines can be found in The News Tribune (Tacoma, Washington), The Associated Press, The Columbian (Vancouver, Washington), The Oregonian and more. He holds a degree from Gonzaga and is based out of Portland, Oregon.