Matt Knowling made a short jumper along the baseline as time expired to lift Yale to a 62-61 victory over Brown on Sunday in the final of the Ivy League tournament in New York.
John Poulakidas scored 18 points for the second-seeded Bulldogs (22-9), who overcame a four-point deficit with 21 seconds to play to advance to the NCAA Tournament for the fourth time in eight seasons.
Poulakidas sank a 3-pointer with 14 seconds left and Brown's Malachi Ndur missed two free throws to set the stage for the buzzer-beating basket. Knowling accepted a nifty bounce pass from Bez Mbeng and sank the short jumper.
The late surge buried the fourth-seeded Bears (13-18), who were attempting to punch their ticket to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1986.
Kino Lilly. Jr. scored 21 points for Brown, which saw its seven-game winning streak come to a halt.
--Field Level Media
Brown | Yale | |
Kino Lilly Jr. 21 | Scoring | John Poulakidas 18 |
Malachi Ndur 4 | Assists | Bez Mbeng 6 |
Kalu Anya 7 | Rebounds | Danny Wolf 13 |
Kino Lilly Jr. 4 | Free Throws Made | August Mahoney 2 |
Nana Owusu-Anane 2 | Steals | August Mahoney 2 |
Malachi Ndur 2 | Blocks | Danny Wolf 4 |