Albany’s buzzer-beating three-pointer was identical to Robert Horry’s classic
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Ricky O'Donnell has covered basketball at all levels for more than a decade at SB Nation. He’s currently the Associate Director of Programming.
Albany shocked Stony Brook at the buzzer on Peter Hooley’s game-winning three-pointer to send the Great Danes to the NCAA Tournament for the third straight season. It’s a heartbreaking loss for the Seawolves, who have now lost in the conference tournament championship game four games in the last five seasons. It’s also an incredible moment for Hooley, who has been through so much personal strife in the last year.
For long time basketball fans, Hooley’s game-winner was automatically reminiscent of another famous buzzer beater: the one Los Angeles Lakers forward Robert Horry hit against the Sacramento Kings in Game 4 of the 2002 Western Conference finals. The Vine above sets Marv Albert’s classic call on Horry’s shot to Hooley’s new forgettable moment.
In case you need a reminder of exactly what Horry did, here you go:
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