New York, NY---With seventeen seconds remaining in regulation and the score tied, 66-66, BC senior guard, Stephon McGill, scored the go-ahead bucket, giving the Brooklyn College men's basketball team the lead for good and the 68-66 conference victory at CCNY on Tuesday.  Playing for the No. 4 seed against the Beavers, Brooklyn will now host CCNY in the conference championship quarterfinals on Saturday at 3:15 pm at the West Quad Gymnasium.  BC heads into the postseason with a 12-13 (7-7 CUNYAC) overall record while the Beavers drop to 10-10 (6-8 CUNYAC), snapping a three-game win-streak in the process.  

How It Happened

• Prior to McGill's heroics, CCNY tied the game after making one of two free-throws with 42 seconds left in the second half.  
• With the Bulldogs trailing, 65-64, Serge Thrasybule knocked down a jumper to give BC a one-point advantage with :54 left in regulation.  
• Brooklyn came back from a 60-52 deficit with a little over seven minutes to go in the second half beginning with a 7-0 run capped by a three buried by senior guard, Malik Dale.  
• McGill knocked down a key jumper to tie the contest, 63-63, with 2:35 left in regulation.  
• A closely contested game throughout, freshman guard, Joe Charles, gave BC a 31-29 lead with a three-point make at the 1:42 mark in the first half.  However, the Beavers tied the game with a make in the paint for a 31-31 halftime score.  
• Brooklyn shot 8-14 as a team from behind the arc for the game while limiting the home team to just 3-12. The Bulldogs' bench outscored CCNY's 14-6.  

For the Bulldogs

• David McFadden led the way offensively, finishing with 17 points while shooting 3-6 from behind the arc.  
• Dale added 15 points while shooting 3-5 from three-point land.  He also came up with 3 steals.  
• McGill finished with 11 points and 4 assists without a turnover.