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  • Fairfield’s Deon Perry nails incredible 70-foot game-winning shot to beat rival Marist

    Fairfield’s Deon Perry nails incredible 70-foot game-winning shot to beat rival Marist

    Fairfield guard Deon Perry called game – from the parking lot. 

    Fairfield and Marist were tied 56-56 with 1.1 seconds remaining in the second half on Thursday night at Leo D. Mahoney Arena at Fairfield University.

    Fairfield’s Michael Rogan was inbounding the ball from under his own basket, with the Stags needing some kind of miracle to prevent overtime.

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    Fairfield guard Deon Perry is mobbed by teammates after hitting miraculous game-winning shot.  (Olivia Frzop/Fairfield University Athletics)

    Rogan found Perry, who came crashing back towards Rogan to receive the pass. 

    Perry turned around, took one dribble and launched a prayer from about 70-feet out. 

    The ball hit nothing but net. 

    Pandemonium ensued as Perry was mobbed by teammates and fans who stormed the court. 

    Perry was hoisted into the air on top of his teammates’ shoulders while referees tried restoring order to the place, frantically blowing their whistles. 

    It was a fitting end to a game that was tied 11 different times with 10 lead changes, as it was back and forth all night long between the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference rivals. 

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    Fairfield guard Deon Perry celebrates with teammates after hitting improbable game-winning shot.  (Olivia Frzop/Fairfield University Athletics)

    Perry only played 19 minutes in the Stags’ 59-56 win, but he led the team in scoring with 19 points on 6-14 shooting. He was the only Fairfield player to be in double-figures in scoring. 

    Jamie Bergens and Prophet Johnson each had nine points in the win, while Peyton Smith added eight points of his own for Fairfield. 

    For Marist, Josh Pascarelli and Jadin Collins-Roberts lead the way. Pascarelli scored 15 points on 6-13 shooting while Collins-Roberts added 10 points in the loss for the Red Foxes. 

    Perry’s miracle game-winner handed Marist only their second loss in MAAC play, and their fourth loss overall on the season. 

    Marist dropped to 16-4 (9-2 in the MAAC) with the heartbreaking loss to Fairfield and will look to bounce back against Iona on Saturday at 7 p.m. ET.

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    Fairfield improved to 9-14 (5-7 in the MAAC) and will look to carry their momentum when they host cross-town rival Sacred Heart at 7 p.m. Saturday. 

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    Ryan Canfield is a digital production assistant for Fox News Digital.

  • TCU star whose brother was killed in New Orleans terror attack catches game-winning touchdown in Senior Bowl

    TCU star whose brother was killed in New Orleans terror attack catches game-winning touchdown in Senior Bowl

    A month to the day that Tiger Bech was killed in the New Orleans terror attack, his brother etched his name in Senior Bowl history.

    Jack Bech, a wide receiver at TCU, caught the game-winning touchdown in Saturday’s Senior Bowl as time expired and was named the game’s MVP.

    “My brother has some wings on me. He gave them to me, and he let that all take place. Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Tiger, nothing else but them. They’re the reason I did what I did today. I attribute it all to them,” Jack said after the game.

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    Jack Bech of TCU during Senior Bowl practice at Hancock Whitney Stadium Jan. 29, 2025, in Mobile, Ala.  (Derick E. Hingle/Getty Images)

    Tiger, who played college football at Princeton, was one of the 14 victims killed in the early hours of New Year’s Day on Bourbon Street. 

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    The New Orleans native played for Princeton from 2016-2018 and was an All-Ivy League kick returner. During his three-year career, he caught 53 passes for 825 yards with three touchdowns. He graduated from the university in 2021 and pursued a career in finance. 

    He was working as a stockbroker in New York City but traveled back home to Louisiana for the holidays. 

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    Former Princeton football player Tiger Bech, 27, was killed in the Bourbon Street attack. (2018 Beverly Schaefer via Princeton Athletics)

    Jack said while his success this week will hopefully improve his draft stock, he’d trade it all for a brotherly hug.

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    “It’s been surreal just to be able to come and be in this game. It’s a goal you set for yourself. But if I had the option if I came here, had the worst week ever, ruin my draft stock, but that means I could hug my brother right now, I would take that. 

    “But, on the flip side of that, I don’t think I could have had the week that I had if all that wouldn’t have happened. His wings were on my side. Him and Jesus Christ are the reasons I was able to do all of this,” he said.

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    Ex-Princeton football player Tiger Bech pictured alongside family.  (Fox News )

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    “All the big brother does in life is want to see his little brother succeed. He’s been my role model my whole life, the person I looked up to, the person I wanted to be. He was the best big brother I could ever ask for. My whole goal in the rest of my life is to live his legacy on.”

    Jack was part of the American team that earned the 22-19 victory.

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