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Mt. Hebron’s Kristen Bilney, right, celebrates with her teammates after Qiana Coleman scored the winning shot at the buzzer to give Mt. Hebron a 39-37 win over Gwynn Park March 7.
Quick pass. Open player. Easy basket. Buzzer. Regional championship.
That sums up the essence of Mt. Hebron’s first regional title since 1995. What the brief bottom line synopsis leaves out, though, is the utter disbelief of the Gwynn Park players, who were anticipating overtime, and the surge of Mt. Hebron’s student body who mobbed the court in celebration following the 39-37 Class 2A South thriller.
Mt. Hebron sophomore Aja Wallpher tied the game, 37-all, on a 3-point shot with 44 seconds remaining to play. It was the Vikings’ sixth triple of the night, a scoring pattern that ultimately helped set up the final outcome.
After Wallpher scored, Gwynn Park’s Lynnae Lampkins, a superb athlete who will play for Syracuse next year, missed a potential go-ahead basket. In the scramble for the rebound, Deanna Dydynski forced a jump ball. The possession arrow was in Mt. Hebron’s favor with just over 27 seconds left.
Mt. Hebron worked the ball to midcourt and called timeout to set up a final play. The clock read 10.5.

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