{"id":59437,"date":"2020-02-25T22:47:56","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T03:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsnsports.net\/?p=59437"},"modified":"2020-02-25T22:47:56","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T03:47:56","slug":"boys-hoops-unmin-free-throws-give-t-birds-46-45-win-over-li","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsnsports.net\/blog\/article\/boys-hoops-unmin-free-throws-give-t-birds-46-45-win-over-li\/","title":{"rendered":"Boy&#8217;s Hoops: Unmin Free Throws Give T-Birds 46-45 Win Over LI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HIGHGATE &#8212; Gabriel Unwin sank a pair of free throws after time had expired, completing a wild fourth quarter comeback, giving the Missisquoi Valley Union Thunderbirds a 46-45 VPA playdown round win over the Lyndon Institute Vikings on Tuesday night inside the MVU Gym.<\/p>\n<p>Unwin&#8217;s shot ended a back and forth battle. After MVU jumped out to a 10-7 lead after the first quarter, LI took control in the second eight minutes, outscoring the T-Birds 15-10 to take a slim 22-20 lead into the break. The visitors built that lead to four at 34-30 at the end of three, and then scored the first five points of the  fourth to go up nine at 39-30. But MVU took over from there, outscoring LI 16-6 the rest of the way.<\/p>\n<p>An Ethan Creller three pointer gave MVU their first lead of the second half in the final minute. Lyndon&#8217;s Sage Gosselin responded going to the basket for a layup to put the Vikings up one with 4.9 seconds remaining. After a time out, Missisquoi inbounded and pushed it up to Unwin, whose turnaround shot from the foul line came up short as the clock expired. But LI was called for a foul and Unwin calmly sank both shots to give MVU the win.<\/p>\n<p>Unwin led all scorers with 20 points, including a perfect 11 for 11 from the foul line. Mathew Curtis added 14 for the T-Birds.<\/p>\n<p>Gosselin led LI with 16 and James Sanborn added 13.<\/p>\n<p>The win sends Missisquoi into the quarterfinals at 13-8.Lyndon ends their season 11-10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HIGHGATE &#8212; Gabriel Unwin sank a pair of free throws after time had expired, completing a wild fourth quarter comeback, giving the Missisquoi Valley Union Thunderbirds a 46-45 VPA playdown round win over the Lyndon Institute Vikings on Tuesday night inside the MVU Gym. Unwin&#8217;s shot ended a back and forth battle. 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