A thrilling conclusion as David Schneider hits a game-winning buzzer beater to get revenge on Georgia State. The Panthers did the same thing to eliminate the Tribe in 2007. Even the Old Dominion players who seemed more engrossed in their music than the game took off their headphones and nodded in approval at the conclusion. From the interview room, here are the postgame comments:

William and Mary:

Coach Tony Shaver: The basketball gods smiled back at us today. The one thing we did really well today was continue to battle. I thought we were pretty doggone good defensively. We weren’t great at rebounding, but we kept battling.

I’ll tell you one thing: we wanted the ball in David Schneider’s hands. I’ve said it before, but I’ll take 15 David Schneider’s and play the world. I’d also like a little size, though.

The last three weeks I think we’ve been saving up all our shots for this weekend. I think that will to win was displayed down the stretch.

Guard David Schneider: I kept re-thinking about the shot last year that beat us. The coaches said to try to take it to the rim if you can, but I felt like the three was going to be there, so I took it.

Coach drew a great play out of the timeout. I was going to come off of a screen in the middle.

I definitely feel that as a team, we have more of a will to win last year. We’re known as the comeback kids, as we showed tonight. Also, we have great leadership. I think as a team we’re really coming together.

Forward Danny Sumner: I always thought we were in the game and we had a chance. We hit a great shot at the end.

Georgia State:

Coach Rod Barnes: It was a game that went back and forth. I thought for the most part we were playing better than they were. We just put them on the free-throw line too many times. You just can’t come win tournaments with unforced turnovers and too many free throws. It’s unfortunate for our guys to get to this point and feel like we’re playing as good as we have been and then the season ends.

It’s disappointing today, but I’m proud of how our kids played.

We tried to pick them up full-court, and that’s how you play them. The kid pulled up and made a great shot. We didn’t want to foul because we thought that anything would go against us.

Guard Leonard Barnes: It’s tough because we played hard and it came down to the last shot. Give them credit for playing hard and coming out with the win.

It’s tough. We played hard throughout the game and we just fell short at the end.

Center Deven Dickerson I just went out there and told myself to play hard every play, be mean. That’s what I went out and did. As a team we played hard, and it just didn’t happen.

It was satisfying to go out there and play hard, because that’s been a struggle this past year.

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