SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Sophomore Logan Murphy (Sandwich, Mass.) drained a three-pointer at the buzzer at the end of regulation to send the game into overtime, and hit another three with 0.3 seconds remaining in OT to break a tie as Babson College rallied from a 20-point second-half deficit to defeat Springfield College, 69-66, in a dramatic New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) men's basketball game inside Blake Arena.

With the victory, the Beavers have won two straight conference road games to improve to 8-5 overall and 2-2 in the NEWMAC. The Pride have dropped two in a row and five of their last six to dip to 4-10 overall and 2-3 in conference play.

First-year Thomas Ferdinando (Andover, Mass.) led the Green and White with 21 points on 7-of-12 shooting, sophomore Timmy Mulvey (Reading, Mass.) added 18 points, and Murphy finished with 10 points, five rebounds and three steals. Senior Timmy O'Toole (Milton, Mass.) had a big game with a career-high 20 rebounds to go along with nine points, three blocks, three steals, and two assists in the win.

Senior Josiah Evely (Toronto, Ont.) led the Pride with 15 points and nine boards, sophomore Zachary Campbell (Philadelphia, Pa.) hit 6-of-7 shots off the bench and finished with 14 points and five rebounds, and senior Josh Hartley (Brooklyn, N.Y.) contributed 12 points, seven rebounds, and a game-high four blocked shots in the setback.

The first 40 minutes were a tale of two halves as Springfield led 36-19 at the break before Babson outscored the hosts 43-26 in the next 20 minutes. The Beavers never trailed in the extra session and clinched the win on Murphy's second three-pointer in the final second.

Babson trailed by just one point after Mulvey's three-pointer with 13 minutes left in the first half, but Springfield ran off 12 straight points to take a 22-9 lead. Evely and first-year Ajay Lopes (Wareham, Mass.) made layups, and sophomore RJ Hutt (Mamaroneck, N.Y.) and junior Xoren Livingston (Wayland, Mass.) followed with back-to-back threes for the Pride, followed by another layup by Lopes to cap the rally.

The Pride later scored 10 in a row, including four points from Evely, as the lead ballooned to 20 points, 36-16, with 1:12 to go in the half. Sophomore Theo Lamb (San Francisco, Calif.) hit a bucket and Ferdinando knocked down a free throw in the final minute as the teams went into the intermission with Babson trailing, 36-19.

After the teams traded hoops to open the second half, Evely drained a three-ball to give the hosts a 41-21 lead with 17 minutes left on the clock. The Beavers started their comeback with an 8-1 run on baskets by four different players to slice the margin to 13 with 14:32 remaining, and worked the deficit down to single digits (48-41) after a three-pointer by Ferdinando with 9:15 to go. The Green and White got to within two possessions (50-44) after another Ferdinando trey 45 seconds later.

Babson got to within four points four times over the next six minutes and made it a one-possession game (60-57) on a Mulvey bucket with 1:07 to play. Murphy and Hartley traded a pair of free throws in the final minute before Murphy's first dramatic three at the buzzer sent the game into overtime.

Neither team scored for nearly three minutes in the extra session before Ferdinando hit a jumper for Babson with 2:17 remaining. Campbell and Ferdinando traded free throws before Rodriguez tied things up for Springfield at 66-all with 1:30 to play. Both teams missed opportunities to take the lead in the final minute before Murphy sealed the victory with a three from the left wing with less than a second remaining.

After shooting just 18.5 percent in the opening half, Babson connected on 53.3 percent in the second half and finished with 36.5 percent for the game. Springfield shot 41.4 percent for the game but made just 1-of-6 shots in overtime.

Babson plays a home conference game on Thursday against Wheaton at 7 p.m. inside Staake Gymnasium. Springfield is home again on Thursday at 12 p.m. with a NEWMAC encounter against Salve Regina.

GAME NOTES
• Babson has won seven of its last nine games versus Springfield and is 32-44 all-time against the Pride in a series that dates back to the 1976-77 campaign.
• O'Toole's 20 rebounds are the most by a Babson player since Kieran Dorney pulled down 21 against Salem State on December 4, 2021.
• Ferdinando has made 18 of his last 32 three-pointer attempts (56.3 percent) over his last five games.
• The Beavers won after trailing at the half for the fifth time this season, the most since doing it six times in the 2022-23 campaign.