Ivanyo Drains Buzzer Beater in Double Overtime, Anderson Sinks Defiance

Anderson University men's basketball sophomore Tate Ivanyo knocked down a 26-foot buzzer beater as the Ravens (9-5, 7-0) sunk Defiance College (5-9, 0-7) by a score of 91-88 in double overtime during Wednesday's Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) matchup in Defiance, Ohio.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• After Defiance made the first basket of the game. The Ravens responded with an 11-0 run to take an 11-2 lead. Tate Ivanyo provided five of those points.
• Anderson held a 40-36 advantage at halftime.
• Landen Swanner drained a 3-pointer with 17 minutes, 13 seconds left in the second half to tie the game at 44-44 for Defiance. Anderson followed up with a 7-0 run, including five points from Bryson Huckeby.
• Trailing the Ravens 67-56 with 5:50 left in the second half, the Yellow Jackets sparked a 15-0 run to give Defiance a 71-67 lead. Swanner and Te Jones each score five points during the run.
• Ivanyo collected a steal and immediately assisted for Camden Smith on a fast-break layup to tie the game at 71-71 with seven seconds remaining in regulation. Defiance turned the ball over on the following possession, bringing the game into overtime.
• The first overtime went back and forth with five lead changes. Neither team led by more than two points during the period.
• Ivanyo drained a 3-pointer with 1:57 left in the overtime period, taking a 77-75 lead. Jerome Johnson put the Yellow Jackets ahead 78-77 with 1:10 remaining in the first overtime period.
• Defiance was fouled with 15 seconds left in the overtime period. Jabryis Heidelburg split his free throws to put the Yellow Jackets ahead 79-77.
• The Ravens turned the ball over on the following possession, but attempting to find space, the Yellow Jackets immediately ran into Ivanyo, who came up with the steal. Ivanyo fed Smith who drove in for the layup to tie the game at 79-79 with three seconds remaining.
• Anderson traded layups to start the second overtime, making the score 81-81 with 4:36 to go.
• Jordan Gadis and Huckeby each made layups to get an 85-81 lead. Defiance made a pair of baskets to tie the game at 85-85 with 1:22 left in the second overtime.
• Gadis provided a layup to put Anderson ahead 87-85 with 48 seconds left in double overtime.
• Marrell Jordan missed the next basket and Anderson regained possession. During the next possession, Anderson made 1-of-4 free-throw attempts. Jordan knocked down 24-foot a 3-pointer to tie the game at 88-88 with three seconds remaining.
• Ivanyo received the inbound, drove up the court and sank a 26-foot pull-up 3-pointer, sealing a 91-88 double-overtime victory for the Ravens.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• The Ravens were cold from the free-throw line, making just 41.2 percent (14-of-34) of attempts. Defiance hit 8-of-11 (72.7 percent) shots from the charity stripe.
• The Yellow Jackets turned the ball over 19 times while the Ravens committed 16 turnovers. Anderson outscored Defiance 23-13 off turnovers.
• Defiance drained 12-of-23 (52.2 percent) shots from 3-point range while Anderson hit 9-of-26 (34.6 percent) attempts from the perimeter.
• The Ravens converted 34-of-65 (52.3 percent) shots from the field while the Yellow Jackets made 34-of-67 (50.7 percent) attempts from the floor.
• Tate Ivanyo – 20 Points, 8 Rebounds, 5 Steals
• Alex Hunt – 20 Points, 7/9 (77.8%) FG
• Camden Smith – 20 Points
• Jordan Gadis – 11 Points
• Bryson Huckeby – 9 Points, 9 Rebounds
• Gavin Dowling – 8 Points, 3 Steals, 1 Point
• Elijah Mattingly – 6 Points, 2 Blocks
• Fred Shropshire – 4 Points

COACH CARTER COLLINS'S COMMENTS

• I'm not quite sure what to think of this game. I thought in some areas we left a lot to be desired - free throw shooting being the biggest of those. But on the other hand, we still managed to win a road game against a high-quality team anyway. So, I guess I'm happy to get the win, while still realizing that we have a number of areas that we need to shore up on before they start to cost us.
• I will say that there's nobody who deserves to make a shot like that more than Tate Ivanyo - he is the ideal college basketball player off the court, and he's not half bad on the court, either.

GAME-WINNING BUZZER BEATER VIDEO LINK

The video of the game-winning buzzer beater can be found here.

UP NEXT

Anderson faces off with Transylvania University (7-7, 4-3) in HCAC action on Saturday at 4 p.m. in Lexington, Ky.