Villa Julie took on Lebanon Valley in the first men's game of the 9th Annual Legg Mason Winter Classic.  It was a Cinderella win for the Mustangs as Chris Warren (Largo, MD/ Bishop MacNamara) banked a three-point shot with 2.8 seconds left in the game to give the Mustangs the win 63-62. 

In the first half, Villa took a quick lead off two free throws by Cilk McSweeney (Ft. Lauderdale, FL/ Dillard) within 20 seconds of the game.  Both teams traded leads throughout the first half.  The Mustangs went up by as many as six points from a lay-up by Steve Segears (Lanham, MD/ St. Johns College HS) at 14:30.  Villa saw their last lead of the half at 4:51 when McSweeney hit a critical lay-up to put the Mustangs ahead 21-20.  Lebanon Valley's Kyle Enoch hit a three-point shot and the Flying Dutchmen went into the half ahead 33-24. 

The second half began and Lebanon Valley came out strong.  They went up by as many as 12 points at 16:18 until the Mustangs took charge of the game.  At 10:38 Jason Lambert (Bloomsfield, CT/ Suffield Academy) hit a three-point shot, off of a pass by Warren, that gave the Mustangs momentum and started a scoring run. 

The Mustangs grabbed the lead, 56-54, at 3:15 when freshman Greg Woody (Baltimore, MD/ Mt. St. Joseph's) sunk a critical three-point shot with an assist by Segears.  A series of fouls and free throws put the Mustangs down 62-60 with 17 seconds left in the game.  With less then five seconds left Warren sunk the game winning three-point shot to make the score 63-62. 

This win ended a three game loosing streak and advanced their record to 5-5 overall and 2-1 in the NEAC.  The Mustangs will now play in the Championship game tomorrow at 6 pm facing either Maryland Bible or SUNY- Old Westbury.