Stephens settles ‘best ever’ game

Tuesday 18th March 2008, 2:29PM GMT.

Andy Stewart’s final throw of the game secured victory for Collins Stewart just as the buzzer sounded.

Collins Stewart 57, Le Mont Saint Subaru 55
IT IS being called the ‘lay-up that was heard around the world’.

With only 3.2 seconds left on the clock and the scores level at 55 points apiece, Collins Stewart’s Andy Stephens was given the ball on the halfway line. What followed will go down in local basketball folklore as the island guard drove to the basket to lay up for two points.

Before his feet touched the ground the final buzzer echoed around Beau Sejour and Collins Stewart, delirious in celebration, had won having been 13 points adrift at one point. It was undoubtedly one of the best basketball games in the Guernsey Basketball Association’s history.