NEW YORK (AP) (March 7) - Kevin Braswell's 3-pointer with .2 seconds remaining gave Georgetown a 70-67 victory over West Virginia on Wednesday and kept alive the Hoyas' steak of being in the quarterfinals of all 21 Big East tournaments.
Braswell, who finished with 19 points, took an inbounds pass under his own basket with 6.2 seconds left, dribbled up the left side and as the defense backed away let go from just beyond the 3-point line. He finished 3-of-8 from beyond the arc.
West Virginia's final chance was a long pass that bounced off the hands of Marcus Goree about 30 feet from the basket.
The Hoyas played with Ruben Boumtje Boumtje, their second-leading scorer and leading rebounder, who injured his left foot in the regular-season finale and remains day-to-day.
The ninth-seeded Hoyas (17-13), who had lost three of four, advanced to Thursday's quarterfinals against top-seeded and 12th-ranked Syracuse (24-4).
Lee Scruggs added 14 points for Georgetown, while Demetrius Hunter had 13 and Courtland Freeman 11.
Calvin Bowman led the eighth-seeded Mountaineers (14-14) with 19 points, while Goree had 12. Freshman guard Tim Lyles had nine points and 11 assists for West Virginia, which had lost five of six.
Neither team led by more than four points in the second half and there were six lead changes and four ties over the final 7:30.
Braswell gave the Hoyas a 67-64 lead with 1:47 left on a nice drive, but West Virginia tied it for the last time 34 seconds later on a 3-pointer by Lionel Armstead.
Hunter missed a 3-point attempt with 45 seconds left and West Virginia was called for a 35-second shot-clock violation with 6.2 seconds left when Brooks Berry's 3-point attempt missed everything.
