Rochester-area Boys Basketball Player Hits Long Buzzer Beater to Force OT

Bishop Kearney's Alejandro Aguilar throws one in from three-quarter court

Bishop Kearney's Alejandro Aguilar, pictured from an earlier game, hit a three-quarter shot in the final second of the fourth quarter, Monday, to lift his team into overtime against Aquinas Institute. Kearney eventually lost, 85-75. / Shawn Dowd/Rochester Democrat and Chronicle / USA TODAY NETWORK

A Bishop Kearney senior hit a long buzzer-beating shot to force overtime on Monday.

In a New York Section V boys basketball game at Bishop Kearney High School, the Kings found themselves down three with 0.9 seconds left in regulation against Private Parochial divisional foe Aquinas Institute.

BK senior Alejandro Aguilar retrieved the in-bounds pass, threw up a desperation heave from the opposite end of the court and sunk the shot to tie the game as the clock struck zero.

FULL-COURT BUZZER BEATER: With Bishop Kearney down by 3 to Aquinas with 0.9 seconds left, Alejandro Aguilar heaved a prayer from his own free-throw line and it was nothing but net!

The celebration would be short-lived, however, as AQ won 85-75 in OT. @News_8 @BKHS_Sports pic.twitter.com/ZigBvGyW40

— AJ Feldman (@AJFeldmanTV) January 7, 2025

AJ Feldman, a sports reporter at News 8 WROC in Rochester, captured the video Monday evening.

Despite the late-game heroics from Aguilar, Aquinas came away with an 85-75 win in OT.

The Kings (1-6) and the Lil’ Irish (5-1) face each other again on Feb. 18.