HCS Grad in 7 OT Hoops Game

RFH 2010

Wed, Nov 24, 2010

A HCS graduate who starred for the Emerald Knights boys basketball team helped make history earlier this week.

Derrick Cenicola (HCS 2009) played for Southern Vermont College in what would become the longest basketball game in NCAA Division III history, and a game that tied for the longest men's game in college history. Cenicola scored 19 points in the Mountaineer's 128-123 home loss to Skidmore on Tuesday night. He played 64 of the 75-minute-long contest.

Oddly, the game was played before just 142 spectators.

The game was 59-59 at the end of regulation. And here is how the entire night looked:

Skidmore................................25 34 8 8 9 8 8 12 16 - 128
Southern Vermont.................32 27 8 8 9 8 8 12 11 - 123

Two other NCAA basketball games went to seven overtime: Black Hills beat Yankton 80-79 in 1956 and Cincinnati defeated Bradley 75-73 in 1981.