CHARLESTON, W.Va. – For now it'll be known as the shot heard round the Mountain East Conference.

Rob Reed's miraculous off-balance 18-foot jumper between West Liberty defenders David Dennis and Seger Bonifant banked in with fourth-tenths of a second remaining to give fourth-seeded Concord a 92-90 double-overtime victory over the top-seeded and No. 1 ranked Hilltoppers in one of the most thrilling games in the brief history of the MEC Tournament.

“He doesn't know that yet, but you and I know in five to 10 years when he's older he's going to really appreciate this moment and have a great story to tell to his kids,” Concord coach Kent McBride said. “That's what makes you as a coach feel good in your heart. This young man just left a legacy. That shot will go down in infamy in Concord history. I'll forever remember that shot and this game and so will anyone else who was here. I'm so proud of him. That's what is so special about this moment.”

The victory improved Concord to 21-9 and sets up a meeting with sixth-seeded Notre Dame College (21-10) in the MEC Tournament title game Sunday at 3:30 p.m. The Falcons knocked off second-seeded and No. 4 ranked Wheeling Jesuit inSaturday's other semifinal, 76-68.

The shot brought instant fame to Reed, who finished with a game-high 34 points and was mobbed by kids as soon as he left the court asking for autographs. It also gave him some redemption. In regulation with the score tied at 73 Reed took the last shot for the Mountain Lions, a deep 3-pointer from the top of the key, with one second remaining that didn't fall.

“I knew on that one I should've gotten myself closer to the basket,” Reed said. “I mean I know I can hit that shot, but I settled for a deep three when I really didn't have to. I told myself after that if I get another shot at a game winner I'm going to take a better shot.”

Reed got that chance, but didn't take a better shot. Instead, he took and made an extremely difficult shot which allowed his team to knock off the No. 1 ranked Hilltoppers for the second time this year.

“On that last play we had called timeout and in the huddle coach asked me if I wanted the ball,” Reed said. “I was tired and I wasn't an animated as I was being in my head. I just said 'Of course I want it.'

“When we came out of the timeout we ran some dummy action and I curled off of a backscreen for the four-man and made my man take a step back. I caught it clean, jab stepped on the wing and thought I'm not shooting this with enough time for them to get one back. I wanted to take it to the rim, but I felt some contact and slipped and fell. I got up and saw I think it was Dennis and Bonifant wall up on me because they thought I was going to shoot. When they did that they left a crease in between them. I got my shoulders through, had two hands on the ball and I could see it wasn't going to go in if I shot it then. I saw the backboard and thought if I can throw it up off of the glass it might have a chance to roll around or do something. Whew. It banked in. I couldn't believe it. I just heard everyone yelling and I thought finally we can get out of here. I was exhausted.”

Dennis says he felt like he and Bonifant had Reed well defended on the play and that he just made a difficult shot.

“When he fell and picked it back up I saw Seger coming and I thought there's no way he can get a shot off,” Dennis said. “He just pivoted through us and banked it in. It was a tough shot. I don't know. There was nothing else I could do and nothing else he could do. He just made a tough shot.”

Reed's teammates, senior center Terry Hopewell and junior guard Aaron Miller, both had great looks at the final play from different perspectives and say it was a remarkable feat.

“Rob had the ball and I knew he was going to take the last shot so I had myself positioned on the block,” said Hopewell. “It looked like he got fouled when he fell, but there was no call. He kept control, got himself up and made a remarkable, crazy shot. I've never seen anything like that in a game like this. I was right there in front of the basket and would've tried to get the tip in if it missed, but it didn't. It was just amazing.”

Miller agrees.

“I was on the opposite side of the court where all of media was and I knew he was going to get off a shot,” Miller said. “I've seen him do it so many times before. He hits big shots all of the time in practice. He's the best player I've ever played with. When he gathered himself after falling I thought here he goes. I just took off for the rim in case it came off and it didn't. I thought then he did it again. I honestly can't say I was that surprised. He's pretty amazing.”