The crowd had not lost any of their energy, standing the entirety of the game until the halftime break, especially in the gold-clad student section.

Some incredible plays were seen during the first part of this half. Benham had three-point shots, and Schner had been on his game, making six out of six field goals, and taking three rebounds.

There were great passes and fakes between several players throughout the half. One that stood out was an over-the-head backward pass from Benham to Schner, which Schner followed up with a basket. Neither team was disappointed throughout the half, and fantastic plays by Pruitt, Grant Asman, Benham, Boyd, and Schner were seen.

The Bisons demonstrated excellent resilience throughout the entire first half of the game, and their fans were wild through it all.

Halftime passed quickly, the players taking a quick break, rehydrating, and talking to their coaches. Just like that, the game was back on, and the second half was underway. This half did not fall short of expectations, although, for a good while, it was terrifying.

Thanks to some moves by Belmont's Cade Tyson, who made 15 points for the Bruins in the second half - many toward the beginning, along with Belmont's Ben Sheppard and Ja'Kobi Gillesepie, the score was up to 49 to 57 in Belmont's favor, by roughly the middle of the half, raising the energy levels yet again, and putting the crowd on new levels of hype.

The Lipscomb fans were especially loud as they cheered on their boys and hoped and prayed for a win. A win this year would be the first win on the Battle of the Boulevard that Lipscomb had seen in years, Belmont currently holding a five-year streak over the Bisons.

The game remained close, only separated by two points in the Bison's favor with a minute left on the clock. Thanks to the shot clock, the Bisons weren't able to run down the clock, so the crowd continued to hold their breaths.

Finally, all too soon, the minutes were winding down on the game clock. The crowd remained on their feet, yelling and cheering and waiting to see the outcome of the historic and emotion-packed game.

With eleven seconds left in the game, Schner fouled Belmont's Michael Shanks, who received two free throws. Shanks proceeded to make both free throws, bringing the score of the game to 75, all with only eleven seconds left of playing time. The crowd exploded, Bisons in agony, Bruins in cheers.

The Bisons called a timeout, then the Bruins, and then the Bisons again, leaving the crowd standing through a minute and a half of timeouts, waiting and hoping.

The Bisons had the ball. Pruitt passed it into Boyd, who dribbled it up from Belmont's half of the court, moving slowly.

When Boyd passed the half-court line, he poured on the speed, powering down the court with only five seconds left on the game clock.

Boyd came around to the edge of the lower defensive box and hurled the ball in a powerful pass to Ognacevic, who was waiting in the paint, nearly under the hoop. Two and a half seconds left.

Sophomore Jacob Ognacevic leaped for the hoop, past Belmont's Tyson, and with one second left on the clock, made a layup. This put the Bisons up at 77-75 with a solitary second left.

The crowd went wild, screaming and cheering and jumping up and down. The energy was electric, and one second later, when the clock wound to zero, the energy surged up even beyond what it had been moments before.

The final buzzer had sounded. And it was official – Lipscomb had won their first Battle of the Boulevard in seven tries.

The Lipscomb student sections absolutely exploded, surging from their places and racing to the floor, where they gathered in a mob that covered almost the entire court and jumped up and down, cheering. The energy was absolutely unreal, unmatched by anything, even during the game.

The players were right at the center of it all, jumping with each other - and on each other - and yelling at the top of their lungs. Students and players gathered at the side of the court facing the Belmont student section and triumphantly waved goodbye to the Belmont students, who were jeering at the victorious Bisons. Despite perhaps unsportsmanlike conduct on the Belmont student's behalf, the Bisons' excitement was not dampened in the slightest.

After waving goodbye to the exiting Belmont students, the celebrations resumed, players and students once again leaping up and down and yelling and screaming with joy. The Bisons had not seen a Battle of the Boulevard win in five years, but they had finally broken Belmont's streak - and that was cause for celebration indeed!

The celebrations did not die down for over half an hour at least, on the court, and then even near midnight, Lipscomb students could still be heard cheering and celebrating outside. The energy of the night was infectious, completely contagious, and refused to die down after the win.

The game had been an action-packed series of well-made plays and quick decisions by both teams. It had been close and definitely up-in-the-air for a little while. Both the Bisons and the Bruins had stand-out players, such as Ognacevic and Benham for the Bisons and Tyson and Sheppard for the Bruins, and both teams had solid plays. In the end, it was a literal last-second shot that won a truly historic game of basketball. What a game.