Down two points with 3.8 seconds to play, Mercy was staring a fourth consecutive loss in the Connecticut Class LL title game square in the face. Then they pulled a page out of Valparaiso’s March-tested playbook.

Sheena Landy, Cassie Santoro and Maria Weselyj combined to author a successful re-creation of Bryce Drew’s iconic buzzer-beater.

Drawing up these classic plays is all the rage right now. Earlier this week, my high school was done in by the old Christian Laettner heave.

Not that I’m dwelling on it or anything.