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Villanova's Ross Condon celebrates with teammate Will Sheridan (50). The Wildcats held off Boston College in overtime to advance to the Elite Eight on Friday.

“I knew if we lost this game, it was going to be my last game,” Foye said. “I wanted to keep playing. I just wanted to keep playing.”

Dudley hit a 3-pointer from the left wing to tie the game at 51 with 28.4 seconds to go, and Williams blocked Lowry’s jumper to send the game into overtime.

BC hadn’t lost an overtime game since Jan. 25, 2003, winning eight in a row since then. But Foye and the Wildcats squeaked this one out despite making 4-of-19 3-pointers.

Ray again couldn’t find his shot, going 3-for-15 after shooting 2-of-14 in last year’s one-point loss to North Carolina in the round of 16.

The Eagles’ two stars, Smith and Dudley, were equally quiet for most of the game.

Smith had 14 points and 14 rebounds, but was unable to find room to work underneath against Villanova’s overshadowed, but feisty, frontcourt. Dudley also managed 14 points after scoring a career-high 36 in their final meeting as Big East opponents last year.

Things couldn’t have gone much worse in the first 15 minutes for Villanova, which looked as if it would join Duke among the vanquished No. 1 seeds.

Boston College’s size forced Wright to ditch his unique four-guard lineup early in the game, and Villanova missed 13 of its first 17 shots.

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“I was a little nervous, but that’s all right,” Massimino said while dancing to Villanova’s fight song. “We’ve been down before.”

Down, but not out.

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