BOSTON – After senior Ryan Hilburn tied the game with 7.8 seconds remaining in regulation, sophomore John MacLean's winner with 47 seconds left in overtime gave the No. 20 Boston University men's lacrosse team a dramatic 12-11 victory over Providence on Saturday afternoon at Nickerson Field.

HOW WE GOT TO OVERTIME

• Providence led, 10-7, early in the second half before the Terriers tallied the next three goals to even the score with 6:26 left in the fourth quarter.
• Sean Leahey found the back of the net with just 1:38 left to give Providence an 11-10 lead, and the Friars won the ensuing faceoff.
• After a Terrier timeout, senior Isaac Lipton and sophomore Chase Levesque combined to force a turnover and give BU a final possession.
• Hilburn delivered with his second goal of the day, spinning through a sea of bodies in front of the cage to send the game to overtime.

IN THAT OT...

• The Terriers started with the ball after Providence took a 30-second penalty at the end of regulation.
• BU survived the shot clock being put on them and kept possession for the entire overtime.
• Freshman Chris Gray eventually fed MacLean, and the sophomore ripped home a shot low to high for the victory.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Terriers took a quick 2-0 thanks to goals by Hilburn and junior James Burr.
• After Providence tied it, 2-2, Burr tallied the first of two Terrier man-up goals to reclaim a one-goal edge before Providence answered with just one second to spare in the opening quarter.
• Gray dazzled the crowd with a nifty behind-the-back finish for his first collegiate goal to once again give BU a one-goal lead.
• Providence got the next two goals before Gray found MacLean for the sophomore's first marker of the contest with 6:46 left in Q2.
• After PC took a 7-5 lead, MacLean and senior Hayden Ruiz each scored to tie the game before Providence responded with the final two goals of the half.
• Freshman Tommy Nook's first collegiate goal with 3:30 left in the third quarter got the score to 10-9 before MacLean once again tied it with 6:26 to play.

ANOTHER THRILLER IN THE OPENER

• This was the second straight year that BU and Providence opened the season with an overtime thriller.
• BU earned an 8-7 victory in double overtime in Rhode Island last year.

GAME NOTES

• Gray was outstanding in his collegiate debut, notching two goals and assisting on three others to lead the Terriers with five points.
• MacLean's four goals is a career high for him. He had two hat tricks last season.
• Burr finished with four points (2g, 2a) while Ruiz notched three points (1g, 2a).
• Freshman goalkeeper Joe McSorley made his first collegiate start and stopped 12 shots, including five in the third quarter to help BU get back into the game.
• McSorley also finished with five ground balls in addition to a caused turnover.
• Sophomore Chase Levesque matched his career high with six ground balls and also led BU with three caused turnovers.
• Senior Joe Stucky went 10-of-18 at the faceoff X with five ground balls while freshman Sean Christman won two draws in his collegiate debut.
• Senior Jack Wilson extended his point streak to 44 games thanks to his pair of assists.
• Senior James Burke notched his first collegiate point with an assist on Nook's goal.
• After going 2-of-4 on clears in the first quarter, BU finished the game a perfect 17-for-17 in the clearing game over the final three quarters.

NEXT UP: OHIO STATE

• BU will head to 2017 national runner-up and eighth-ranked Ohio State on Saturday, Feb. 10, at 12 p.m.