Andrew Hudak shocked the Lehigh Valley Conference fan base, and gave his Bethlehem Catholic boys basketball team a monumental win heading into the final week of the regular season.

The 6-foot-7 sophomore took a pass from Jamal Aziz on the left block and then turned and faded away from defender Sam Iorio for a 12-foot bank shot with 2.6 seconds left that gave the Golden Hawks a 53-51 win over Parkland (15-4 overall, 8-4 overall) last Wednesday night at Parkland high school.

"Jamal drove the lane, didn't have anything and then made a great play," Hudak said. "He found me and I hit the shot. I saw an opening and had to do a little something to get the ball over Iorio who's 6-foot-5."

The shot capped off a career-high 19-point performance where he went 8-for-8 from the field, mostly on mid-range efforts and rebounds and put backs in the post.

"Everything I got was from everyone else," noted Hudak. "My teammates found me in good situations and I finished my layups."

Becahi (10-9 overall, 7-5 Lehigh Valley Conference) was coming off of three consecutive losses in a matter of six days, and were looking for some momentum with the home stretch here and league and district tournament berths in their reach.

The Golden Hawks trailed for much of the first half. Trojans sophomore Kyle Stout was a big reason why. He hit three 3-pointers in the first sixteen minutes and led his team in first half points. Hudak scored nine in the first half, and Aziz added seven.

Becahi trailed 29-26 at halftime, but back-to-back baskets by Hudak off two of Freddie Simmons' seven assists put the Golden Hawks in front early in the third quarter and set the tone for the remainder of the game.

Julian Spigner scored five points in the first 90 seconds of the fourth quarter to give Becahi a 45-38 lead, and when Hudak put in a layup, the Golden Hawks were up nine with a little over two minutes to go.

But Becahi turnovers and a missed free throw along with 3-pointers by Justin Zajko and Stout fueled an 11-2 Parkland run that looked like it might lead to overtime.

Parkland scrambled back from a 49-40 deficit with 2:16 left to tie the game at 51-51 off a three-point play by Zajko with 28.4 seconds left.

After a couple of timeouts, Aziz penetrated into the lane, but was halted. He then flipped inside to Hudak, who created space and then banked home his team's biggest win of the season.

After the game, Hudak said it happened quick, but he's glad he could help his team to such a big victory.