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SALEM TWP. &mdash; There was no rhyme, reason or even real plan for Chase Purdy to put up a 3-point attempt with time winding down.
				Instead, the shot was created amid chaos.
				It wound up producing bedlam.
				With her coach frantically trying to call a timeout Saturday and more time remaining than she thought, Purdy flung up a 25-foot 3-pointer that swished through the net with nine seconds to play as Lake-Lehman stunned Hazleton Area 35-33 to win the Wyoming Valley Conference girls basketball overall championship at Berwick Middle School.
				&ldquo;I was really feeling it at halftime,&rdquo; Purdy said. &ldquo;I knew we needed me to hit it. I thought there were five seconds left, instead of 15.
				&ldquo;But hey, it went in, that&rsquo;s all that matters.&rdquo;
				It was the only 3-pointer Purdy attempted all game and the only trey Lehman made in seven tries.
				&ldquo;No, I really don&rsquo;t shoot out there all the time,&rdquo; said Purdy, who finished with 13 points. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m more of a driver.&rdquo;
				In the end, she drove a stake into Hazleton Area&rsquo;s heart once again.
				The Cougars lost in the league finals for the second straight year after holding a late lead, before watching Holy Redeemer roar back at the end for the title last season and Lehman do the same in the final minute this time.
				&ldquo;That&rsquo;s a tough one to lose like that,&rdquo; a dejected Hazleton Area coach Joe Gavio said. &ldquo;This game can be cruel sometimes. We love this sport.
				&ldquo;But sometimes, it can be so heartbreaking.&rdquo;
				The Cougars believed they finally broke through against 6-footers Claire Dougherty, Hailey Kline and a much taller Lehman team.
				Lehman held a 19-12 lead at halftime, but Olivia Wolk popped three 3-point field goals in the third quarter to help Hazleton Area pull even, 29-29, with a quarter to play.
				Marissa Trivelpiece and Brooke Boretski scored baskets early in the fourth quarter to put the Cougars up by four, and despite surrendering Dougherty&rsquo;s scooping lay-in, Hazleton Area took a two-point lead into the last minute.
				&ldquo;We took, like, two minutes off the clock,&rdquo; Gavio said. &ldquo;They&rsquo;re in a one-and-one (foul situation). It&rsquo;s going to be ours.&rdquo;
				Not quite.
				With 20 seconds to play and trailing by two, Purdy rebounded a missed Hazleton Area foul shot and took a pass with her side to the basket down at the other end of the floor. Standing just beyond NBA 3-point range, she awkwardly slung up a one-handed shot &mdash; &ldquo;There was a little form to it,&rdquo; she argued &mdash; and then prayed.
				Not that her attempt would go in.
				That it would count.
				&ldquo;I knew if I shot it with confidence, it would have gone in, and that&rsquo;s what I did,&rdquo; Purdy said. &ldquo;I was concerned that coach was calling a timeout. I was praying (the officials) didn&rsquo;t hear him.&rdquo;
				That&rsquo;s exactly what happened.
				&ldquo;It was in the middle of me calling a timeout,&rdquo; Lake-Lehman coach Charlie Lavan said. &ldquo;And she launched it.&rdquo;
				Lavan said with 15 seconds to go, he wanted to plan a play that put game in the hands of Sarah Salus, the WVC Division 2&rsquo;s leading scorer and top 3-point shooter.
				&ldquo;It wouldn&rsquo;t have been a 25-footer,&rdquo; Lavan laughed. &ldquo;I was trying to call a timeout to draw one up where we have a play set up for Sarah. I said, &lsquo;Fifteen seconds left, let&rsquo;s do it right now.&rsquo; All of a sudden she (Purdy) threw it up. But that&rsquo;s Chase. She does those types of things that make you say, &lsquo;What are you doing?&rsquo; And she makes the basket.
				&ldquo;She&rsquo;s a competitor.&rdquo;
				The shocking shot made with nine seconds on the clock lifted Lehman into a 34-33 lead, and Dougherty sewed up the title by stealing the inbounds pass and hitting a free throw to set the final score and give her a team-high 14 points.
				Hazleton Area had one final attempt, but a 3-point try at the final horn fell well short as a league tournament where every game featured an upset ended with the biggest one.
				Both Hazleton Area and Lake-Lehman were division runners-up and beat each other&rsquo;s division champs in the semifinal round of the four-team tourney.
				Then Lehman, which entered with the worst record of the foursome at 14-8, avenged two double-digit loss from December in consecutive WVC playoff games by dumping Dallas, 50-35 in the semifinals before stunning Hazleton Area.
				&ldquo;I said, anybody can beat anybody on a given night,&rdquo; Lavan said. &ldquo;I like the way our defense keeps us in games, or staying ahead in games. Claire Dougherty played a hell of a game. We came out in the third quarter and played poorly. But we stayed with it.&rdquo;
				Turns out, the Black Knights stayed around to the end and stuck a shot that put them on top of the league as they head into the District 2 tournament next week.
				&ldquo;It means a lot to us,&rdquo; said Purdy, a sophomore who was part of the team that was left out of a wild card spot in last year&rsquo;s league tournament by mere percentage points in the District 2 power ranking system. &ldquo;Last year, we didn&rsquo;t even get to play in it.
				&ldquo;This gives us a lot of confidence.&rdquo;
				Lake-Lehman 35, Hazleton Area 33
				HAZLETON AREA (33) &mdash; Brooke Boretski 2 2-2 6, Olivia Wolk 5 1-1 15, Kyra Antolick 0 0-0 0, Faith Grula 1 0-0 2, Marissa Trivelpiece 4 1-8 10, Carley Krizansky 0 0-0 0, Jaya Franek 0 0-0 0, Lacie Kringe 0 0-0 0, Julia Mooney 0 0-0 0. Totals 12 4-11 33.
				LAKE-LEHMAN (35) &mdash; Lia Keefe 0 0-0 0, Hailey Kline 0 0-0 0, Claire Dougherty 5 4-6 14, Sarah Salus 4 0-0 8, Chase Purdy 5 2-6 13, Madison Brdaric 0 0-0 0. Totals 14 6-12 35.
				Hazleton Area`7`5`17`4 &mdash; 33
				Lake-Lehman`7`12`10`6 &mdash; 35
				Three-point goals &mdash; HAZ 5 (Wolk 4, Trivelpiece); LL 1 (Purdy).

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Purdy’s 3-pointer lifts Lake-Lehman to WVC girls basketball crown