Mack Noble's baseline jump shot with two seconds remaining in the fourth quarter led the Great Neck South Rebels varsity basketball team to a 61-60 victory over the Westbury Green Dragons. Noble finished with a game high 19 points, including 13 in the second quarter.

South trailed 19-5 after the first quarter, but came back in the second to outscore the Green Dragons 23-12 to cut the halftime lead to 31-28. The Rebels came within one point with 6:34 remaining in the third quarter, but didn't grab their first lead of the game until Jason Friedman's layup with 4:05 left in the fourth.

Then, with 41 seconds left to play, Friedman gave the Rebels a 58-57 lead when he converted one of two foul shots. But Westbury's Dylan Davis knocked down a three-pointer with 19 seconds left to give his team a 60-58 lead. But with seven seconds left and South in the bonus, a Green Dragon fouled Friedman, giving him a one-and-one opportunity. He made the first shot, then missed the second. Fellow teammate Mark Antar battled for the rebound and eventually forced a jump ball. The possession arrow pointed in South's favor, and with five seconds left, Antar inbounded the ball to Noble, who hit a buzzer-beater to give the Rebels the win.

Westbury (3-4) received outstanding performances from Wardell Thomas and Omar Dockery, who each scored 15 points. Friedman finished the game for South with 14 points, while Antar added 13. David Gallin also provided 11 points and 14 rebounds for the double-double.

Against Garden City the week before, the Rebels could not handle Garden City's Bob Reeves and Peter Leibman, who scored 21 and 18 points, respectively, in South's 61-48 loss to the undefeated Trojans.

The turning point in the game came in the third quarter when Garden City was ahead 37-32 with :32 remaining. Mack Noble missed a three-point attempt, and then Leibman quickly ran down the court and hit a three of his own. Instead of the score being 37-35 at the end of the third, it ended up 39-32, a swing that ended the Rebels chances of winning the game.

"The thing that killed us was when Mack came down, was impatient and took that shot, and then they go the other way and hit a three," Rebels coach Steve Liebertz said. "That really was the game because we worked so hard to come back, and we played so well in the third quarter. It was a shame that it ended like that."

The Rebels (4-3) faced Division yesterday and will play at Hewlett tomorrow.