HAMILTON — Sean Whyte’s 19-yard field goal earned the B.C. Lions a 41-38 overtime win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats Thursday night.

Whyte capped B.C.’s first overtime possession with his game-winning boot. Hamilton had the opening possession but former Ticat DeWayne Hendrix recovered Tim White’s fumble following a completion, to the dismay of the Hamilton Stadium gathering of 29,012.

B.C. (4-5) earned its first win in three games and avenged a 37-33 home loss to Hamilton on July 27.

Hamilton (6-3) had its six-game win streak snapped.

Hamilton forced overtime on Marc Liegghio’s 29-yard field goal on the final play of regulation, ending a five-play, 44-yard march that began with 32 seconds remaining. It came after Nathan Rourke found James Butler on a 16-yard TD pass at 14:22 to end a sev

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