CUBS TAKE 3-OT THRILLER ON BROOKS’ BUCKET
Chase Brooks’ runner in the lane with two seconds left was the game-winner as the Brenham Cubs outlasted the Bryan Vikings, 93-91 in a triple-overtime Area Playoff thriller.
In front of a huge crowd at Viking Gym in Bryan, the Cubs (22-9) outlasted the Vikings (18-11), who had staged a furious 13-point, fourth-quarter comeback to force the first overtime.
Viking post Quaylon Newton led the Bryan comeback, scoring 16 of his 29 points in the fourth quarter, helping erase an eight-point Cubs’ lead over the final two-and-a-half minutes.
Cjay Miles kept the Cubs in the game with 12 of his team-high 31 points coming in the fourth quarter.
The two teams traded blows throughout the three extra periods after finishing regulation tied at 67-67.
Bryan held a four-point lead with just over a half-minute left in the first overtime, but the Cubs’ Matt Howlett hit a huge three-pointer and Darvis Watson hit a clutch free throw to send the game into a second overtime.
The Vikings’ highly-touted junior A.J. Lawson sent the game into a third overtime as he hit the tying basket with 12 seconds left. Lawson, the 12th ranked high school player in Texas, finished with a team-high 31 points.
After Lawson sank two free throws with 17 seconds left in the third overtime, the Cubs lost the handle on the ball but got it back with 5.5 seconds left.
After a Brenham timeout, the Cubs got the ball into Brooks who hit the game-winner, to send the team into the Region Quarterfinals against either Waco University or Houston Madison. Those two teams meet Friday night in Madisonville.
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1OT | 2OT | 3OT | TOT | |
CUBS | 13 | 15 | 16 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 93 |
BRYAN | 14 | 14 | 8 | 31 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 91 |
CUBS: CJAY MILES, 31 pts.; CHASE BROOKS, 21; CALEB HILL, 18; ANTOINE LISTER, 18; MATT ADAMS, 6; MATT HOWLETT 3; DARVIS WATSON, 3.
BRYAN: A.J. LAWSON, 31 pts.; QUAYLON NEWTON, 29; DARIUS ROSS, 12; B.J. ROSS, 10; ZACH NUTALL, 5; TRE BLAKEY, 2; ERIC BAZY, 2.
REGION III/5A, AREA PLAYOFFS
CUBS (22-9) 93 BRYAN (18-11) 91 -3 OT-
WACO UNIVERSITY vs. HOUSTON MADISON, FRIDAY, 8:00 @ MADISONVILLE
BEAUMON OZEN vs. FORT BEND ELKINS, FRIDAY, 7:00 @ LEE COLLEGE, BAYTOWN
C.E. KING vs. FORT BEND MARSHALL, FRIDAY, 8:00 @ PHILLIPS F.H. PASADENA
HOUSTON YATES vs. PFLUGERVILLE CONNALLY, SATURDAY, NOON @ RUDDER
TOMBALL MEMORIAL vs. HUNTSVILLE, FRIDAY, 7:00 @ TOMBALL MEMORIAL
RIDGE POINT vs. HUMBLE, FRIDAY, 6:00 @ PHILLIPS F.H. PASADENA
BEAUMONT CENTRAL vs. FORT BEND BUSH, FRIDAY, 7:30 @ CROSBY
” How ’bout them CUBS ” !!!! Way to bow you neck, and, never quit fighting !! NOTE: Doc, you actually sound skinnier on the radio now !!!