Adebayo, High Point Christian reach final
High Point Christian 51
Greensboro Day 50
BY JEREMY VERNON
Special to the News & Record
For the third time this season, Greensboro Day and High Point Christian came down to the wire.
This time, it was the Cougar’s Edrice “Bam” Adebayo’s turn to play the role of hero.In the NCISAA boys 3-A semifinal Friday night, the 6-foot-10 forward and Kentucky commit scored the final basket of the game with two seconds on the clock to give High Point Christian a 51-50 win.
With under 20 seconds left, Greensboro Day’s J.P. Moorman drove to the basket, put up a shot, corralled his own miss and got fouled while going back up. He made both free throws the give the Bengals a 50-49 lead. After a timeout by High Point Christian, Cougar senior guard Michal Seals charged hard to the basket. He missed the layup, but the ball bounced out of bounds off of the Bengals with seven seconds remaining.
On the ensuing inbound, the ball careened off the corner of the backboard and into Adebayo’s hands. He made sure that it wouldn’t be the last time he handled the ball as a Cougar.
“It was just one we had to get,” he said. “We’re mainly seniors, so we just didn’t want to go out understated.” Adebayo finished with 15 on the night after tallying just five in the game’s opening half.
The Cougars headed into the locker room at halftime with a 28-23 lead, but the Bengals didn’t go away quietly, opening the third quarter on a 12-1 run led by Moorman, who scored six of his game-high 20 points during the stretch.
“Sometimes, when teams make plays on you … the intensity level drops,” said Cougars coach Brandon Clifford. “All of a sudden, you drop your hands. And you drop your hands in a fight, and you’re going to get rocked.”
With the win, the Cougars advance to the state final against Providence Day. The two met in November— a 76-66 win for the Chargers. Clifford said after the game that this is a rematch they’ve been looking forward to.
“We have a countdown clock on our wall,” he said. “We’re supposed to count down to all the opponents, but when they whipped us we kept Providence Day up there, planning on this being the day where we play them again.”
High Point Christian 51
Greensboro Day 50
BY JEREMY VERNON
Special to the News & Record
For the third time this season, Greensboro Day and High Point Christian came down to the wire.
This time, it was the Cougar’s Edrice “Bam” Adebayo’s turn to play the role of hero.In the NCISAA boys 3-A semifinal Friday night, the 6-foot-10 forward and Kentucky commit scored the final basket of the game with two seconds on the clock to give High Point Christian a 51-50 win.
With under 20 seconds left, Greensboro Day’s J.P. Moorman drove to the basket, put up a shot, corralled his own miss and got fouled while going back up. He made both free throws the give the Bengals a 50-49 lead. After a timeout by High Point Christian, Cougar senior guard Michal Seals charged hard to the basket. He missed the layup, but the ball bounced out of bounds off of the Bengals with seven seconds remaining.
On the ensuing inbound, the ball careened off the corner of the backboard and into Adebayo’s hands. He made sure that it wouldn’t be the last time he handled the ball as a Cougar.
“It was just one we had to get,” he said. “We’re mainly seniors, so we just didn’t want to go out understated.” Adebayo finished with 15 on the night after tallying just five in the game’s opening half.
The Cougars headed into the locker room at halftime with a 28-23 lead, but the Bengals didn’t go away quietly, opening the third quarter on a 12-1 run led by Moorman, who scored six of his game-high 20 points during the stretch.
“Sometimes, when teams make plays on you … the intensity level drops,” said Cougars coach Brandon Clifford. “All of a sudden, you drop your hands. And you drop your hands in a fight, and you’re going to get rocked.”
With the win, the Cougars advance to the state final against Providence Day. The two met in November— a 76-66 win for the Chargers. Clifford said after the game that this is a rematch they’ve been looking forward to.
“We have a countdown clock on our wall,” he said. “We’re supposed to count down to all the opponents, but when they whipped us we kept Providence Day up there, planning on this being the day where we play them again.”
