Tyner was limited to four points in the fourth quarter of its District 6-AA boys’ high school basketball game Friday against Brainerd, but that included the most timely basket of the night.
Travis Murphy scored inside off a feed from Sadik Spence with 10 seconds to play, and the Rams defeated the Panthers 46-44 at Tyner.
When Brainerd’s Demetrius Kitchens made the second of two free throws with 22 seconds remaining to make it 44-44, it was the first time the Panthers had not trailed since they fell behind 5-4. Afterward, the Rams hurried the ball into the frontcourt, where their point guard’s penetration drew attention and he found Murphy sneaking toward the goal from the right side.
“I thought about calling time out on that last possession,” Tyner coach Gerald Harris said. “But then I thought, ‘They haven’t listened to me all game. Why call a timeout?’
“Anyway, it was a heads-up play. Sadik did a good job finding Travis Murphy, and Murphy put it in.”