Brainerd’s Joe Derrick turned, faced the basket and made a high-post jumper with 1:25 to play in the last of four semifinals Saturday in the District 6-AA high school basketball tournament at East Hamilton.
It’s big news in that those were the final points in the fourth-seeded Panthers’ 49-47 upset of top-seeded Howard.
Brainerd coach Robert High said they were big in another way, too.
“We’ve been telling him all year, ‘When you get the ball in there, square up and take that shot,'” High said. “First time all year.”
With his Red Bank team down five points early in the fourth quarter, Kelvin Clay scored nine consecutive points and the Lions never trailed again on the way to defeating Tyner 67-60.