There are highlight-reel dunks, and then there’s what Lucas Brown did Thursday night.
The Red Bank junior’s thunderous windmill slam put an exclamation point at the end of an 80-75 statement win over District 6-AA foe Howard. Brown had a game-high 29 points, while Tory Sewell scored 14 and Calvin Jackson chipped in 10 for the host Lions.
“Tory was telling me to throw it off the backboard, but I didn’t want (the Tigers) to get it, so I went for the windmill,” Brown said with his teammates gathered around him in the locker room.
Red Bank (15-9, 7-5) dominated the first half, using a suffocating defense to force 16 first-half turnovers for Howard (17-6, 8-4). The Lions jumped out to an 18-4 lead to start the game and led by eight at the end of the first quarter.
It was more of the same in the second period as the Lions opened on a 7-2 run highlighted by Brown’s second dunk of the game, an alley-oop from point guard De’Angelo Ross, who Lions coach Nick Fike said made a huge difference in getting their offense going.