Looking for a spark, Red Bank turned to junior post player Brandon Jones in a tightly contested District 6-AA basketball game Thursday night at Brainerd.
With the score tied and momentum on the host Panthers’ side with four minutes left to play, a fire was lit under the athletic big man for the Lions.
From the 3:45 mark to 1:30 to go, Jones accounted for all the points in a 10-0 run that began with a left-handed turn-around floater in the paint and ended with an emphatic two-handed slam dunk.
Totaling 16 points and 10 rebounds in the 69-61 victory, Jones still was quick to honor his teammates after finishing a regular-season sweep of Brainerd, which missed its leading scorer.
“In my high school career I think this is one of the best games we’ve played as a team,” Jones said. “We played like we know how to play. We hustled and played our hearts out.”