Basketball recap (1/28): Crazy finish between Red Oak and Midlo, and more from Fort Worth-area
Boys
Red Oak 47, Midlothian 44
In one of the most insane endings to a basketball game, Red Oak hung on to beat upset-minded Midlothian in a big District 14-5A showdown at Midlothian on Friday night.
Red Oak, No. 20 in the 5A state rankings, now owns the season sweep over Midlo and improves to 8-0 in district. The Panthers drop to 6-2. They lost to the Hawks 63-62 on Jan. 4.
Trailing by two, the Panthers quickly transitioned and tied it at 44 on a Nathan Shepherd layup with one minute left.
After a free throw by Red Oak, the Hawks led 45-44 with 23 seconds to go. Still trailing by one, the Panthers got possession back when the Hawks were called out of bounds with 13 seconds on the clock. But Midlo turned it right over on an offensive foul call with six seconds.
Midlo was looking to foul Red Oak to reach seven team fouls so the Hawks could shoot free throws. The Panthers fouled twice, one with 5.1 left and one just before the final buzzer.
A long discussion between the officials and scoring table ensued for what felt like five minutes. Red Oak’s Kirk Queensbourough went to the line and 0.5 was put back on the clock, but the officials stopped play again and instead put Mark Broussard at the stripe with 5.1 on the clock.
It was learned that the foul at 5.1 was Midlo’s seventh foul, which would have put Red Oak to the line. But it was initially ruled the sixth, therefore play had continued.
After all that, Broussard missed the front end of the 1-and-1, but Shepherd was stripped of the ball near half court and Red Oak was fouled again. Queensbourough made both free throws and Midlo couldn’t get a final shot off before the buzzer.
Queensbourough had 14 points to lead Red Oak, all in the second half. He made four threes in the third quarter. Kelton Williams led Midlo with eight of his 14 coming in the first quarter. Shepherd added 10 of his 13 in the fourth and Calix Hampton chipped in 12.
The Panthers led 13-12 after the first quarter and scored the first five of the second. Hampton converted on a three-point play to make it 18-12. Red Oak came back to tie it at 18 before Midlo took a 20-18 lead into intermission.
The Hawks made five threes in the third, led by Queensbourough’s four treys and Red Oak went on a 10-0 run. It was extended to 18-4 as Red Oak led by 12. The Hawks were up 39-29 at the end of the period. Shepherd hit a three from the left wing to get Midlo back within three with six minutes left in the game.
Mansfield Legacy 77, Burleson Centennial 45
Four Legacy Broncos scored in double figures led by Isaiah Manning’s 19 points in their District 8-5A win over the Spartans.
Wayne Wiggins added 14 points for Legacy followed by Amir McMillian’s 11 and Lejai Jordan’s 10. CJ Jordan chipped in eight.
Legacy came out on fire with a 27-10 lead after the first quarter and then held Centennial to two points in the second quarter.
The Broncos led 42-12 at intermission.
Bryce Robinson led Centennial with 18 points. Jordan Jenkins added 12.
Arlington Bowie 62, Arlington Lamar 50
Devon Campbell scored a team-high 20 points and Bowie picked up another District 8-6A win over the Vikings.
Kelby Valsin added 11 points for the Volunteers.
Lamar was led by Jalen Lang’s game-high 27 points.
The Vikings led at halftime, but Bowie pulled away with a 19-10 edge in the third quarter and 21-17 in the fourth.
Girls
Mansfield Summit 52, Everman 51
Summit hung on in the fourth quarter to edge out the Bulldogs in District 8-5A.
Everman only scored three points in the first quarter, but was able to take a 25-23 lead into halftime.
The Jaguars led 41-34 after the third quarter and the Bulldogs out scored Summit in the fourth 17-11, but came up just short.
Summit’s Sydney Rice led all scorers with 20 points and made all six of her free throw attempts in the second half.
Dariana Stockman led Everman with 17 points.
Red Oak 74, Midlothian 48
North Texas bound Breanna Davis dropped 35 points as the Hawks routed the Panthers in a battle between the top two teams in District 14-5A.
Red Oak clinched the district title (10-0) for the fourth straight year and the No. 1 seed.
Midlothian (7-2) can still clinch a share of district if both teams finish the season 10-2. Red Oak plays Joshua on Tuesday while Midlothian visits Corsicana.
Sheridan Silvers and Elise Jones had 13 points apiece to lead Midlothian. Bailey Davis added nine.
Jones converted on a three-point play that pulled the Panthers within 12-8, but Red Oak responded with 10-0 and 12-2 runs. The Hawks got up 29-11, but Midlothian did make a late push in the second quarter to get it to 35-21 at halftime.
Davis matched Midlo’s first half score with 21 points.
Silvers stayed active in the third quarter, but the Hawks pulled away. Davis hit a couple of threes in the period and Amiya Bowie added one early in the fourth to make it 60-41.
Peaster 80, Eastland 34
Brooklyn Bosher scored 31 points and surpassed 2,000 points in her career to help keep the Greyhounds unbeaten in district play at 11-0. Peaster also improved to 28-4 overall.
ACU commit Payton Hull scored 22 points for Peaster, which is No. 2 in the area small school rankings.
Hull hit 2,000 points earlier this season. Both Hull and Bosher are juniors.
