The game lived up to the hype. In a hotly-anticipated playoff rematch, Harford Tech's boys basketball team ousted Elkton for the second straight season. Jordan Bright hit the go-ahead free throw with 19.7 seconds left then blocked a three-point attempt by the Elks' Dah'Mear Triplett at the buzzer to secure a wild 70-69 triumph. Elkton had taken an eight-point lead (62-54) on a Triplett basket with 6:03 remaining. The Cobras countered with a 12-0 uprising to go up by four with 2:50 to go. Jalen Dangerfield scored six points in that span. The Elks responded thanks to three big plays by Marquis Battle. He saved an Elkton possession by throwing the ball off a Tech player as he was sprawling out of bounds. Triplett drained a three-pointer to narrow the gap to 66-65 with 1:17 left. Battle then fed Ryan Thompson for a layup to give the hosts a 67-66 edge. Finally, Battle scored on a putback to pad the Elks lead to 69-66 with 57 seconds to play. After Tech missed a three-pointer, Elkton committed a traveling violation with 38 seconds left. Nine seconds later, Bright buried a pair of free throws to bring Tech within one. The Elks missed the front end of a one-and-one and were whistled for a foul on the rebound. Anthony Ifeacho made the first to tie it and missed the second. Bright grabbed an offensive rebound, drew a foul, and converted the second free throw attempt to give the visitors a one-point edge. Elkton missed a three-pointer and Tech got the rebound. Bright missed both free throws with 5.4 seconds left. The Elks had a final opportunity. Triplett took a three-pointer from the left wing, but Bright used his long wingspan to swat the shot away.
The Elks' Thompson had 15 of his 20 points in the third quarter. Triplett and Ray Estep each tallied 10. Ifeacho led all scorers with 22. Deshawn Lucas supplied 16 points. Dangerfield scored all 12 of his points in the second half and Bright finished with 10. Comments are closed.
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