Rejoice Christian held off a livid Chisholm comeback to knock off the Longhorns 59-52 in a Class I 3A Area I losers bracket quarterfinal at Paul Outhier Fieldhouse on Thursday.
Trailing by 20 (42-22) getting into the ultimate interval, the Longhorns pulled to inside three, 52-49, on Allen Weber's 3-pointer with 56.1 seconds left.
Nevertheless, the visiting Eagles scored six unanswered factors to make it 58-49 after two free throws by Jaden Foote with 16.7 seconds left.
Aiden Burd, taking part in in his ultimate recreation for the Longhorns, scored the ultimate basket of his profession with 6.8 seconds remaining. He had 21 factors to steer Chisholm (11-14). Weber scored 15. Zizi Okwufulueze led the Eagles with 24 factors.
Chisholm struggled within the first half, going simply considered one of 10 from the sphere in a 10-3 deficit after the primary interval and 4 of twenty-two from the sphere in a 31-9 halftime deficit.
“We had a very good comeback,” Chisholm coach Cole Hibler mentioned.
“If we had gone into the sport with the identical depth we had on the finish, it in all probability would have been a special recreation.
“Our photographs weren't falling early, and after they do, it’s a must to work 10 occasions tougher. That's one thing a younger workforce like ours has to study. We didn’t have the depth or the depth…it wasn’t that we didn’t play onerous. There was no sense of urgency. We picked it up within the second half, however they did a very good job of pulling it out late and making their unhealthy photographs.”
Half of Chisholm's area targets (20 of 55) got here within the ultimate interval, when the Longhorns have been 10 of 16 from the sphere. Burd had 15 of his 21 factors within the ultimate eight minutes, together with three 3-pointers.
“Burd performed nicely, performed nicely all 12 months,” Hibler mentioned. “I'm happy with my guys. You hate it when it's over, however solely a choose few (state champions) can win a season at a excessive stage.”
Burd, Camden Daniels, Hayden Harmon and Artim Gashi are the lone seniors.
“Now we have a whole lot of guys coming again,” Hibler mentioned. “We're going to enter the offseason to organize for moments like this.”
Chisholm's women, who had a bye Thursday, will play Victory Christian in an elimination recreation Friday at 1 p.m.
