In triple overtime, Shawnee Mission South High School outlasted Wichita East 74-68 in a Tournament of Champions losers’ bracket thriller Friday afternoon.
South guard Will Spradling simply would not let the Raiders lose. A Kansas State University early signee, Spradling scored half of his game-high 30 points in the trio of extra periods at the Dodge City Civic Center.
“He put us on his back,” Shawnee Mission South coach Brett McFall said. “When he wasn’t scoring, he was creating and distributing to people and making his free throws down the stretch.
“He just decided that he was going to take it over.”
Spradling’s overtime flourish offset the three-pronged Blue Aces scoring attack of Nathan Jackson (21 points), Jalen Love (14 points) and Randall Rogers (100 points.
Jackson was Action Jackson for the Blue Aces, hitting 7 of 10 shots from the floor, including 3-for-3 on 3s.
“That’s the one of the best teams in the state,” McFall said of East, ranked No. 4 in the latest Class 6A Kansas Basketball Coaches Association poll. “I told our kids I was proud of them for hanging in there.”
South is ranked No. 10 in the latest poll.
Spradling had four points in the third OT, though he continually made big plays throughout the overtime sessions.
“I definitely don’t like losing,” Spradling said, “and I felt like I needed to step up and take over. We decided to bear down and make some stops as a team and we knocked down some big shots.”
South had a chance to win the game in the second extra session after Spradling came up with the ball on a scramble, but the Raiders had a pass on the wing knocked out of bounds. A lob to Spradling on the inbounds play with 0.9 seconds left was intercepted underneath the basket by Ja’ln Williams, forcing a third overtime.
Spradling scored all of the Raiders’ points in the second overtime, sandwiching four free throws around a basket from close in, followed by a NBA-range 3-pointer from the top of the key with 48 seconds remaining, knotting the score at 63.
The game went into a second OT after South’s Jake Reid missed a 3-pointer just before the buzzer, setting off a wild scramble for the ball as time expired.
Spradling had missed a 3 with 47 seconds left and the score tied at 54, but Reid ran down the offensive rebound to maintain possession for the Raiders.
In the first four-minute overtime period, Love hit a driving layup for a 54-52 East lead, but Spradling tied the game again with a pair of free throws at the 2:49 mark.
At the end of regulation, Spradling hit a falling-on-his-back putback with 1.2 seconds left in regulation, sending the game into overtime tied at 54. Alex Moyer, who had earlier hit a pair of 3s, misfired on a trey from the left corner. But Spradling was there for the offensive board.
East had went ahead 52-50 after Love’s baseline drive and layup with 14.8 seconds left in the period.
It was 22-all at halftime.
An 8-2 run during the final two minutes, four seconds of the second period helped South pull even at the break.
Spradling, who had ine first-half points, converted a three-point play and then the Raiders proceeded to score five points in the final 1:38 of the period.
Love hit a 3-pointer and teammate Chris Johnson added a layup and a 3-ball from the right-corner pocket for an 18-14 lead with 3:02 left before intermission.
South converted 20 of 25 free throws in the game, and the Aces were 10-for-12.
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In triple overtime, Shawnee Mission South High School outlasted Wichita East 74-68 in a Tournament of Champions losers’ bracket thriller Friday afternoon.
South guard Will Spradling simply would not let the Raiders lose. A Kansas State University early signee, Spradling scored half of his game-high 30 points in the trio of extra periods at the Dodge City Civic Center.
“He put us on his back,” Shawnee Mission South coach Brett McFall said. “When he wasn’t scoring, he was creating and distributing to people and making his free throws down the stretch.
“He just decided that he was going to take it over.”
Spradling’s overtime flourish offset the three-pronged Blue Aces scoring attack of Nathan Jackson (21 points), Jalen Love (14 points) and Randall Rogers (100 points.
Jackson was Action Jackson for the Blue Aces, hitting 7 of 10 shots from the floor, including 3-for-3 on 3s.
“That’s the one of the best teams in the state,” McFall said of East, ranked No. 4 in the latest Class 6A Kansas Basketball Coaches Association poll. “I told our kids I was proud of them for hanging in there.”
South is ranked No. 10 in the latest poll.
Spradling had four points in the third OT, though he continually made big plays throughout the overtime sessions.
“I definitely don’t like losing,” Spradling said, “and I felt like I needed to step up and take over. We decided to bear down and make some stops as a team and we knocked down some big shots.”
South had a chance to win the game in the second extra session after Spradling came up with the ball on a scramble, but the Raiders had a pass on the wing knocked out of bounds. A lob to Spradling on the inbounds play with 0.9 seconds left was intercepted underneath the basket by Ja’ln Williams, forcing a third overtime.
Spradling scored all of the Raiders’ points in the second overtime, sandwiching four free throws around a basket from close in, followed by a NBA-range 3-pointer from the top of the key with 48 seconds remaining, knotting the score at 63.
The game went into a second OT after South’s Jake Reid missed a 3-pointer just before the buzzer, setting off a wild scramble for the ball as time expired.
Spradling had missed a 3 with 47 seconds left and the score tied at 54, but Reid ran down the offensive rebound to maintain possession for the Raiders.
In the first four-minute overtime period, Love hit a driving layup for a 54-52 East lead, but Spradling tied the game again with a pair of free throws at the 2:49 mark.
At the end of regulation, Spradling hit a falling-on-his-back putback with 1.2 seconds left in regulation, sending the game into overtime tied at 54. Alex Moyer, who had earlier hit a pair of 3s, misfired on a trey from the left corner. But Spradling was there for the offensive board.
East had went ahead 52-50 after Love’s baseline drive and layup with 14.8 seconds left in the period.
It was 22-all at halftime.
An 8-2 run during the final two minutes, four seconds of the second period helped South pull even at the break.
Spradling, who had ine first-half points, converted a three-point play and then the Raiders proceeded to score five points in the final 1:38 of the period.
Love hit a 3-pointer and teammate Chris Johnson added a layup and a 3-ball from the right-corner pocket for an 18-14 lead with 3:02 left before intermission.
South converted 20 of 25 free throws in the game, and the Aces were 10-for-12.
67th Annual Tournament of Champions
At Dodge City
Dodge City Civic Center
Friday
Losers’ bracket
Shawnee Mission South 74,
Olathe East 68, 3OT
WICHITA EAST (7-2)
Jalen Love 6-3 0-0 14, Ja’ln Williams 3-9 0-0 6, Dario Duque 0-0 2-2 2, Clyde Samilton 0-1 0-0 0, Randall Rogers 3-8 2-2 10, Nathan Jackson 7-10 4-4 21, Teance Walton 1-4 0-0 2, Chris Johnson 2-7 0-0 5, Shamari Griffin 0-0 0-0 0, Jalen Carter 1-3 2-4 4, Demetrius Johnson-Reed 1-1 0-0 2, Chaquil Reed 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 25-58 10-12 68.
SM SOUTH (5-4)
Will Spradling 10-24 9-11 30, Jake Reid 3-8 1-2 9, Alex Moyer 2-4 2-2 8, Andrew Winkler 0-4 2-2 2, Raynder Fredrick 6-8 5-6 17, Luke Bergner 0-0 0-0 0, Brandon Stacker 1-5 1-2 3, Dylan Christie 2-4 0-0 5. Totals 24-58 20-25 74.
East 3 19 14 16 2 9 5 — 68
South 8 14 12 18 2 9 11 — 74
Three-point goals — East 8-22 (Jackson 3-3, Love 2-7, Rogers 2-5, Johnson 1-5, Williams 0-1, Samilton 0-1); South 6-22 (Reid 2-4, Moyer 2-4, Spradling 1-8, Christie 1-3, Winkler 0-3). Total fouls — East 24, South 16. Fouled out — Williams, Walton.
Rebounds -- South 40 (Fredrick 11, Spradling 5, Reid 5); East 30 (Walton 7, Jackson 5). Assists — East 14 (Love 5, Walton 4); South 10 (Spradling). Steals — East 11 (Williams 3); South 6 (Spradlling 3). Turnovers — East 18 (Love 4, Williams 4); South 17 (Spradling 9, Fredrick 4). Blocked shots — East 1 (Jackson); South 1 (Stacker).
