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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship♪ ♪ WELCOME TO THIS EVENING SET GHSA GHSA CLASS 4A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME PRESENTED BY BREDA PEST MANAGEMENT.
TONIGHT WE HAVE NORTH OCONEE TAKING ON PACE ACADEMY.
WE ARE GLAD YOU ARE HERE WITH US.
I AM HERE WITH SEAN GOLDEN.
EVER SINCE THE MATCHUP WAS SET, TWO OUTSTANDING PROGRAMS AND TWO OUTSTANDING COACHES.
LET'S GO DOWN THE CHECKLIST.
STUD PLAYERS.
WE ARE PLAYING FOR A CHAMPIONSHIP.
WE ARE PLAYING FOR THE BOYS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AND NUMBER THREE, GREAT COACHING.
TWO OF THE BEST IN THE STATE.
IT IS GOING TO BE OUTSTANDING.
THE FOURTH GAME OF THE DAY BUT WITH JOHN AND HANNAH, FOUR DAYS OF ACTION.
WHEN WE GET THIS ONE DONE WE WILL CROWN EIGHT CHAMPIONS IN GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL.
ALSO ON OUR TEAM IS JON NELSON WITH A SPECIAL GUEST.
CHASING AFTER ANOTHER TITLE, I KNOW YOU EXPECT TO BE HERE.
WHAT IS THE MESSAGE COMING IN TONIGHT?
IT IS NOT WHO WE PLAY BUT HOW WE PLAY.
LET EVERYTHING ELSE TAKE CARE OF ITSELF.
JON: FOR SOMEBODY THAT HAS NOT SEEN PACE PLAY, WHAT CAN THEY EXPECT?
EXPECT GOOD BASKETBALL.
HE IS OUTSTANDING AND ONE OF THE BEST COACHES IN THE GAME.
NOW WE START WITH --AND HAYDEN CLAY.
FOR NORTH OCONEE TITANS AND COACH RASMUSSEN, BRACCO, BROOKS, AND BANKS POURCHIER.
THE OFFICIALS FOR TONIGHT, KELCEY ROGERS, KARINE McDOUGAL AND TREVOR COLEMAN.
THE PACE WEARING WHITE.
IT IS THE KNIGHTS WHO WIN THE OPENING TIP AND WE ARE OFF AND RUNNING.
CLASS 4A CHAMPIONSHIP.
OFF THE BOARD, TRYING TO SLAM IN.
CANNOT GET IT TO GROW.
CLAY ON THE ATTEMPT ALSO COULD NOT GET THE FOLLOW.
UP AND AWAY.
BRACCO WITH THE MESS.
BACK-AND-FORTH, QUICKLY.
CLAY INSIDE.
LOOSE BALL.
TO CHATFIELD.
GOOD!
THE GEORGIA TECH COMMIT CAN REALLY STROKE THE BALL.
HIS STRENGTH IS THE OUTSIDE SHOT.
CANNOT QUITE GET THAT ONE TO GO.
THAT IS BROOKS TRYING TO GET THE BASKET.
HE WILL SHOOT A PAIR OF FREE THROWS RIGHT NOW.
THAT FOUL IS ON CHANDLER BING.
THEIR KEYS ARE GOING TO BE SLOWING THE GUARD OF PACE ACADEMY.
AND ELIMINATE TRANSITION PLACE.
ON THE OTHER SIDE WE TALK ABOUT PACE ACADEMY AND THEIR KEYS ARE STAYING DISCIPLINED AND PLAYING NATURAL NORMAL DEFENSE.
BROOKS WITH THE SECOND ONE SHORT SO HE MAKES ONE OUT OF TWO.
NORTH OCONEE GETTING ON THE BOARD.
DOWN SCREEN.
CHATFIELD, NO.
THE REBOUND PULLED DOWN BY POURCHIER.
OUT TO WILKINS.
BROOKS.
GOOD DEFENSIVE RECOVERY BY PACE.
BROOKS FOR THREE.
NICE SHOT BY THE BIG FELLOW.
Larry: HIS STRENGTH WILL BE A BIG FACTOR IN THE GAME.
MORE IMPORTANTLY, IF YOU CAN SCORE LIKE THAT, THAT WILL BE IMPORTANT DOWN THE STRETCH.
Shaun: ABSOLUTELY.
OFF THE GLASS TOO HARD.
POURCHIER WITH THE REBOUND.
WILKINS.
THE DISH, LOCKED AWAY.
HE IS A 6'4" GUARD.
CHATFIELD FOR THREE.
UP AND IN.
CHANDLER BING.
KHAMARI BROOKS HAS BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE.
THE BETTER HE PLAYS FOR PACE, THE MORE SUCCESS THEY WILL HAVE.
Shaun: HE IS 29-2 ON THE SEASON.
BRACCO.
WISE.
BROOKS IN THE CORNER.
INSIDE AND BLOCKED AWAY BY THE YOUNG MAN, LUSAKUENO.
NOW TO CHANDLER BEING.
SET IN.
Larry: THE TRANSITION DEFENSE IS VERY IMPORTANT.
WITH NORTH OCONEE YOU CANNOT ALLOW THOSE KINDS OF BASKETS ESPECIALLY EARLY IN THE GAME.
Shaun: NOW OUT TO THE WING AND THE TROJANS LOOKING TO ANSWER.
THE SHOT IS UP AND THIS IS EVERYTHING.
FERRY, QUICKLY DOWN.
BACK TO BERMAN.
GOOD!
JACKSON FERRY AND THE GOOD SHOOTING BY PACE CONTINUES.
Larry: IF YOU LOOK AT IT AND SAY HOW IS PACE DOING SO WELL, IT IS ABOUT TRANSITION BASKETBALL.
THEY HAVE TAKES AND MISSES BUT THEY TRANSITION QUICK.
Shaun: CHATFIELD, BACK OUT TO BROOKS.
LOOKS OVER TO COACH.
BROOKS WITH THE BLOCK.
JUMP BALL.
3:59 AND A TIMEOUT ON THE FLOOR.
LOOK AT THE GREAT DEFENSE.
THE BLOCKED SHOT.
HE HAS IT.
PACE IN CONTROL EARLY HERE IN MACON.
Shaun: BACK HERE LIVE IN MACON.
WE GOT TO TALK WITH COACH WHITE BEFORE THE GAME.
Larry: HE IS ONE OF THE TOP COACHES IN THE STATE ANTI-UNDERSTANDS THE FORMULA TO WIN.
ESPECIALLY TO REPEAT.
THAT IS ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS TO DO WHETHER IT IS HEISKELL, COLLEGIATE, OR PROFESSIONAL.
HE KNOWS HOW TO CALM DOWN AND GET THROUGH THE FIRST QUARTER.
Shaun: THIS COACH IS LOOKING FOR HIS 30th WIN OF THE SEASON.
BROOKS UP.
THE SHOT CLOCK WAS ABOUT TO RUN DOWN.
NICE START HERE BY PACE.
CHATFIELD HANDING IT OFF.
TO BENTLEY LUSAKUENO.
Larry: WHEN YOU HAVE A POINT GUARD LIKE CHATFIELD THAT IS ABLE TO CREATE AND THIS JUMPSHOT, YOU'RE GOING TO GET DEFENSE.
Shaun: BLOCKED BY LUSAKUENO.
GOOD DEFENSE THERE.
BRACCO NOW FOR NORTH OCONEE.
TRYING TO GET SOMETHING GOING.
ONE OF NINE SHOOTING SO FAR.
MAKE THAT TWO OF 10.
Larry: BASELINE SCREEN.
GETTING BROOKS THERE AT THE BIG 6'8" GUY INVOLVED IN THE OFFENSE TRYING TO GET SOMETHING STARTED.
NORTH OCONEE FOR THE TIGERS.
Shaun: THREE BALL, CORNER, AND THAT IS GOOD BY CLAY.
Larry: YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT TWO TITANS REALLY GOING AT IT RIGHT BEFORE THIS BOYS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
Shaun: BROOKS STEPS INTO A THREE.
BOUNCES OFF.
FERRY IS UP AND GRABS THE REBOUND.
LOOKING TO PUSH DOWN AND THE REVERSE!
KHAMARI BROOKS HE IS GOOD.
HE IS REBOUNDING AND ATTACKING IN TRANSITION.
I AM SURE HIS DAD IS GLAD TO SEE HIM COME OUT HERE AND BE PRODUCTIVE.
Shaun: HIS GRANDFATHER WAS A GREAT PLAYER AND EXECUTIVE AS WELL, BOB FERRY.
Larry: THIS IS INTERESTING.
BACK IN THE 80s THAT WAS ILLEGAL AND NOW IT IS A PLAY THAT HAPPENS IN PRETTY MUCH EVERY GAME.
Shaun: THE FOUL IS ON LUSAKUENO.
HIS FIRST.
BROOKS WITH THE DRIVE.
Larry: LOOKING AT NORTH OCONEE, THEY DON'T PENETRATE FROM THE TOP.
ALMOST LIKE A KICK AND PITCH.
Shaun: STOPPED BY KEVIN FOUNTAIN.
REPLACING CLAY JUST A MOMENT AGO.
CHATFIELD ROLLS AROUND AND OUT.
BROOKS.
LOOKING OUT FOR WISE.
OVER TO WILKINS, BERKS, AND BACK OUT TO WISE.
PACE WITH AN EARLY 10 POINT LEAD.
SUBSTITUTION FOR PACE.
AND IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE SCORE, PEOPLE WILL SAY THAT PACE ACADEMY IS NOT DOING WELL BUT I AM IMPRESSED BY THEIR DEFENSE.
THEY ARE PROTECTING THE PAINT, THEY ARE REBOUNDING AND PROTECTING SECOND CHANCE POSSIBILITIES.
Shaun: THAT IS BRIELEN CRAFT IN REPLACING JACKSON FERRY.
TRIP.
DOWN BY 10 EARLY IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
BEING --BING ARE TRYING.
UP TO FOUL AND BROOKS, THAT WILL BE HIS FIRST.
THE BALL OUT OF BOUNDS.
Larry: HERE IS THE BACK STRING.
Shaun: THEY ARE GOING TO CALL THAT FOUL.
NUMBER ONE, BRIELEN CRAFT JUST CAME IN THE GAME.
NORTH OCONEE HAS --SHOOTING IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
WILKINS.
BREAKS SOME ANKLES.
Larry: MILLION-DOLLAR MOVE WITH A FIVE DOLLARS FINISH.
THAT IS WHAT MY DAD ALWAYS SAID.
Shaun: DEFENSE.
WISE HAS THE BALL.
WILKINS SEES THE STREAK AND BROOKS!
3-POINT PLAY!
Larry: TRANSITION BASKETBALL BY NORTH OCONEE THERE AND I AM GLAD THEY WERE ABLE TO CAPITALIZE AND GET A GOOD OPPORTUNITY BUT YOU HAVE GOT TO RUN THE COURT AND STAY FOCUSED.
NICE JOB FOR THE BIG FELLOW.
NICE FINISH UP THE LINE FOR BROOKS.
Shaun: LUSAKUENO OUT FOR THE MOMENT.
BROOKS BACK IN AND HE COMPLETES THE THREE POINT PLAY.
16-9 IS THE COUNT.
FINAL SECONDS OF THE FIRST QUARTER.
CHATFIELD TRYING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
BUT THEY RAN OUT OF TIME.
GOOD INSTRUCTION ON THE DEFENSE BY NORTH OCONEE.
ONE CORRIDOR IN THE BOOKS.
IT IS ALL KNIGHTS.
16-9.
SECOND QUARTER COMING UP.
Shaun: THE SECOND QUARTER IS ABOUT TO BEGIN.
GHSA CLASS 4A CHAMPIONSHIP.
THE YEARS THAT HE HAD THE CHAMPIONSHIPS AT MILLER GROVE BEFORE MAKING THE MOVE.
Larry: SIX CHAMPIONSHIPS AT MILLER GROVE BEFORE COMING TO PACE ACADEMY AND HE HAS WON THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THE NBA USE ASSOCIATION.
HE HAS GREAT CHARACTER AND IS A GREAT MAN.
Shaun: TURNOVER.
WILKINS.
WISE FOR THREE BOUNCES OFF.
FOUNTAIN FOR PACE ACADEMY.
BACK OF THE HAND TO CHATFIELD.
LOOKING FOR CLAY INSIDE AND CANNOT CORRAL THE PASS.
TURNOVER AND IT GOES TO NORTH OCONEE.
JACKSON BACK IN THE GAME IN PLACE OF CRAFT.
Larry: THE PASS WAS MORE OF A SOFT LOVE THERE.
IT IS GOOD TO SEE FERRY BACK ON THE COURT BECAUSE THEY WORK WELL TOGETHER LIKE A TWO GUARD TANDEM.
Shaun: IN!
BACK IN SINGLE DIGITS.
FERRY WITH THE DRIVE.
Larry: HE IS PLAYING OUT OF HIS MIND!
HARRIS WILL DO REALLY WELL THIS WEEKEND.
Shaun: HE HAS HAD A COUPLE OF BUCKETS HERE.
GOOD ACKNOWLEDGE AND IT -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT BY --.
WHAT YOU ARE SEEING FROM PACE ACADEMY, THEY ARE GOING MAN TO MAN AND THAT IS VERY CONFUSING FOR AN OFFENSE THAT HAVE HAS NEVER SEEN A CHANGE IN DEFENSE LIKE THAT BEFORE.
Shaun: STEPS OUT OF BOUNDS AND BING.
TIED UP.
AND IT WILL BE NORTH OCONEE BALL.
Larry: PACE ACADEMY, THEY ARE ATTACKING BROOKS AND THEY ARE ISOLATING HIM AND TRYING TO PICK UP THE SECOND FOUL.
Shaun: WISE UP AND IN.
Larry: BIG-TIME MOVE.
HE IS A TOP SHOT IN THE STATE AND BEING RECRUITED BY EVERYONE.
Shaun: 18-13 WITH PACE ON TOP.
CHATFIELD TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN AND HE IS CALLED FOR TRAVEL.
THE TROJANS WORKING THEIR WAY BACK INTO THE GAME.
Larry: WHAT HAPPENS ARE USUALLY, SOMETIMES YOU CAN OVERDO IT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO MAKE AN ASSISTANT EVERY TIME.
YOU JUST WANT TO GIVE YOUR TEAM A CHANCE TO MAKE A RHYTHM.
Shaun: WILKINS, THE SIX FOOT SENIOR IS NOW ON THE POINT FOR THE TROJANS.
BROOKS SIZING UP A THREE.
HE THOUGHT TOO LONG.
NICE JOB BY WILKINS.
OFF THE PAINT AND OUT OF BOUNDS.
Larry: THESE TWO TEAMS, THEY ARE LEAVING EVERYTHING ON THE COURT.
GREAT OFFENSIVE REBOUND BY WILKINS.
SMOOTH MOVE NOT TO GET OFF OF THE PACE ACADEMY PLAYER.
Shaun: CLAY JUST FELL DOWN AND SLEPT THERE.
NOW TO WISE, UP AND IN!
NICE LAYUP BY WISE.
Larry: THAT IS HIS SECOND BASKET OF THE HALF.
HE IS THE LEADER.
Shaun: JACKSON FERRY ON THE DRIVE.
FADEAWAY.
BING TRYING TO GRAB THE REBOUND BUT HE WAS FOULED AND THE FOUL WAS ON BROOKS.
THAT IS HIS SECOND FOR NORTH OCONEE.
Larry: YOU MAY SEE PLAYERS LAPEER AND THERE.
THESE KIDS ARE PLAYING ON ICE.
THERE IS SOME CONDENSATION ON THE FLOOR.
Shaun: FERRY DRIVING.
A LITTLE BIT OF HOT POTATO THERE.
Larry: JUST LIKE THAT WE HAVE A THREE POINT GAME.
CHANDLER BING INBOUND.
Shaun: FERRY.
CHATFIELD.
SHOT CLOCK IS DOWN TO FIVE SECONDS.
STEP BACK THREE AND HE GOT IT!
Larry: A BEAUTIFUL SHOT!
THAT TIME HE DID NOT RUSH IT.
HE DID NOT COME OFF OUT-OF-CONTROL.
HE MAINTAINED BALANCE.
WE CALL THAT COBY!
Shaun: NICE STEP BACK AND HE HAD HIS SHOULDERS SQUARED.
LINES --WISE COMING ALIVE.
Larry: HE IS ANOTHER PLAYER THAT HE CAN LIGHT IT UP.
WE TALK ABOUT TWO POINTS, SIX POINTS, AND SEVEN POINTS IN THE SECOND QUARTER.
Shaun: --WORKING INSIDE.
AND IN.
CANNOT GET THAT TO GO.
Larry: THEY NEED TO ATTACK.
THE DEFENSE IS ON THEIR HEELS BUT THEY NEED TO ATTACK.
Shaun: WISE.
AGAIN!
AGAIN, JUSTIN WISE!
AND A STEAL ON THE BACK COURT!
BRONCO --BRACCO FOR 3!
Larry: ARE YOU SERIOUS?
THIS IS BASKETBALL!
WE ARE HAVING FUN TONIGHT!
Shaun: --DOWN FOR NORTH OCONEE.
ON THEIR FEET TONIGHT!
Larry: HE IS PLAYING HIS BRAND OF BASKETBALL.
Shaun: BING RUNS DOWN THE REBOUND, TURNAROUND, OFF-BALANCE.
BRACCO TO WISE TO BROOKS.
WHAT A BLOCK BY BING!
AND WE HAVE A TIMEOUT ON THE FLOOR.
COACH RASSMUSSEN ASKING ABOUT A FOUL CALLED THAT HE THOUGHT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED BUT IT DID NOT.
ELECTRIC ACTION HERE.
Shaun: HOW EXCITING HAS THIS TURN OF EVENTS BEEN?
Larry: THAT THEY ARE PLAYING GOOD SALAD BASKETBALL.
WHEN YOU WATCH THE WAY THAT NORTH OCONEE IS PLAYING, THEY ARE ADVANCING THE BASKETBALL SO THAT THEY CAN CREATE BETTER SCORING OPPORTUNITIES.
TO THINK ABOUT A YOUNG TEAM, ESPECIALLY LIKEWISE, A YOUNG PLAYER, WE TALKED ABOUT HIM, HE IS A PRETTY GOOD BET.
HE IS PLAYING IN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
GET THROUGH THE FIRST QUARTER JITTERS, RELAX, SLOWDOWN, AND PLAY YOUR GAME.
Shaun: THEY HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB OF BRINGING THE TEAM BACK.
IN THE HUDDLE, COACH WAS SAYING, DON'T SETTLE.
BE AGGRESSIVE, GET SOME STOPS.
THE BALL GOING BACK TO NORTH OCONEE.
CLOSING IN ON THE 2:00 MARK UNTIL HALFTIME.
THE TROJANS HAVE COME BACK TO TAKE THE LEAD.
POURCHIER INSIDE.
CHATFIELD RUNS IT DOWN.
THEY LAYUP AND YES!
CHANDLER BING!
Larry: THAT IS HOW YOU ATTACK ON TRANSITION.
YOU SLOW DOWN.
HIS TEAMMATES FOLLOW AND GET THE TWO POINTS.
Shaun: THE TITANS TAKE THE LEAD AGAIN.
Larry: YOU CAN'T REST OFFENSIVELY OR DEFENSIVELY.
IF YOU MAKE A PLAY K, GET BACK INSIDE TRANSITION.
Shaun: CHATFIELD.
WISE IS THERE.
WHAT A FIRST-HALF HE HAS HAD.
THE SOPHOMORE FOR THE TITANS FROM NORTH OCONEE.
Larry: HE IS IN A RHYTHM AND WHEN YOU FIND THE RHYTHM AND THE COACH GIVES YOU A GREEN LIGHT, YOU CAN DO IT JUST LIKE THAT.
Shaun: WISE AGAIN.
Larry: WHEN YOU GO TO A CHAMPIONSHIP YOU WANT YOUR PLAYERS TO PLAY THEIR BEST.
STAY ON POINT AND TAKE GOOD SHOTS.
AND GET --.
Shaun: WISE WITH 12 POINTS ALREADY.
BING CANNOT GET IT TO GO.
GOOD TRANSITION DEFENSE.
FOR THE KNIGHTS.
HE IS A 6'9" FRESHMAN.
TRYING TO SLOWED DOWN WISE.
WILKINS TRYING TO DRIVE ON FERRY.
WISE AGAIN COMES OFF.
BING, THE REBOUND.
LUSAKUENO, JUMPSHOT BASELINE NO.
STRIPPED AWAY BY BRACCO!
BALL ON THE GOWN --GROUND.
CHASING IT AND HE IS OUT OF BOUNDS.
Larry: THE ULTIMATE SIN AT HIS HEIGHT.
HE BROUGHT IT DOWN TO THE BOTTOM AND NOW IT IS A TURNOVER.
NOW NORTH OCONEE HAS THE BALL.
Shaun: BACK IN THE GAME FOR PACE ACADEMY REPLACING CLAY.
Larry: A GREAT ZONE EXTENDED.
Shaun: HERE IS WISE.
LOSES THEY HANDLE AND DIVES FOR IT.
TIME RUNS OUT ON THE HALF!
WHAT A COMEBACK FOR THE TITANS OF NORTH OCONEE.
JUSTIN WISE.
WITH 12 POINTS.
WHAT A FIRST-HALF.
16-6 LEAD AT ONE POINT AND LOTS TO TALK ABOUT AS WE GOT TO BREAK.
TIME NOW FOR OUR COACHING INTERVIEW BROUGHT TO YOU BY AMERICA'S NAVY.
LET'S GO DOWN TO JON NELSON.
IS THIS WHAT YOU EXPECTED IT TO BE?
IT IS A WAR.
IT IS A GOOD ONE.
Jon: YOU ARE GOING UP AGAINST GUYS TALLER THAN YOU BUT YOU HAVE TENACITY SO THEY ARE NOT GETTING THE SECOND CHANCE POINTS.
WE HAVE DONE SOME OF THAT.
A LITTLE BIT OF A SLOW START.
WE HAVE ATTACKED THE BASKET AND HAD IN FEW NICE FINISHES.
WE HAVE MADE SOME SHOTS AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
Jon: HE HAS A FOUR POINT LEAD.
THIS IS THE LAST GAME OF DAY NUMBER TWO.
27-23 IS THE MARGIN.
HANNAH COMING UP NEXT.
Hannah: WELCOME TO THE HALFTIME SHOW.
WE ARE AT THE MACON ARENA.
WE ARE IN THE FINAL GAME OF TODAY.
WE HAVE NORTH OCONEE PRINCIPAL KEITH CARTER AND PACE ACADEMY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS TO MY RIGHT.
SO, THE HALFTIME SCORE IS 27-23.
WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT THE FIRST HALF?
I THINK WE CAME OUT STRONG.
WE HIT A LITTLE BIT OF A LULL.
IF I KNOW SHARMAN WHITE, HIS SECOND HALF IS ALWAYS BETTER THAN HIS FIRST.
HANNAH:, SAME QUESTION FOR YOU, KEITH.
IT WAS AN AWESOME HALF.
BOTH TEAMS FOUGHT HARD.
HE FELL BEHIND BUT A STRONG EFFORT BY OUR TEAM AND I AM PROUD OF THEM.
Hannah: WE JUST CAUGHT UP WITH THE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS.
BRAG ON WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON.
WE KNOW THAT FOOTBALL IS GOOD.
BASKETBALL IS GOOD.
NORTH OCONEE DOES SUCH A GREAT JOB PREPARING AND OUR COACHING STAFF, THEY JUST REALLY WORK HARD IN THE WEIGHT ROOM AND GET STUDENTS PREPARED TO HAVE THESE TOUGH BATTLES.
Hannah: WHAT IS GOING ON AT THE SCHOOL FOR YOU, KAT?
ACADEMICS ARE A BIG PRIORITY.
WE HAVE HAD A GREAT RUN THIS SEASON.
WE ARE A SMALL SCHOOL THAT PLAYS BIG.
OUR GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM MADE IT TO THE PLAYOFFS AND OUR CROSS-COUNTRY --AND OUR VOLLEYBALL PROGRAM IS QUITE STRONG.
WINNING STATE AGAIN.
Hannah: NINE STRAIGHT TITLES, MOST IN STATE HISTORY.
THAT IS YOUR TEAM!
IT IS A POPULAR SPORT AT OUR SCHOOL.
I SEE GREAT THINGS FOR CASE ATHLETICS.
WITH BASKETBALL LOOKING TO REPEAT ONE LAST YEAR, WHAT MAKES THIS TEAM SO SPECIAL?
THEIR GRIT AND DETERMINATION.
COACH RASMUSSEN AND THE COACHES DO A LOT TO GET THE STUDENTS READY.
THEY JUST FIGHT TO THE END AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT THIS GAME AND ALL SEASON LONG.
Hannah: YOU HAVE WON FIVE BASKETBALL TITLES IN RECENT YEARS.
TELL ME ABOUT WHAT MAKES THIS TEAM TOO.
THEY ARE JUST ALL IN.
SHARMAN WHITE IS A PASSIONATE COACH.
THEY ARE SKILLED, DETERMINED, AND THEY PLAY COMPETITIVE.
I THINK THEY ARE READY FOR THE CHALLENGE.
THEY ARE IN.
IT IS A YOUNG TEAM BUT THEY ARE UP FOR IT.
Hannah: AN UP-AND-COMING PROGRAM.
GIVE THE FANS A SHOUT OUT.
HOW HAVE THE FANS COME OUT?
IT IS OUR SPRING BREAK BUT IT HAS BEEN A GREAT TURNOUT BECAUSE WE ARE OUT OF SCHOOL.
PACE ACADEMY ALWAYS SHOWS UP.
WE MIGHT BE SMALL AND MIGHTY BUT WE ARE THERE.
Hannah: YOUR TEAM IS CHEERING!
YOUR FANS ARE CHEERING.
OUR FANS ARE ALWAYS SHOWING UP.
OUR FOOTBALL STAFF IS HERE AND ALL OF OUR ATHLETICS IS HERE TO SUPPORT THE TEAM.
IT IS A FAMILY ATMOSPHERE.
GO TITANS.
Hannah: THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE SECOND HALF.
STICK WITH US.
Hannah: WELCOME BACK TO THE HALFTIME SHOW.
WE ARE AT HAVE TIME FOR THE NORTH OCONEE AND PACE ACADEMY GAME.
WELCOME BACK TO MACON COLISEUM.
I AM HANNAH GOODIN.
THIS IS DAY TWO OF FOUR OF GHSA PLAY.
YESTERDAY IT WAS THE GIRLS MATCHUP BETWEEN HARDAWAY AND --.
THE BOYS IN DOUBLE A, THAT BULLDOGS BEAT THE PANTHERS, AND THAT IS THEIR FIRST FINAL SINCE 1966.
THE GIRLS 1A GAME JUST WRAPPED UP.
AND --BEAT FOR THEIR SECOND EVER TITLE.
LOTS OF FIRST-TIMERS.
WE HAVE A LOT MORE FROM THE QUAD A BOYS CHAMPIONSHIP UP NEXT ON GPB.
TWO Shaun: WELCOME BACK TO THE SECOND HALF.
NORTH OCONEE IS ON TOP.
BREDA PEST MANAGEMENT IS THE OFFICIAL SPONSOR OF HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL.
WE DID NOT TAKE CARE OF IT AS WELL AS WE COULD HAVE.
WE HAD EIGHT TURNOVERS AND WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THE BALL A LITTLE BETTER.
WE NEED TO DO SOME THINGS BETTER.
AND WE WILL DO THAT.
Jon: HE'S GOING TO GO TALK TO HIS TEAM.
HE HAS HIS WHOLE LIFE MARKED OUT AND IT WILL BE AN INTERESTING SECOND HALF.
Shaun: LARRY SMITH HERE WITH SHAUN GOLDEN.
Larry: IT IS /AND JUSTIN WISE WAS JUST A MAN POSSESSED.
HE JUST TOOK OVER THE GAME.
Larry: SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO LET THE DOG OUT AND ONCE HE GOT LOOSE, HE WAS ABLE TO ATTACK OFFENSIVELY, SHOOT THE THREE OFF THE DRIBBLE.
GET CREATIVE WITH THE BASKETBALL.
IT WAS TAKEN TO ANOTHER LEVEL.
WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE SECOND HALF.
PROPELLING THE TITANS, HE IS A LEADING SCORER.
CHATFIELD HAS EIGHT POINTS TO LEAD THE WAY FOR PACE.
PACE, SHOOTING EARLY.
THREE OF FIVE AT THREE POINT RANGE.
THE TITANS ARE DOING A GOOD JOB.
Shaun: HE TRIES TO GET INSIDE BUT HE CANNOT.
HERE IS WISE AGAIN.
UP AND IN.
Larry: THE ICEMAN, AND THE ICEMAN TAKES IT AWAY.
Shaun: THAT WAS OUTSTANDING!
NORTH OCONEE ENJOYING A BIG LEAD.
Larry: BIG TIME --SCORING DEEP INSIDE THE DEFENSE.
Shaun: NICE JUMPER BY CLAY.
WATCH THIS MOVE.
CHATFIELD BACKPEDALING.
Larry: YOU CAN SEE HIS CONTROL AND IQ.
AS HE GETS STRONGER, WATCH OUT.
Shaun: HE IS A 6'4" SOPHOMORE AND LEADING SCORER IN THE GAME.
GOOD-LOOKING SHOT.
WILKINS WITH THE REBOUND FOR NORTH OCONEE.
Larry: EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A NICE SHOT, NOT THE ACTION YOU WERE EXPECTING.
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ARE DOWN BY FOUR.
BROOKS.
GREAT CONTROL BY BROOKS.
HE IS MR. DOUBLE-DOUBLE FOR NORTH OCONEE.
Shaun: CHATFIELD INSIDE.
CLAY UP AND IN!
Larry: ANYTIME THE POINT GUARD CAN GET TO THE HEART OF THE DEFENSE, GOOD THINGS HAPPEN.
Shaun: HE RUNS OUT HIS OWN REBOUND.
GREAT HUSTLE BY THE SENIOR.
CHATFIELD TO FAIREY.
HE HAS CLAY OPEN.
AND THE RESET FOR THE NIGHT.
SHOT CLOCK AT 10.
CHATFIELD.
THE REBOUND AND THE TITANS DEFENSE HOLDS.
Larry: NORTH OCONEE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF TIGHTENING UP SOME OF THE DEFENSIVE SCREWS.
I AM SURE COACH RASMUSSEN MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS DURING THE HALFTIME TO GET THIS TEAM ON A BETTER ROAD DEFENSIVELY.
Shaun: WILKINS DOUBLE TEAMED.
GETS IT TO POURCHIER.
CLAY, OUTLET, TO BING AND HE IS OUT OF BOUNDS!
HERE IS A LOOK HERE AT POURCHIER.
NICE JOB BY CLAY.
Larry: VERTICALITY AT ITS BEST.
I LOVE THE DEEP OUTLET.
IT IS NOT ABOUT BLOCKING THE SHOT.
IF YOU HAVE VERTICALITY DO THAT.
GO STRAIGHT UP-AND-DOWN AND THEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB.
Shaun: CHATFIELD ON THE INBOUND.
LUSAKUENO COULD NOT GET THAT ONE TO GO.
FOUL ON THE PLAY.
LET ME SHARE SOMETHING WITH YOU.
Larry: HE IS A FRESHMAN.
HE IS LONG AND HE WILL BE REALLY, REALLY GOOD.
Shaun: POURCHIER CALLED FOR THE FOUL.
Larry: HE HAS THAT LOOK.
HE IS GOING TO BE REALLY GOOD.
BEING IN A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, UNDER COACH WHITE, HE WILL BE COACH 12.
THIS WON'T BE THE LAST TIME YOU SEE HIM IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
Shaun: THE TITANS BREAK THE PRESS.
GETS IT INSIDE TO POURCHIER.
POURCHIER, THE BASKET AND THE FOUL.
Larry: AS A PLAYER AND A SCORER, YOU KNOW WHEN YOU ARE GOING TO MISS IT.
IT DEFENSIVELY YOU HAVE GOT TO CONTEST A.
NOT JUST ONE.
YOU HAVE TO CONTEST AND BOX OUT.
SIX POINT LEAD FOR NORTH OCONEE.
27 GAME WIN STREAK TRYING TO REPEAT THE CHANCE.
THEY ARE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS AS WELL BACK IN THIS -- DECEMBER.
BROOKS AND BING GETTING TIED UP.
HERE IS ONE MORE LOOK AT IT.
THEY ARE GOING TO CALL THE FOUL ON BING.
Larry: I THINK HIS ANKLE MAY HAVE SAID SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
THESE TWO PLAYERS GOT Shaun: HALFWAY MARK IN THE THIRD QUARTER.
THE 6'9" FRESHMAN THERE -- Larry: THAT IS A LONG WALK!
Shaun: YES, IT IS.
Larry: HE WILL GO INTO THE TREES ANYTIME ANY DAY.
Shaun: FAIREY TRYING TO MUSCLE HIS WAY IN.
WISE PLAYING BEYOND HIS YEARS.
Larry: THAT IS ONE THING COACH TALKED ABOUT.
HE DOES NOT PLAY LIKE A SOPHOMORE.
16 POINTS IN THE GAME.
DOWN TO PLAY.
THE CHECK BY WILKINS.
[ INDISCERNABLE ] BING CALLING FROM THE OTHER SIDE LOOKING FOR BROOKS.
BROOKS WITH THE FOUL.
A BREAK IN PLAY.
AND THE TITANS ARE IN CONTROL IN THE THIRD QUARTER!
Shaun: WELCOME BACK TO MACON.
WE ARE ON THE SIDE WITH --STATE CHAMP HERE AND THERE.
WHAT IS IT LIKE TO HAVE ALL OF THE COACHES SUPPORTING ONE ANOTHER?
IT IS A GREAT CULTURE AT OUR SCHOOL AND A BIG FAMILY.
THERE IS A LOT OF PRESSURE TO WIN WHEN YOU WALK IN THE BUILDING.
EVERY PROGRAM IS PLAYING ON AN ELITE LEVEL.
Jon: HOW MANY COACHES DO YOU HAVE HERE?
I THINK SEVEN OR EIGHT.
Jon: THANK YOU FOR A GANG OUT.
LET'S SEND IT BACK TO LARRY AND GOLDIE.
Shaun: ANOTHER FOUL CALLED ON BRACCO AND THAT IS HIS FIRST FOR NORTH OCONEE.
THIRD FOR THE TEAM.
CHATFIELD.
WISE.
DOWN AND GETS IT TO WILKINS.
CHATFIELD UP FOR THE BLOCK AND HE GETS IN WITH THE BODY.
WILKINS WANTS THE LINE.
Larry: I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD BLOCK BUT IN TRANSITION, YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS ANGLE, IT WAS A CLEAN BLUFF.
ONE THING YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS TEAM AS THEY ARE TOUGH.
THEY JUST FOUGHT BACK ONE PLAYER AT A TIME.
THEY HAVE REALLY TAKEN CONTROL Larry: WE TALKED ABOUT THEIR DEFENSE.
HE IS SHOOTING, HANDLING, HE LOST CONTROL OF THE BALL.
WE HAVE GOT TO DEFEND AND PLAY BETTER THAT THE HALF-COURT DEFENSE.
Shaun: LOOK AT THAT COMPARISON.
13 POINT SOFT LAYOVERS.
-- TURNOVERS.
THEY HANDOFF.
THE FOUL ON CASE.
LET'S SEE WHO THAT IS ON.
LUSAKUENO GETTING CALLED.
THAT IS HIS FOURTH FOUL.
WISE GOING UP AND IN!
UNBELIEVABLE.
THE YOUNG MAN IS FEELING IT.
HERE'S THE THING ABOUT CONFIDENCE.
THE FIRST QUARTER HE WAS TRYING TO GET THROUGH WAS THROUGH BUT ONCE HE GOT INTO HIS GROUP HE HAS THE GREEN LIGHT TO PLAY, ATTACK AND TO BE HIMSELF.
Shaun: WE HAVE A TIMEOUT ON THE FLOOR.
A FULL TIMEOUT CALLED BY PACE ACADEMY.
YOU KNOW, HE DID NOT SCORE UNTIL THE 6:14 MARK.
THEY WERE DOWN BY SEVEN AND HE SCORED 12 POINTS.
HE REALLY CONTINUED THAT HERE.
A LOT OF TIMES PLAYERS WANT TO COME OUT AND DOMINATE FROM THE START.
Larry: AND IF YOU DON'T GET YOUR FIRST SHOT OR YOUR SECOND SHOT, YOU START ASKING WHERE IS YOUR OFFENSE?
YOU START OFF DEFENSIVELY AND GET A STEAL.
GOT FOULED AND GET TO THE FREE-THROW LINE.
WHEN THAT RHYTHM COMES IN, THE LIGHT SWITCH COMES ON AND HERE YOU GO.
WISE IS UP RIGHT NOW.
18 POINTS, THE KID IS SHOWING THE THINGS THAT IT TAKES FOR GOOD PLAYERS TO REALLY EXCEL AT THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
Shaun: HE IS EIGHT OF 12 SHOOTING FROM OUTSIDE THE ARC AND A CHANCE TO PUT UP NORTH OCONEE BY 13.
Larry: I LOVE THE WAY HE PLAYS.
HE PLAYS FEARLESS.
Shaun: HE IS EVERYWHERE FOR THE TITANS.
19 POINTS FOR JUSTIN WISE.
41-28 NOW.
PACE TRYING TO FIND SOME ANSWERS.
JUST FIVE POINTS SCORED HERE IN THE THIRD QUARTER.
CHATFIELD FOR THREE.
Larry: YOU PUT YOUR BEST SHOOTER ON THE COURT.
FULL-COURT PRESS BY PACE ACADEMY.
Shaun: INTO THE HANDS OF BRACCO.
THE JUNIOR POINT GUARD.
BROOKS.
HERE IS WISE, THE SOPHOMORE.
SHOT CLOCK DOWN TO FOUR SECONDS.
GOT TO HURRY.
WISE OFF THE BACKBOARD.
WILKINS.
OFF THE GLASS.
AND WISE GOES BACK TO THE LINE FOR TWO MORE.
Larry: THINK ABOUT THAT.
ISOLATION UP TOP.
MID-SHOT.
NORTH OCONEE COMES WITH THE OFFENSIVE REBOUND.
HIS SCORES OFF THE OFFENSIVE REBOUND HIMSELF.
Shaun: LUSAKUENO HAS BEEN A HUGE PART OF THAT RUN TO START THE GAME FOR PACE NOW HAS FOUR FOULS AND HAS TO COME OUT OF THE GAME AND NUMBER 25 IS BACK IN, GAVIN FOUNTAIN.
Larry: WE WILL SEE IF WE CAN ADD SOME PACE RUNS.
Shaun: CHATFIELD HOUNDED BY WILKINS.
SOFT TOUCH WILL NOT FALL.
BROOKS WITH THE REBOUND.
CLOSING IN ON ONE MINUTE HERE.
NORTH OCONEE LOOKING FOR THEIR 28th WIN IN A ROW AND A REPEAT STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
INTO THE HANDS OF WISE.
BROOKS.
BLOCKS BY FERRY!
Larry: DON'T SLOW THE BALL DOWN!
THAT WAS A SCORING OPPORTUNITY FOR PACE!
BLOCKED SHOT.
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE GOT TO KNOW WHEN AND WHEN NOT TO.
WE GET A BLOCKED SHOT LIKE THAT, WE WARNED THE DEFENSE ABOUT ATTACKING IN TRANSITION AND GETTING INTO SOMETHING GOOD.
Shaun: CHANDLER BING HAS BEEN FAIRLY QUIET AND THAT FOUL IS ON WISE.
CHANDLER BEING WITH HIS FIRST FREE THROW ATTEMPTED TONIGHT.
HE IS A 6'6" SENIOR MAKING TRIPS TO MISSOURI, VANDERBILT, AND COLUMBIA.
HE COMMITTED EARLY THEN D COMMITTED AND IS LOOKING AROUND TO SEE WHERE HE WILL CONTINUE HIS CAREER.
HE NOW HAS EIGHT POINTS.
Larry: THIS IS HUGE.
THEY GET THE STOP.
FIVE POINT GAME GOING INTO THE FOURTH QUARTER.
PACE ACADEMY HAS CONTROL OF THE GAME.
Shaun: BRACCO WORKING ON CLAY.
BROOKS, SHOT, IN!
POURCHIER WITH THE BUCKET!
Larry: HE IS JUST A TOUGH RUGGED PLAYER.
JUMP HOOK AND HE IS NOT BACKING DOWN.
Shaun: WILKINS CALLED FOR THE BLOCK THERE.
THE FIFTH FOR NORTH OCONEE.
Larry: HE AVERAGES 11 POINTS AND 18 REBOUNDS.
HIS ATHLETIC ABILITY IS HIS STRENGTH.
HE USED HIS BODY TO GET GOOD POSITION THERE FOR THAT JUMP ALL.
Shaun: CHATFIELD GETS THE FIRST AND HE WILL HAVE ANOTHER.
3.6 SECONDS LEFT.
HE IS JUST FOUR OF 15 SHOOTING FROM THE FIELD.
THAT WAS HIS 12th POINTS AND THIS IS HIS 13th FOR CHATFIELD.
THE BALL KNOCKED AWAY BY FERRY AND THEY ARE GOING TO CALL A FOUL.
IS IT ON CHATFIELD?
Larry: I BELIEVE SO.
Shaun: IT IS.
Larry: I AM TELLING YOU, THAT WAS A SET PLAY BY THE TITANS.
MAKE THE MISSED BASKET, YOU GO ALONG AND SURE ENOUGH, THIS IS INSIDE INFORMATION.
THE YOUNG FELLOW BEING ABLE TO DO THE UNDER THE ARM.
THE OFFICIALS DID NOT SEE IT.
Shaun: LOOKING AT THE SCOREBOARD RIGHT NOW, 45-35 IS CORRECT.
THE SCOREBOARD IS WRONG IN HERE BUT 45-35.
NORTH OCONEE STORMING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE THIRD QUARTER.
AND EIGHT MINUTES AWAY FROM A TITLE.
Shaun: BACK HERE.
THIS IS ONE OF THE THREE OFFICIALS AND SHE WILL BE DOING DOUBLE DUTY.
TOMORROW BACK ON THE MICROPHONE AS AN ANALYST.
BRIGHT AND EARLY AT 1:00 TOMORROW FOR THE WILCOX GAME AT 1:00.
THEN KELCEY WILL BE BACK.
VERY PROUD OF HER.
SHE IS WORKING DOUBLE DUTY.
Larry: SHE IS DOING IT.
Shaun: SHE DID TWO GAMES ON THE MICROPHONE AND ONE ON THE FLOOR.
MAKING THAT PAPER.
Larry: OF FOURTH QUARTER, INTERESTING.
IF YOU ARE NORTH OCONEE, YOU WANT TO PLAY CONTROLLED BASKETBALL AND AT THE SAME TIME YOU WANT TO ATTACK.
YOU DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE QUICK SHOTS.
YOU WANT TO MAKE THE DEFENSE SHIFT.
BUT, IF YOU ARE PACE ACADEMY, YOU HAVE TO DEFEND BETTER AND YOU CANNOT GET IT BACK QUICK.
IT IS ONE PIECE AT A TIME.
TAKE ONE BITE AT A TIME IF YOU ARE PACE ACADEMY.
Shaun: THEY GOT SOME THINGS WORKED OUT.
OUTSCORING PACE, 18-12.
INSIDE FROM BROOKS.
BROOKS HAS BEEN QUIET.
THE SHOT CLOCK DOWN TO 10.
LOSES IT AND PICKS IT UP, FERRY PICKS IT UP.
DOUBLE DRIBBLE.
TURNOVER.
12 TURNOVER OF THE GAME FOR PACE AND, 11 BLOCKS FOR PACE DEFENSE.
Larry: GOOD DEFENSE BY PACE BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE TURNOVER GIVES IT RIGHT BACK TO NORTH OCONEE.
Shaun: BRACCO WITH THE BALL.
WILKINS.
TURN AROUND AND GETS IT TO GO.
EVERYTHING IS GOING WELL FOR THE TITANS RIGHT NOW.
Larry: WILKINS IS BEING RELENTLESS.
HE WAS.1 SECOND OFF OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP THIS PAST YEAR OR SO, HE HAS BEEN PLAYING THE ENTIRE GAME AT A HOT CASE.
Shaun: BRACCO.
THE OTHER WAY.
NORTH OCONEE IN CONTROL.
Larry: WATCH THE ACTION HER.
IT IS LIKE A CONTROLLED MOTION.
BUT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IS GET THE BALL MOVING.
AND YOU TAKE ADVANTAGE WHEN THE DOOR OPENS.
Shaun: BIGGEST LEAD OF THE GAME.
BING INSIDE.
FANTASTIC PLAY BY THE SENIOR!
WILKINS SAYS WHY NOT.
BROOKS, NO.
LOTS OF CONTACT.
PACE ACADEMY, GOT TO HURRY.
DOWN BY 12.
CHATFIELD FOR THREE.
Larry: THAT'S WHAT HE CAN DO!
AND I THINK THAT PACE ACADEMY JUST FOUND SOMETHING.
THE DEFENSE OF STOP.
HIGHBALL IN TRANSITION.
THERE IS CHATFIELD.
GOING TO GEORGIA TECH AND SHOWING PEOPLE WHAT HE CAN DO.
Shaun: PACE ACADEMY.
COACH WHITE CALLING A TIMEOUT.
THEY NEED TO BEST THEY HAVE THE LEAD CUT DOWN BY NINE.
49-40.
GOOD JOB I CHATFIELD COMING THROUGH.
Larry: HE IS A PLAYMAKER.
PACE IS GOING TO SKIM THEIR DEFENSE AND TRY TO CREATE A TURNOVER.
THE ONE THING THEY HAVE TO DO IS SECURE THE TURNOVER.
NORTH OCONEE IS DOING A GREAT JOB WITH SECOND CHANCE OPPORTUNITIES OFF THE GLASS.
Shaun: THEY ARE GOING TO CALL FILET --CALL CLAY ON THE FOUL.
HE SAYS, I WANT YOU TO BE METHODICAL.
Larry: THAT IS WHAT I WAS TELLING YOU ABOUT THE OFFENSE.
IT ALLOWS THEM TO MOVE THE BALL WITH PURPOSE BUT ALSO YOU CAN USE CLOCK AND TIME WITH THAT TYPE OF ACTION.
Shaun: WILKINS SHOOTING A COUPLE OF FREE THROWS.
--IS BACK IN THE GAME.
WILKINS NOW WITH 11 POINTS.
TITANS LEAD BACK UP TO 11.
5:44 TO GO.
THE GUARDS AND WINGS HAVE BEEN IN THE GAME JUST ABOUT THE ENTIRE NIGHT.
THE DRIVE ON BROOKS AND THE FOOTBALLS IS CALLED WITH A FOUL.
Larry: 11 POINT GAME.
Shaun: FERRY INSIDE.
WISE, THE REBOUND.
THE PITCH TO WILKINS.
AND, A 30 SECOND TIMEOUT FOR NORTH OCONEE.
COACH RASMUSSEN WANTS TO TALK ABOUT IT.
Larry: IT IS A GREAT TIMEOUT.
SOMETIMES COACHES, NOT IN A NEGATIVE WAY, THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE YOUNG PEOPLE LISTEN.
WITH SOPHOMORES YOU HAVE TO COACH THEM A BIT DIFFERENTLY THAN SENIORS.
SENIORS HAVE BEEN THROUGH IT BEFORE BUT WITH SOPHOMORES YOU HAVE TO TEACH THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME HERE AND THERE.
WE NEED MOTION, DEFENSIVELY, LET'S DEFEND.
Shaun: IT IS AMAZING THE TURNAROUND IN THIS GAME.
THAT FERRY LAYUP AT THE 2:16 MARK GAVE THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS --THE KNIGHTS THE LEAD.
SINCE THEN THEY HAVE BEEN OUTSCORED.
THEY ARE GOING TO GET CLAY ON THE BLOCK FOR PACE.
THAT IS HIS SECOND FOUL.
THIRD OF THE QUARTER.
MAKE THAT THE SECOND OF THE QUARTER.
DOWN BY 11 POINTS.
Larry: CHATFIELD PROMOTES THE TURNOVER.
Shaun: BROOKS.
TOO LONG.
FERRY WITH A GOOD REBOUND.
HERE COME THE KNIGHTS.
AND THEY HAVE WISE ON THE REACH AROUND TRYING TO DENY CHANDLER BING.
THAT IS HIS SECOND FOUL.
THERE IS TIME FOR PACE BUT YOU HAVE TO MAKE MORE STOPS.
Larry: IT IS THE WAY THEY ARE TRYING TO SCORE THE BALL.
Shaun: FERRY FOR 3 AND BROOKS UP HIGH FOR THE REBOUND!
LOST IT.
LUCCA IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME.
BUT, THE TAKE AWAY AND ANOTHER FOUL.
ON RISE.
THAT IS HIS THIRD.
BING INBOUND.
LUCCA, BING, STOLEN BY WILKINS.
ACTIVE HAND SHOT.
Larry: THAT IS ONE THING COACH RASMUSSEN TALKED ABOUT.
Shaun: ANOTHER 30 SECOND TIMEOUT BY COACH RASMUSSEN.
4:26 TO GO.
THAT WAS A SMART PLAY BECAUSE HE WAS IN TROUBLE.
HE IS 5'9" AND LUCCA IS 6'9".
THIS IS THE FOURTH AND FINAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME OF TODAY BUT WE HAVE FOUR MORE TOMORROW.
HERE ON THE GREAT GPB.
Larry: GREAT COACHING, GREAT PLAYERS.
A REALLY FUN BASKETBALL GAME TO WATCH.
Shaun: WISE.
HE HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING IN THIS GAME.
BROOKS TRYING TO TAKE IT ALL THE WAY IN.
HE STEPS INTO THE THREE AND HE GETS IT.
24 POINTS FOR THE SOPHOMORE.
Larry: NORMALLY YOU WOULD NOT WANT HIM TO SHOOT THAT BUT HIS STROKE IS SO SMOOTH UNDER CONTROL.
Shaun: IT IS EIGHT 12 POINT BALL GAME FOR THE TITANS.
4:00.
THE DEFENDING CHAMPS TRYING TO BRING IT HOME AGAIN.
POURCHIER STUCK INSIDE.
FOUNTAIN COMING BACK IN, NUMBER 25 AND CLAY COMING OUT FOR PACE.
Larry: POURCHIER HAS TO UNDERSTAND SOMETIMES, JUST BECAUSE YOU GET THE BALL TO THE BASKET, THE TIME TO SCORE IS IMPORTANT.
GET TO THE GUARDS AND GET SOME MOVEMENT.
Shaun: PACE SHOOTING IS 33% IN THE SECOND HALF.
SIX OF 15.
THEY HAVE TIME BUT NOT ON THEIR SIDE.
CHATFIELD FOR THREE.
POURCHIER WITH THE REBOUND.
THE PASS WAS KICKED.
Larry: NORTH OCONEE, IF I WAS THEM I WOULD SWITCH TO A TWO GUARD OUTLET.
Shaun: FOUL ON BING, THE 6'6" SENIOR.
HIS THIRD FOUL.
Larry: HERE IS THE OUTLET.
SMART OFFENSE.
THE TEES AND THE ATTACK.
Shaun: BING PICKS UP THE FOUL.
THAT IS HIS FOURTH FOUL.
BROOKS AGAIN TO WISE.
DRIBBLES OUT OF BOUNDS.
THOUGHT HE WAS PUSHED ON THE TURNOVER IT WILL GO TO PACE.
3:00 TO GO.
CHATFIELD HAS TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE.
--TO BING.
CAN'T GET IT TO GO.
TIMEOUT ON THE FLOOR AND WE WILL TAKE A BREAK AS WELL.
FINAL MOMENTS COMING INTO THIS CLASS 4A CHAMPIONSHIPS.
Shaun: BACK HERE LIVE IN MACON AND WE HAVE SEEN SOMEBODY DEVELOP INTO A STAR.
THAT IS WISE.
Larry: HE IS ONE OF THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE STATE.
HE IS THREE OF SEVEN FROM THE THREE BUT HIS STYLE OF PLAY, HE IS NOT FORCING IT AND WHEN HE GETS INTO A RHYTHM HE SHOOTS THREES, HE SCORES AND GETS PUT BACKS.
HE IS PLAYING WITH A LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE THAT I HAVE NEVER SEEN IN A SOPHOMORE.
HE IS GOING TO GET BETTER MENTALLY, PHYSICAL -- PHYSICALLY AND I SEE IMPROVES, WATCH OUT.
Shaun: ALSO FIVE REBOUNDS.
HE HAS JUST BEEN ACTIVE ALL OVER THE PLACE.
HE HAS PLAYED ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
WATCH OUT FOR THE PRESS.
PACE IS LONG.
LUSAKUENO IS -- SO IN THE HUDDLE, COACH WHITE WAS SAYING YOU HAVE TO CREATE SOME TURNOVERS.
THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO DO AND THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED.
BING WITH THE SPIN AND THE DUNK!
Larry: RIGHT AT HALF-COURT!
THAT IS NEXT LEVEL BASKETBALL.
HE HAD NOT SHOWN THAT ALL NIGHT LONG.
Larry: TRYING TO FORCE A TURNOVER.
Shaun: POURCHIER IS REJECTED BY LUSAKUENO.
THE BALL IS OUT OF BOUNDS.
PACE BASKETBALL.
Larry: IT STARTED AT HALF-COURT AND NOW ANOTHER DEFENSIVE STOP.
Shaun: BING DOUBLE TEAMED AND POURCHIER FOULED.
Larry: THIS IS SOMETHING A LOT OF COACHES BELIEVE.
IT IS NOT OPENPLAY.
WHAT WHENEVER YOU CAN SCORE, YOU CAN SET THE DEFENSE AND GET SOME DEFENSIVE REST BUT NOW, ONCE YOU MAKE THE FREE THROWS, YOU WILL HAVE A SIX POINT GAME.
BUT, IT IS A TACTICAL THING.
GET THE FOUL AND GET TO THE FREE-THROW LINE AND SCORE.
Shaun: TO YOUR POINT IT IS A 5-0 LEAD.
GETTING IT TO BRACCO.
AHEAD TO WILKINS.
NOW TO BRACCO.
THE PACE COACH IS SAYING NO FOUL.
HE STEPPED OUT OF BOUNDS.
Larry: THE ENERGY FROM PACE HAS PICKED UP.
AND NORTH OCONEE IS PLAYING TO NOT LOSE.
Shaun: OUT OF BOUNDS RIGHT THERE.
Larry: THIS IS ANOTHER SCENARIO FOR --.
Shaun: A CHANCE TO PULL WITHIN FOUR.
GRABBED BY WILKINS AND HE GOES TO THE LINE.
THE CLOCK IS STOPPED AND YOU ARE GETTING POINTS ON THE FREE-THROW LINE.
Larry: I THINK I HAVE CHANGED MY MIND.
HE HAS THAT BUILD.
NICE FREE-THROW.
Larry: HE HAS CALM NERVES FOR A FRESHMAN.
Shaun: FREE THROW HERE WILL MAKE IT A FIVE-POINT GAME.
Larry: THERE IS A LOT OF BASKETBALL LEFT.
Shaun: THE REBOUND FOR THE TITANS.
THE BALL UP AND LUSAKUENO CANNOT GET IT TO GO!
WISE WITH THE REBOUND AND HE IS FOULED BY CHATFIELD.
Larry: THIS IS A TIME, I LIKE WHAT FERRY IS DOING.
RIGHT THERE, WHEN YOU ARE THAT CLOSE, DON'T GET FRUSTRATED.
KEEP FINISHING.
Shaun: THAT IS HIS FIFTH FOUL AND SHE GOES OUT OF THE GAME.
Larry: THAT IS A FRUSTRATION FOUL.
Shaun: COACH WHITE IS FRUSTRATED.
THAT IS WHAT THEY WANTED.
COACH WHITE IS SAYING, PICK UP THE PACE AND BE MORE DELIBERATE.
BE MORE AGGRESSIVE AND THEY DID.
THE BALL JUST DID NOT GO IN.
WISE ON THE OTHER END FOR THE TITANS.
THAT IS IN.
HE IS FOUR OF SIX FROM THE LINE TONIGHT.
TRYING TO EXTEND THE LEAD TO EIGHT AND HE DOES.
THE 6'4" SOPHOMORE.
UP AND AWAY.
CHATFIELD.
BROOKS.
THE REBOUND AND THEY WILL SAY HE WAS SHOVED TO THE GROUND.
Larry: THAT WAS A GROWN MAN REBOUND FROM BROOKS.
IT WAS ONE OF THOSE, I NEED TO WILL MY TEAM AND REBOUND THIS BASKETBALL.
Shaun: THE FOUL IS ON FOUNTAIN AND THAT IS HIS FIRST.
BROOKS MISSES THE FIRST.
HE WILL GET ONE MORE AND TITANS TRYING TO REPEAT AS CHAMPIONS.
BROOKS WITH TWO POINTS TONIGHT AND MAKING IT A THIRD.
CHATFIELD.
RUNS INTO A WALL AND BROOKS.
THROWS THE BALL AWAY.
Larry: THREE POSSESSION GAME.
FULL-COURT PRESS AGAIN.
IT HAS WORKED FOR THEM IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.
Shaun: WILKINS.
QUICK FOUL BY FERRY.
THE FANS OF NORTH OCONEE ARE GETTING A LITTLE LOUDER.
FACING THE TEAM WITH A CHANCE TO GO DOUBLE DIGITS AND 61 SECONDS TO GO.
Larry: THE TOUGHNESS OF THIS NORTH OCONEE PROGRAM STARTS WITH THE COACH.
HE COMES IN AND HE DEMANDS A LOT.
THE PLAYERS DEMAND A LOT FROM THEMSELVES.
Shaun: WILKINS HITS THEM BOTH.
11 POINT LEAD.
BING FOR THREE.
OUT TO WILKINS.
PLAYING KEEP AWAY AND THERE IS THE FOUL.
TIMEOUT.
WE WILL KEEP IT HERE.
NORTH OCONEE CALLING TIMEOUT.
39.5.
Larry: LET'S TALK ABOUT NORTH OCONEE AND COACH RASMUSSEN.
THEY PLAYED AGAINST NINE RANKED TEAMS THIS YEAR.
YOU DON'T THINK THEY ARE PREPARED FOR THIS MOMENT?
THEY HAVE WON 27 STRAIGHT GAMES COMING TO THIS GAME TONIGHT.
WHEN YOU PUT THAT FORMULA TOGETHER, YOU ARE PREPARED MENTALLY.
MENTALLY, PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY.
THAT IS THE ONE THING ABOUT THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
EVERYBODY IS PREPARED MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY BUT BEING ABLE TO CONTROL YOUR EMOTIONS, THEY ARE YOUNG PEOPLE.
THE BIG MAN ON COURT IS A SOPHOMORE AND HE DID NOT GET RATTLED IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
HE MAINTAINED COMPOSURE.
Shaun: HE IS OUTSTANDING.
JUSTIN WISE.
THE LAST TIME TO BEAT NORTH OCONEE WAS BACK ON NOVEMBER 30th AND THEY LOST BY 12.
THEY HAVE BEEN PERFECT EVER SINCE.
27 IN A ROW.
Larry: THAT WAS BEFORE THE FOOTBALL PLAYERS JOINED.
ONCE AGAIN, YOU GET THE TOUGH GUYS OUT THERE AND EVERYTHING CHANGED.
Shaun: BROOKS, POURCHIER, WILKINS.
WISE.
AND THEY FOUL HIM.
THEY ARE BEGINNING TO CELEBRATE BEHIND THE NORTH OCONEE BENCH.
Larry: ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT IS THE VALUE OF HAVING MULTIPLE ATHLETE PLAYERS.
IT IS ABOUT ALLOWING THE STUDENTS TO DO WITH THEY WANT TO DO.
IF YOU WANT TO PLAY FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL, DO IT.
IF YOU WANT TO RUN TRACK, DO IT.
SO THEY WIN AT FOOTBALL AND NOW THEY ARE WINNING AT BASKETBALL.
KUDOS TO THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT THERE AT NORTH OCONEE.
Shaun: WISE PICKS UP THE FOUL.
FOR NORTH OCONEE.
THAT IS HIS FOURTH.
AND TO YOUR POINT, HON NELSON --THERE ARE SEVEN OR EIGHT MEMBERS OF THE FOOTBALL STAFF HERE SUPPORTING.
Larry: YES.
OUR PRODUCER [ INDISCERNABLE ] DOING A GREAT JOB, SIR.
Shaun: NOT MANY PEOPLE REALIZE ALL OF THE WORK.
FOR THE BOYS TEAMS, 16 MORE FOR THE GIRLS.
FREE THROWS IN.
THE CLOCK IS WINDING DOWN AND THE SHOT CLOCK IS OFF.
AND ANOTHER TIMEOUT FOR THE TIGERS.
Larry: THEY WANTED TO FINISH WITHOUT A TURNOVER.
Shaun: WHAT A SEASON PACE HAS HAD.
27-4.
ON THIS SEASON.
THE TEAM THAT ALSO FINISHED STRONG LATE, WENT ON A LONG RUNNING STREET -- WINNING STREAK.
Larry: I WILL SAY THIS TO COACHES.
WHEN YOU BUILD A TEAM, EVERYWHERE THAT COACH WHITE HAS GONE HE HAS BUILT A PROGRAM.
PROGRAM SYSTANE AND THEY WIN OVER TIME AND HE HAS DONE THE SAME THING HERE.
KUDOS TO COACH AND WHAT THEY HAVE DONE WITH THE STAFF AT PACE ACADEMY, THEY WILL BE BACK NEXT YEAR.
COACH RASMUSSEN HAS THIS TEAM READY.
THEY CAME OUT HERE AND THEY SWUNG HARD.
THEY FINISHED STRONG.
Shaun: THIS IS A TEAM AGAIN, NORTH OCONEE, -- COMING BACK AND CHIPPING AWAY AT THE LEAD THAN THEY HAD MOMENTUM AND NEVER GAVE IT UP.
Larry: BACK-TO-BACK CHAMPS.
Shaun: YUP.
AND, THEY DID IT GOING INSIDE.
FOUR OF 14 FROM THE THREE.
THEY HAVE NOT DONE WELL OUT THERE.
THEY JUST FOUND A WAY.
AGGRESSIVE.
JUSTIN WISE LEADING THE WAY.
INBOUND TO BROOKS.
NOW TO WISE.
WILKINS HOLDING ON.
DRIBBLING OUT THE FINAL SECONDS.
STOPPAGE IN PLAY.
I THINK THEY HAD A COACH ON THE FLOOR FOR NORTH OCONEE.
IT IS A TECHNICAL FOUL THAT THEY HAVE TO CALL BECAUSE THE COACH CAME OFF THE BENCH DURING LIVE PLAY.
SO, PACE WILL SHOOT SOME FREE THROWS.
JEFFRIES, NUMBER 32 AT THE LINE.
HE JUST CHECKED IN.
Larry: I UNDERSTAND THE CALL AND I RESPECTED.
I DON'T AGREE WITH IT.
WITH 1.6 SECONDS ON THE CLOCK.
Shaun: A ROLE IS A ROLE I GUESS.
Shaun: 60-51.
1.6 SECONDS LEFT.
PACE INBOUND.
THAT IS IT.
NORTH OCONEE DOES IT AGAIN!
Shaun: CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NORTH OCONEE TITANS.
THEY WON IN GREAT FASHION.
THEY DEFENDED WELL, THEY PLAYED WITH POISE AND PASSION AND CONFIDENCE.
COACH RASMUSSEN DID A GREAT JOB GETTING HIS PLAYERS TO DEFEND THEIR STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AND HAVE A NICE REPEAT.
Shaun: THEY CAME DOWN -- CAME IN DOWN EARLY.
THEY NEVER GOT RATTLED.
WISE WAS HITTING SOME SHOTS.
THE TURNAROUND TO TAKE THE 10 POINT DEFICIT TO A FOUR-POINT LEAD AT HALFTIME.
Larry: SOMETIMES YOU PUT YOUR PLAYERS IN A POSITION WHERE THEY HAVE TO LEARN TO FIGHT BACK.
HOW DO YOU EXCEL?
HOW DO YOU PREPARE YOURSELVES?
ESPECIALLY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FIRST QUARTER.
Shaun: PACE ACADEMY FINISHES 27-5.
Jon: TO PRESENT THE LAST TROPHY OF THE DAY IT IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION AND THE OWNER OF BREDA PEST MANAGEMENT.
WHAT A GAME.
CONGRATULATIONS TO PACE ACADEMY FROM BREDA PEST MANAGEMENT.
YOU DID A GREAT JOB AND NOW, ON BEHALF OF GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL, TO PRESENT THE CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY IS BREDA PEST MANAGEMENT -- TO PRESENT THE TROPHY TO NORTH OCONEE HIGH SCHOOL.
COACH RASMUSSEN?
HOW HARD WAS THE JOURNEY TO GO BACK TO BACK?
IT HAS BEEN A LONG SEASON BUT WE ARE SUPER PROUD OF OUR GUYS AND THIS WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT HAVING GREAT CHARACTER GUYS.
GUYS WHO JUST TRUST THE PROCESS AND HAVE GREAT CHARACTER AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MY LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST.
OUR TEAM IS A FAMILY.
OUR FAMILY IS STRONG AND THE HEART OF OUR KIDS SHOWED THROUGH TONIGHT.
WE DID A GREAT JOB BEING TOUGH AND PHYSICAL AND MAKING GREAT DECISIONS.
OUR COACHING STAFF IS INCREDIBLE AND I AM JUST SUPER PROUD OF OUR GUYS.
Jon: LET ME TALK TO A 10TH-GRADER THAT DID REALLY WELL.
MR.
WISE, WHAT IS THE SEASON BEEN LIKE FOR YOU AND TO HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT COACH RASMUSSEN GAVE YOU?
WHAT IS IT LIKE HAVING THAT RESPONSIBILITY AS A SOPHOMORE?
IT FEELS GREAT.
COACH BELIEVES IN US.
WE DID IT AND THEY CAN'T SAY ANYTHING ELSE.
Jon: WHAT THEY CAN SAY IS CHAMPIONS IN FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL.
IT IS HEADING BACK TO NORTH OCONEE.
MORE FROM MACON COMING UP.
Shaun: BACK HERE LIVE IN MACON AS WE ARE GETTING CELEBRATORY PICTURES.
NORTH OCONEE, THE CHAMPIONS OF 4A BASKETBALL ONCE AGAIN.
THEY WERE ALSO THE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS BACK IN DECEMBER.
60-51 THE FINAL SCORE TONIGHT OVER PACE ACADEMY.
I AM LARRY SMITH HERE WITH SHAUN GOLDEN.
THEY CAME THROUGH BIG WHEN THEY HAD TO.
Larry: WE TALKED ABOUT IT AT THE BEGINNING.
BOTH TEAMS LOADED WITH PLAYERS AND [ INDISCERNABLE ] EVERYTHING WAS ON THE TABLE BUT NUMBER THREE, HARD TO AND HOPEFUL.
THEY HAVE BOUNCED BACK FROM THE FIRST QUARTER.
ONCE THEY GAINED THE LEAD THEY SUSTAINED IT.
THEY BUILT IT UP AND THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE GAME SHOWED THROUGH.
NOW THEY ARE CUTTING DOWN THE NETS AND OUR STATE CHAMPS.
Larry: BIG THANK YOU TO BREDA PEST MANAGEMENT FOR BRINGING COACHING INTERVIEWS.
WE ARE DONE FOR TONIGHT THAT WE HAVE TWO MORE DAYS OF CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY BEGINNING AT 1:00 TOMORROW.
THE CLASS A DIVISION II GAME TOMORROW BETWEEN WILCOX COUNTY AND WASHINGTON-WILKES.
FOLLOWED BY BOYS, SAVANNA VERSUS McINTOSH COUNTY ACADEMY.
THEN TWO MORE GAMES AT 5:30 AND 7:30.
WHAT A WAY TO FINISH OUT THE NIGHT.
IT WAS JUST OUTSTANDING FROM BEGINNING TO END.
NORTH OCONEE, WISE IN THEIR APPROACH.
THE SOPHOMORE WITH 27 POINTS.
AND THIS TEAM WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT MACON AND THE STATE OF GEORGIA WILL REMEMBER THE TITANS REPEATING AS 4A CHAMPIONS.
FOR ALL OF US AT THE GREAT GPB, GOOD NIGHT AND WE WILL SEE YOU BACK HERE TOMORROW AT 1:00.
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