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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipWELCOME TO TODAY'S GHSA CHAMPIONSHIP GAME PRESENTED BY GREATER PEST MANAGEMENT, OFFICIAL SPONSOR OF HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL.2nd GAME TODAY ON GPB.
WHAT A GREAT ONE, 2025 GHSA PRIVATE BOYS CHAMPIONSHIP, HOLY INNOCENTS, GOLDEN BEARS, TAKING ON THE EAGLES, NORTH COBB CHRISTIAN.
GLAD YOU ARE WITH US AT THE MACON CENTER PLEX.
LARRY WITH FORMER GEORGIA BULLDOGS, SEAN GOLDEN, COMING TO YOU HERE.
FIRST BOYS CHAMPIONSHIP.
WE HAVE GOT A LOT OF GREAT MATCHUPS THIS WEEK, AND WHAT A GREAT PLACE TO START WITH THESE TWO.
THINK ABOUT THIS, LARRY, STARTED OFF WITH TWO OF THE TOP PLAYERS, TWO OF THE TOP PLAYERS IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
WILSON IS A STUD.
I MEAN, FLAT-OUT START, 6'10", COMPLETE THE 1, 2, 4, 5, USC COMMIT, AND ALL-AMERICAN, LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING HIM WITH THE 6'7" LEFTY, WENT FORWARD, TOP SOPHOMORE IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA, ALSO, ONE OF THE BEST IN THE NATION.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT TEAM WITH HOLY INNOCENTS NOW, THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH AND BEAT THEIR OPPONENTS IN THE PLAYOFFS AND MORE PLAYOFF GAMES, AVERAGING MORE THAN 40 POINTS PER GAME.
WHEN YOU HAVE A GUY LIKE THAT THAT COMES IN HERE AGAINST PEOPLE, DOMINATES SO GOOD, AND I WILL PLAY ON THE COURT, ALSO AN UNSELFISH PLAYER, AN AVERAGE PLAYER ON THEIR TEAM, AVERAGING ABOUT 10 POINTS, AND HE IS THE REASON WHY, BECAUSE THEY DO IT VERY WELL.
ON THE OTHER SIDE, NORTH COBB CHRISTIAN, TALKED WITH THE COACH, THEY HAVE NOT LOST IN THE CALENDAR YEAR OF 2025.
WITH SOPHOMORES, THEIR YOUNG, GREEDY, HAPPY TO BE HERE, BUT WANT TO WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP.
THIS NORTH COBB CHRISTIAN TEAM HAS A CHANCE.
GOING TO BE A GREAT GAME THIS AFTERNOON.
TWO FANTASTIC TEAMS.
RATE CREW HERE AS WELL, LOOKING HERE AT ONE OF THOSE SOPHOMORES WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE.
WE'LL BE HEARING A LOT ABOUT HIM DURING THIS GAME.
LET'S GO TO THE THIRD MEMBER OF OUR TEAM, JOHN NELSON.
WHAT DO YOU GOT?
ON THE NORTH COBB SIDE, RIGHT BEHIND MATTA.
WE HAVE GOT JOHN.
WHAT DO YOU GOT?
GUYS, GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE THIS WEEKEND.
I CAUGHT UP WITH COACH MATTA BEFORE THE GAME.
HE LOOKED AT ME.
I ASKED HIM HOW HE WAS.
HE SAID, I'M NERVOUS.
HE IS ACTUALLY NERVOUS COMING INTO A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
HE SAID, ACTUALLY, DOUBLE-CLICK ME A LITTLE BIT, GOES, ACTUALLY, I'M ALWAYS NERVOUS WHEN IT COMES TO GAMES, BUT HE DID SAY THIS, HE IS WEARING THE SAME CLOTHES THAT HE HAS WORN SINCE CHRISTMAS.
THAT IS THE SAME OUTFIT THAT HE HAS WORN.
SO, HE MIGHT BE A LITTLE SEDITIOUS, MIGHT BE SUPERSTITIOUS.
I WILL SAY THIS, THEY HAVE BEEN LAUNDERED BECAUSE THEY SMELLS LIKE TIED OR PICK YOUR DETERGENT.
IT IS THE SAME OUTFIT, GUYS.HAVE A GOOD ONE.
EXCELLENT.
TODAY'S STARTING LINEUPS BROUGHT TO YOU BY AMERICA'S NAVY.
FIRST, FOR HOLY INNOCENTS, JORDAN MAYS, COACH'S SON, WORTHY, 6'10", AS SEAN MENTIONED, UNC COMMIT.
FOR THE EAGLES OF NORTH COBB CHRISTIAN, AGAIN, A BUNCH OF SOPHOMORES ON THIS.
THEIR COACH, AND WE LOOK -- ACTUALLY FOR CHRISTIAN --A MOMENT AGO --WE'LL GET THAT FOR YOU IN A MOMENT.
WE ARE ABOUT TO TIP IN A MOMENT.
GOOD LOOK AT NORTHCOM CHRISTIAN'S KOTIAN THERE.
AND THE HOLY INNOCENTS COACH, MARIO MAYS.
HIS GOLDEN BEARS, IN BLACK WITH WHITE TRIM.
NORTH COBB CHRISTIAN, IN WHITE.
IT IS UP AND TAKEN.
WE'RE UNDERWAY.
WORTHY, WITH THE BALL.
LARRY, I LOVE THIS NORTH COBB CHRISTIAN TEAM IN MAN-TO-MAN.
SHOWS YOU THAT THEY ARE NOT AFRAID OF WHAT HOLY INNOCENTS HAS TO OFFER.
RIGHT AWAY, INSIDE FOR WORTHY.
WHAT A REJECTION BY XAVIER BUTLER.
AGAIN, THE DEFENSE!
BACK TO HIM, ANOTHER SHOT, ANOTHER BLOCK!
AND WE HAVE GOT A FOUL.
WE HAVE GOT A JUMP BALL.
LARRY, I LIKE THE OFFENSIVE SET, BUT THE DEFENSIVE TENACITY THERE IS VERY INDELIBLE, BECAUSE IT SHOWS THAT THIS NORTH COBB CHRISTIAN TEAM ARE NOT AFRAID.
THEY ARE NOT.
JUMP BALL, GOOD JOB BY XAVIER BUTLER, AS WELL, WITH THE BLOCK.
EAGLES, NOW ON OFFENSE.
THAT IS UP, OFF THE RIM, REBOUND BY MAYS.
HOLY INNOCENTS WILL WANT TO PUSH.
UP AND IN!
ONE OF THE BIGGEST KEYS FOR NORTHCOM CHRISTIAN WAS TO STOP TRANSITION BASKETBALL.
WITH THURMAN ATTACKING THE RIM, EASY TWO BASKETS THERE FOR HOLY INNOCENTS.
STEAL, WORTHY, THAT'S GOOD!
WORTHY IS ONE OF THOSE PLAYERS, A RUGGED KID THAT LIKES TO DEFEND AND GET ACTION PLEASE.
BEING ABLE TO GET THAT IN TRANSITION IS VALUABLE FOR THE GOLDEN BEARS.
BIG START HERE FOR HOLY INNOCENTS.
LOOKING TO ANSWER THE THREE BALL.
LONG.
THAT IS THE POINT GUARD, GRANT ROBICH.
FIRST SHOT FOR INNOCENTS ' WILSON.
THE 6'7" SOPHOMORE, BONNER, HANDING IT OFF.
CHANDLER, GOING DOWN.
BONNER COLLECTS.
XAVIER BUTLER NOW.
THREE-POINT ATTEMPT WITH THE SHOT CLOCK OFF.
TEND TO GO ON THE SHOT CLOCK, QUICKLY BACK DOWN, THURMAN.
GOOD PATIENCE BY THE GOLDEN BEARS IN THE TRANSITION THERE.
GETS UP AND RUNS A NICE OFFENSIVE SET FOR THE BIG GUY INSIDE.
TAKEN AWAY BY BONNER.
CALEB WILSON, SHOWING HIS VERSATILITY!
HIS ABILITY TO HANDLE THE BASKETBALL, FLASH INTO THE PAINT, THE DRIVE, THE PULLBACK, MIDRANGE GAME, AND SOFT TOUCH.
TO BE 6'11" AND DO THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE.
CALLING HIS NAME A LOT TODAY, COMPLETES THE THREE-POINT PLAY.
ISAIAH CHANDLER, WITH THE FOUL.
MAKE THAT BONNER WITH THE FOUL.
HIS FIRST.
ALL OF A SUDDEN, HOLY INNOCENTS, 7-0 LEAD HERE.
LESS THAN THREE MINUTES IN.
Larry: TRYING TO RESET, 10 ON THE SHOT CLOCK FOR ROBICH.
DRIVES IN, KNOCKED WAY BY WILSON, OUT OF BOUNDS.
IT WILL REMAIN CHRISTIAN BALL.
GOOD ENERGY NOW FOR THE GOLDEN BEARS.
GREAT PATIENCE, BUT SHOT CLOCK IS DOWN AGAIN, AND THERE YOU GO WITH THAT BLOCK, AND THEN, AS YOU ARE SCORING AND ASSISTING, ALSO HELPING ON THE DEFENSIVE END.
THE 5'9" SOPHOMORE, ROBICH.
OFF THE FOOT OF WILSON.
HAS BONNER.
ROBICH GETS IT BACK.
THREE-POINT ATTEMPT WAS OFF BY CHANDLER.
WILSON, THE REBOUND.
GOLDEN BEARS, LOOKING TO SCORE QUICKLY.
REVERSE, CAN'T FIND THE MARK.
NICE EFFORT THERE BY THURMAN.
ROBICH, THE THREE, THEY ARE ON THE BOARD!
NICE TRANSITION BASKETBALL.
REALIZED HE COULDN'T GO INSIDE THE PAINT FOR THE THREE.
NOTHING BUT NET.
GOOD ENERGY HERE IN MACON.
PRIVATE CHAMPIONSHIP, HOLY INNOCENTS GIRLS WON THE FIRST GAME TODAY.
THE BOYS, TRYING TO MAKE IT A SWEEP IN THE FIRST OPENING SESSION HERE SHOT CLOCK, AT 10.
HUTCHERSON, THE TURNOVER.
GOT TO LOVE THE DEFENSE HERE FOR NORTH COBB CHRISTIAN, NOT BACKING DOWN, BEING TENACIOUS IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
THE WAY THEY ARE PLAYING WITH THIS PACE, GREAT FIRST QUARTER.
THEY HAVE TAKEN THE FIRST PUNCH, IF YOU WILL.
THEY HAVE BOUNCED BACK.
WORKING ON THE OFFENSIVE END.
15-FOOTER IS OFF BY BUTLER.
CALEB WILSON, 27 OFFERS BEFORE HE CHOSE NORTH CAROLINA IN JANUARY.
CAN'T GET THAT TO GO.
CRASHES OFF THE BOARDS.
BACK UP, WON'T GO.
GOOD ACTION, KNOCKED AWAY.
WILSON, NO.
ANOTHER OFFENSIVE REBOUND.
THEY HAVE REALLY CONTROLLED THE BOARDS EARLY ON.
WE GOT A FOUL UNDERNEATH.
LARRY, ONE THING ABOUT DEFENSE, SPECIAL TEAM DEFENSE, NOT JUST ABOUT STOPPING THE PLAY AND SECURING THE OFFENSIVE OR DEFENSIVE REBOUND.
ONE MORE LOOK AT THE GOOD DEFENSE FROM BUTLER.
THE GOLDEN BEARS, LEADS TO A SLAM, AS WE TAKE OUR FIRST TIME OUT OF THE DAY.
WORTHY OF THAT HIGHLIGHT -- FAST START HERE.
LOOK AT THE NORTH CHRISTIAN LOOK UP XAVIER BUTLER, ISAIAH CHANDLER, GRANT ROBICH AND WILL RUSSELL.
THEY ARE ALL IN THE GAME FOR GREG MONTESINOS.
DOWN, EARLY.
MOTTER, MORE THAN FOUR WINDS.
HAD A COUPLE STENTS.
A GOOD LOOK AT HIM.
YOU GOT KINGSTON WHITTY, WITH A COUPLE FREE THROWS.
NOW A 9-3.
VERY IMPORTANT POSSESSION HERE FOR NORTH COBB CHRISTIAN.
YOU DON'T WANT TO GET IN A DOUBLE LEAD DEFICIT IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
THEY WANT TO MAKE A BIG PLAY AND HOPEFULLY GET INTO THE LEAGUE.
WERE THEY, GOING UP AGAIN.
REJECTED BUT BACK UP AND ANN.
WILSON.
HIS SECOND BUCKET.
STOMACH IS NOT ABOUT YOUR FIRST OFFENSIVE STOP, IT'S ABOUT COMPLETING THE PLAY.
SOMETIMES IT IS BOXING OUT BUT THEY GIVE UP THE STEAL AND TRANSITION.
THAT WAS KINGSTON WHITTY.
GREAT REJECTION BY BASS BONNER.
THE WEAK SIDE TRANSITION HAS TO BE THERE.
DEFENSIVELY THE FIRST GUIDE TO THIS JOB TO STOP THE BLOCK.
GOOD FOUL ON ROBICH.
HIS FIRST.
WILL RUSSELL IS COMING OUT.
IT IS JORDAN WISEMAN.
WEARING NUMBER 10.
THE EAGLES MADE A STOP HERE.
COLLECTED A REBOUND.
TRYING TO SETTLE THINGS DOWN.
RIGHT NOW THE POINT GUARD, ROBICH, A WHOLE LINEUP OF SOPHOMORES HERE AT NORTH COBB CHRISTIAN.
28 AND 3 OF THE SEASON.
THAT IS ISAIAH CHANDLER.
TAKEN AWAY.
KINGSTON WHITTY.
HERE IS WHAT IS HAPPENING, NOW THAT NORTH COBB, THEY DON'T WANT TO MAKE STAKES, AS SET OF STAYING AGGRESSIVE, THEY ARE PLAYING EAST-WEST.
YOU RETREAT AND NOW HARLEY ANDERSON IS DOING A GOOD JOB OF CONTACTING -- ATTACKING THEM.
WOODY, AGAIN, WITH THE SEAL.
A LOT MORE ENERGY RIGHT NOW.
SO IT IS UP FOR NORTH COBB CHRISTIAN TO MEET THAT.
SAME FIVE ON THE COURT.
SIX TO START FOR HOLY INNOCENTS.
NICE JOB BY WORTHY.
COULD STOP ON THE DEFENSIVE END.
NOW LET'S GET A NICE BUCKET WITH THIS POSSESSION.
Larry: WISE AND WITH THE SEAL.
WISEMAN NOW WITH THE BALL.
THE EAGLES ARE DOWN BY 10, EARLY ON.
ONE BASKET FOR THEM AFTER THE THREE-POINTER MADE BY ROBICH.
JOHN MENTIONED THE SOPHOMORE, BASS BONNER.
THAT IS HIM TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN.
CAN'T GET THE SHOT TO GO BUT HE WILL GO TO THE LINE.
THIS MAN HAS A BRIGHT FUTURE.
HE ONLY IS 15 YEARS OLD.
HE HAS A KNACK FOR THE GAME HE KNOWS HOW TO GET HIS OWN SHOT AND HE HAS TO GET STRONGER.
AT 6'7", A LEFTY AND 19 POINTS A GAME, HE HAS A BRIGHT FUTURE.
Larry: HE DOES.
HIS DAD, ANTHONY BONNER.
SIX YEARS IN THE NBA, KINGS, NEXT, THE MAGIC.
STILL A 10 POINT LEAD FOR HOLY INNOCENTS.
THE INSIDE, STRIPPED AWAY.
WISEMAN GETTING IT DONE.
NICE HANDS THERE.
XAVIER BUTLER IS CLEARING.
THE HANDS OF CHANDLER.
TOUGH SHOOTING RIGHT NOW FOR NORTH COBB CHRISTIAN.
John: YOU WOULD TAKE A GOOD SHOT VERSUS A BAD SHOT.
YOU WANT TO ATTACK PLAYING NORTH TO SOUTH VERSUS EAST TO WEST.
Larry: HE WANTED TO TRAVEL THERE.
ISAIAH CHANDLER MISSES.
QUICKLY UP TO WOODY.
CANNOT GET THAT TO GO.
WERE THEY, WITH A TIP.
UNDER 30 TO GO, FIRST QUARTER.
BASS BONNER, BACK TO ROBICH.
John: THIS YOUNG MAN HAS TO REALIZE, YOU HAVE TO TRANSITION.
A MIXED MAX DEFENSIVELY.
GET ON THE WING.
KICKED TO THE RIM.
GET TO THE RIM.
Larry: YOU GET THE DEFENSE THE CHANCE TOGETHER.
MAYS, NOT COMING BACK INTO THE GAME.
COMING OUT IS WORTHY FOR HOLY INNOCENTS.
MAIS, 6'2", JR.
THE COACHES SON.
John: JUST LIKE MYSELF.
MY FATHER WAS MY HIGH SCHOOL COACH.
I NOTED THAT HE GETS IT AT HOME.
Larry: THE FINAL SECONDS HERE.
HOW MANY STEALS HAVE THAT --THEY HAD ALREADY?
UP TO WILSON UP AND IN AT THE BUZZER.
WHAT A FIRST QUARTER FOR HOLY INNOCENTS READ WHAT A JOB BY THIS FIVE-STAR PROSPECT, CALEB WILSON.
SIX POINTS OF THE 15 TO HOLY INNOCENTS.
BIG LEAD HERE IN MACON.
MARIO MAYS WON A COUPLE TITLES AS AN ASSISTANT A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
HE HAS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB ON THIS TEAM THIS SEASON.
WE HAVE ONE OF THE TOP PLAYERS IN MASON.
Larry: STEPPED THROUGH.
WHAT AN EFFORT THERE.
A SET PLAY OUT OF THE TIME-OUT.
THERE ARE TWO OPTIONS OF THAT.
THE LAYUP, BUT THE ALLEY-OOP WAS THERE FOR THE TAKING.
THAT WAS A FRESHMAN COMING IN FOR THE GAME.
JADEN McCULLOUGH.
John: THIS IS WHERE THE TECH MINDSET HAS TO TAKE CONTROL.
Larry: JADEN McCULLOUGH, 7 1/2 POINTS PER GAME.
NICE STEP THROUGH HERE.
TO YOUR POINT, HE ATTACKED THE RIM.
John: HE ALSO HAD THE LOPP DON'T -- DON'T.
WILSON, THE REBOUND.
TAKES IT HIMSELF.
TWO ON TWO.
FINDS THE PAST.
OH, AND WON'T GO.
DID YOU SEE HIS ABILITY TO DRIVE IN TRANSITION TO MAKE THAT PLAY AND THE DEEP OUT LEFT?
Larry: WATCH THE OUTSIDE.
WHAT HE CANNOT GET THAT TO GO.
DEVIN HUTCHERSON.
THE STAR HAS AN CALEB WILSON.
John: THE REBOUND, BALLHANDLING TRANSITION.
WHEN HE GETS BETTER PLAYERS AROUND HIM, HE IS ONE OF THOSE GUYS THAT CAN FACILITATE THE BALL AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT.
Larry: THEIR DEFENSE, 42 POINT AVERAGE PER GAME.
THE FOUR PLAYOFF GAMES DURING THIS RUN, WILSON GOES DOWN HARD.
HE IS OKAY.
FOUL ON THE FAST BREAK.
ISAIAH CHANDLER PICK THAT UP.
John: ONE THING HE WILL LEARN AT THE NEXT LEVEL, IT IS SOMETIMES TOO GOOD 2 V TRANSITION.
YOU BETTER BALANCE.
Larry: ISAIAH CHANDLER, HIS FIRST FOUL.
GOOD LUCK THERE.
CALEB WILSON.
GEORGIA TECH, TENNESSEE, AMONG OTHERS -- 1500 POINTS IN HIS CAREER.
FOUR-YEAR PLAYER FOR HOLY INNOCENTS.
CANNOT GET THAT TO GO.
SUBSTITUTION FOR NORTH CHRISTIAN.
WILL RUSSELL IS COMING BACK IN.
THE GOOD THING ABOUT HIM AS I HAVE TALKED TO SEVERAL PEOPLE AROUND HIM, HIS FIRST LOVE IS BASEBALL.
GREW UP WANTING TO BE A PICTURE.
AS YOU CONTINUE TO GROW, TO BE 6'10", WITH THE SKILL AND FILTER HE HAS, BASKETBALL IS HIS PASSION.
Larry: ONE OF TWO AT THE LINE.
YOU JUST JOINED US, A THREE-POINTER BY THAT YOUNG MAN, ROBICH.
OTHERWISE IT HAS BEEN EMPTY.
AGAIN, THE IMPRESSIVENESS ON DEFENSE, THE TWO STARS HERE, BASS BONNER LOSES THE TWO ON ONE BREAK.
HUTCHINSON GETS IT IN.
TIME-OUT BY COACH MATA.
22-3.
John: THE YOUNG MAN CAN DEFEND WITH DEFLECTION.
THE OFFENSE CANNOT GET TO BE A DEFENSIVE STOP THAT QUICK.
YOU WILL GET EASY BASKETS ON THE OFFENSIVE END.
IT IS TOUGH TO GET HIGH TURNOVERS BECAUSE THEY LEAD TO EASY TRANSITION BASKETS AND DUNKS.
JONAH VERY VETERAN LINEUP HAD FIVE STARTERS ARE JUNIORS FRED WILSON IS THE MAN WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT.
24 ON THE SEASON FOR THEM.
THEY HAVE WON THE LAST 11 GAMES.
THEIR LAST LOSS WAS TO GRAYSON.
NO SLOUCH TO LOSING TO THEM.
THEY FELL TO THEM, 68-66, ON JANUARY 25th AND HAVE NOT LOST SINCE.
John: TALKING TO COACH MAYS THIS WEEK, HIS KEYS TO THE GAME WAS ATTENTION TO DETAILS.
UNDERSTANDING STRATEGY.
NUMBER TWO, UNDERSTAND OFFENSIVE ASSIGNMENTS.
I'M SURE THEY MADE ADJUSTMENTS ON THEIR STANCE TO GET DEFLECTIONS AND STEALS AND EASY BUCKETS IN TRANSITION.
Larry: 22-3.
COACH MATTA TRYING TO GET THIS GOING.
YOU CAN SEE THE PRESSURE PICK UP ON ROBICH.
CAME ACROSS THE TIMELINE.
CHANDLER IS UP.
WILSON HAS THE BALL NOW.
RUSSELL PRESSURING HIM IN THE BACKCOURT.
INTO THE CORNER FOR THREE.
JADEN McCULLOUGH WITH FIVE POINTS OFF THE BENCH.
John: LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THIS TIME-OUT?
Larry: RUSSELL.
LIFTS THE LID.
WILSON, ON THE MOVE.
NICE DON'T.
A LITTLE TOO FAR OUT.
John: THAT WAS A HIGH-LEVEL PLAY.
LOOK AT THIS.
HE IS ZERO STEPPING AND TRYING TO WITH THE AND-ONE.
HE WILL GET TO THE FREE-THROW LINE.
THE NORTH COBB TEAM, THEY HAVE GOT TO DO A BETTER JOB OFFENSIVELY AT HALF COURT TO GET MORE MOTION AND CUTS TO THE RIM TO OPEN UP EASY SCORING OPPORTUNITIES.
BUT YOU CANNOT GET A, LARRY, WHEN YOU WILL POUND THE BALL AND POUND THE BALL AND PASS THE BALL SIDE ON THE PERIMETER.
Larry: TO HAVE TO BECOME MORE AGGRESSIVE HERE.
THERE IS A SUBSTITUTION.
THURMAN IS BACK IN THE GAME.
WE SAW WILSON HIT THE FIRST.
THAT IS THE SECOND FOUL ON BASS BONNER.
5:17, TO GO, UNTIL HALFTIME.
WILSON, THIS IS THE SECOND.
John: IT CANNOT BE THE QUICK SHOT.
Larry: THAT MIGHT'VE BEEN TIPPED OFF THE FRONT IRON?
NOW THE REBOUND FOR WILSON.
John: ARE YOU SERIOUS?
ARE YOU SERIOUS?
I GOT GOOSEBUMPS.
Larry: THAT IS A 6'10" CENTER.
John: BETWEEN THE LEGS.
Larry: RUSSELL CANNOT GET IT TO GO.
NORTH COBB HAS TO GO INSIDE.
SLAMDUNK BY WILSON.
John: WHEN I TELL YOU, 6'10", CAN PLAY THE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, ON THE COURT.
HE IS A SPECIAL KID WITH A BRIGHT FUTURE AT THE NEXT LEVEL.
Larry: HUTCHINSON, THE LANE.
HOLY ANDERSON GETTING WHATEVER THEY WANT RIGHT NOW.
John: GOOD PATIENTS BY NORTH CHRISTIAN.
THREE-POINT IN TRANSITION.
FINDING SOMEBODY INSIDE WITH AN EASY LAYUP.
Larry: THE EAGLES FINDING OFFENSE BUT THEY HAVE TO MAKE SOPS ON DEFENSE.
WILSON, FROM OUTSIDE.
BONNER, ON THAT ONE.
RUSSELL, THE FAST BREAK.
John: GREAT JOB, EAGLES.
FIGHTING BACK.
ONE POSSESSION AT A TIME.
STARTING WITH THE DEFENSE.
OFFENSIVELY, MORE MOVEMENT.
Larry: HOW ABOUT THIS --NICE JOB HERE GETTING IT TO GO.
WE ARE JUST TALKING TO JON NELSON A MOMENT GO AND HE SAID COACH MAYS SAID DON'T GET TOO CUTE.
IT'S BEEN VERY EASY FOR THEM HERE.
John: YOU GET ALL THINGS GOING FOR HOLY INNOCENTS.
YOU SOMETIMES LET YOUR GUARD DOWN BUT I LIKE WHAT COBB IS DOING.
THEY ARE CHIPPING AT IT ONE BITE AT A TIME.
THEY ARE NOT TRYING TO MAKE A HOME RUN PLAYS.
NOW THEY WILL COME UP WITH A THREE-QUARTER PORTRAITS --PRESS.
Larry: COACH MATTA SAYING LET'S GET A GOOD SPIRIT HERE.
THEY FOUND SOME OFFENSE NOW.
STILL DOWN BY 20.
WHAT A START FROM THE GOLDEN BEARS.
WILSON, AGAIN, TAKING OVER.
GETS UP AND IN.
John: TAKING OVER.
DRIVING THROUGH FOUR OR FIVE DEFENDERS AND GETTING TO THE RIM.
HERE IS THAT SOPHOMORE.
WHEN I SAY THAT HE HAS A BRIGHT FUTURE HE IS STARTING TO GET CONFIDENT INSTEAD OF SETTLING FOR THE JUMPSHOT.
TRAUMA SUMMERS HAD A NICE JOB.
TURNKEY BUSY GOES IN THE GAME.
DOWN BY 20.
A BLOCKING CALL THERE ON XAVIER BUTLER.
COACH MATTA CANNOT BELIEVE IT.
KIND OF BACKED INTO HIM ON THAT.
HERE'S ONE MORE LOOK.
HE WAS INSIDE THE CIRCLE OUT OF BOUNDS.
FOR HOLY INNOCENTS.
HUTCHERSON SHORT ON THE JUMPER.
GETS HIS OWN BOARD.
THE COACH MATTA IS YELLING, GET THE BOARD.
John: YOU TO SECURE THE REBOUND TO ATTACK IN TRANSITION.
Larry: TOO MUCH SENDING AROUND FOR NORTH COBB CHRISTIAN.
YOUNG PLAYERS, THE STARTING LINEUP ARE ALL SOPHOMORES.
WILSON WAS CALLED ON THE CONTACT AND THE BLOCK FROM BEHIND.
ONE MORE LOOK AT INSIDE.
John: XAVIER BUTLER, BEING STRONG DOWNLOAD.
GREAT BODY.
MAKING ISOLATION MOVED TO GET TO THE BLIMP.
BECAUSE THE DEFENSE WAS BROUGHT OUT OFFENSIVELY, NORTH COBB GETTING THE ISOLATION PLAY.
LET'S BE MORE AGGRESSIVE GETTING TO THE FREE-THROW LINE BY ATTACKING THE RIM DOWN LOW.
Larry: THIS WAS A 15-3 SCORE AT THE END OF WHEN --ONE.
HOLY INNOCENTS WAS ON TOP BY 12.
THEY EXTENDED THE LEAD TO 21.
THE EAGLES TURNED CUT IT BACK DOWN TO 20.
36-14 WAS THE LARGEST LEAD OF THE GAME.
IF YOU JUST JOINING US, HOLY INNOCENTS WON THE GIRLS GAME.
GROCER UP NEXT AND THEN THE BOYS FOLLOWING THAT.
NICE JOB BY BUTLER.
WILSON, UP HIGH.
MISSES THE DOG.
HERE IS THE THING, IT IS A STOP FOR THE EAGLES.
GREAT WAY OF BEING POISED.
BEING POISED DEFENSIVELY AND SET OF TRYING TO CONTEST SHOTS, THE IN POSITION TO TAKE CHARGES.
I LOVE THE DEFENSIVE MINDSET IN THE SECOND QUARTER.
Larry: BASS BONNER FOR THREE OFF THE MARK.
TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN BUT CAN'T GET THE REBOUND.
THE GOLDEN BEARS HAVE ON THE BOARDS IN THIS ONE.
WHITTY SHOT IT UP.
THAT IS ALL.
THERE IS A BOARD TY CHANDLER.
FOR NORTH COBB CHRISTIAN.
ROBICH, QUICKLY DOWN TO RUSSELL FOR THE LAY IN.
John: THAT IS A CONTROL TRANSITION.
THE DRIBBLE STARTED WITH THE PASS OF THE BASKETBALL.
GETTING IT DOWN QUICKLY FOR AN EASY LAYUP.
Larry: THE COACH SAID TRYING TO MAKE THE EAGLES BEFORE THE HALFTIME PEDOPHILE AWAY FROM THE BALL GOING TO COP CHRISTIAN.
THAT WILL BE ON ROBICH.
HERE'S ANOTHER LOOK AT THE TRANSITION BASKET.
John: HE IS ONE OF THE GUYS WHO IS A COACHES DREAM.
5'9".
HE'S GOT A HUGE HEART.
VERY COMPETITIVE.
HE COMPETES AT EVERY SECOND ON THE COURT.
Larry: A GOOD LOOK THEREBY HUTCHERSON TO LEAD WITH THE DUNG.
BACK TO A 20 POINT LEAD.
ANOTHER TURNOVER, ALMOST.
BASS BONNER LOSES IT.
SHOW TIME.
THE FIRST OF McCULLOUGH OFF THE BACKBOARD TO WILSON.
John: AS GOOD AS THE FINISH WAS, IT STARTED WITH THE SEALS AND THE DEFLECTION.
THAT POSSESSION, SIX DEFLECTIONS.
WITHIN THREE SECONDS.
ON THE DEFENSIVE END, FINISHES WITH THE JUMP FOR THE GOLDEN BEARS.
ALONG REBOUND.
YOU GET A STOP THEN YOU HAVE TO BOX OUT.
YOUNG PLAYERS WANT TO DEFEND WITHOUT COMPETING THE DEFENSIVE PLAY.
Larry: WILSON CALLING FOR THE BALL.
McCULLOUGH, THROWS IT AWAY.
TRYING TO GET TWO QUEUE.
ONE MORE LOOK AT THAT DUNK, THIS IS IMPRESSIVE.
I AM SURE THEY PRACTICED THIS MANY TIMES IN THE GYM IN FREE PLAY.
WHEN YOU HAVE A GUY AS ATHLETIC AND TALENTED AS WILSON, YOU CAN THROW THE BALL TO THE TOP OF THE BACKBOARD AND HE WILL GO GET IT.
Larry: ROBICH IS TRYING TO GET SOMETHING TO HAPPEN.
TROUBLE WAS CALLED ON ROBICH.
HOW MANY DEFLECTIONS --HOLY INNOCENTS UNDERSTANDS THEY WILL PLAY WITH THEIR FEET AND THEIR HANDS.
PASSING LANES.
YOU HAVE TO NOT JUST STEAL THE BALL YOU HAVE TO DEFLECT THE BALL AND IT GIVES A BETTER DEFENSIVE OPPORTUNITY IN THAT POSSESSION.
Larry: WILSON.
HE WENT FOR THE STEAL.
HE DID NOT WANT ANY PART OF THAT.
IT IS A HYBRID THROUGH A TECH TO THE RIM.
WILSON.
Larry: FINAL 30 SECONDS.
WHAT A DOMINATING FIRST HALF FOR THE GOLDEN BEARS AND HOLY INNOCENTS.
ANOTHER DEFLECTION.
A FOUL THERE CALLED ON WORTHY.
HIS SECOND FOUL.
CAN THE EAGLES GET A BUCKET HERE?
TO CLOSE OUT THE HALF.
SUBSTITUTION, THURMAN, COMING IN.
THE ACTIVITY TO YOUR POINT ON DEFENSE FOR THE GOLDEN BEARS HAS BEEN STIFLING FOR THE 16 MINUTES IN THE FIRST HALF.
DEFLECTION.
DEFLECTION.
FIVE DEFLECTIONS AND ONE DEFENSE DEFLECTION.
THAT IS IMPRESSIVE.
THAT IS CALLED COACHING.
TRAUMA WHAT A FIRST HALF HERE.
HOLY INNOCENTS, 42-18.
THE DEFENSIVE EFFORT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, WHAT THEY HAVE DONE, IT HAS BEEN IMPRESSIVE HERE THE FIRST HALF.
LET'S MAKE SURE WE GO OVER TO THE COACHES INTERVIEW AT HALFTIME PRESENTED BY BREDA PEST MANAGEMENT.
I HAVE TO ASK ABOUT YOUR DEFENSE.
ALL THE DEFLECTIONS AND INTERCEPTION, GETTING HANDS IN PEOPLE'S FACES.
YOU HAD THE MET FIVE POINTS AND A 23 POINT LEAD HER TALK ABOUT THIS DEFENSE.
A LOT OF ENERGY.
A LOT OF EFFORT.
A LOT OF COMMUNICATION.
THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE BEEN PREACHING ALL YOUR.
IF YOU CAN GET STOPPED, THE GUYS ARE WORKING HARD.
THEY'RE EXECUTING AND UNDERSTANDING THE DETAILS OF THE GAME.
WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT AS THE GAME MOVES FORWARD.
LOOKING FORWARD TO.
THAT IS COACH MAYS.
UP BY 24.
42-18.
IT IS ALL HOLY INNOCENTS THE FIRST HALF.
WHEN WE COME BACK IT IS THE HALFTIME SHOW AND A LOT OF STUFF TO TALK ABOUT.
MORE COMING UP ON THE GREAT GPB, AFTER THIS.
WELCOME TO THE HALFTIME SHOW.
WE ARE LIVE FROM MACON COLISEUM FOR THE 25 GIRLS AND BOYS STATE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS.
WE ARE IN THE SECOND GAME.
THE PRIVATE DIVISION FOR THE BOYS.
NORTH COBB CHRISTIAN VERSUS HOLY INNOCENTS.
I AM HERE WITH NORTH COBB CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLE, MEGAN.
ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, MIKE THAMES.
LET'S BREAK DOWN THE FIRST SEPARATE THE SCORE IS NOT QUITE WHERE YOU WANT TO SEE IT.
GOLDEN BORES, UP 42-18.
I THINK WE ARE STARTING TO SEE THINGS START TO GO FOR OUR GUYS.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE YOU NEED A SPARK TO HAPPEN.
WE ARE SPARKLING MORE ON THE DEFENSIVE END.
I'M GLAD WE ARE CLOSING THE GAP LITTLE BIT.
I HAVE THE ULTIMATE CONFIDENCE IN COACH MATTA TO MAKES IT GOOD PLANS IN THE LOCKER ROOM.
WHAT ADJUSTMENTS NEED TO BE MADE?
WE NEED A LITTLE MORE EFFORT ON THE BEARS.
GETTING BEATEN ON THE BOARDS PRETTY BAD.
PHYSICALLY WE ARE PLAYING HARD.
WE JUST NEED TO MAKE A FEW ADJUSTMENTS AND GET SOME BOX OUT AND PLAY THE GAME HARD.
WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING IN YOUR SCHOOL ATHLETICALLY AND ACADEMICALLY.
OUR FOOTBALL TEAM OVER TO THE FINAL FOR THIS YEAR.
ALL OF OUR FALL SPORTS MADE IT TO THE STATE PLAYOFFS.
IT'S JUST AN EXCITING TIME TO BE AN EAGLE.
WE SAY ACADEMICALLY, ARTISTICALLY, ATHLETICALLY, AND STUDENT LIFE.
WE BELIEVE IT IS AN EXCITING TIME OF LIFE.
HIGH SCHOOL GOES BY VERY FAST.
THERE IS SO MUCH GROWTH THAT OCCURS IN THAT TIME.
WE BELIEVE IT IS A REALLY EXCITING TIME TO BE AT NORTH COBB CHRISTIAN SCHOOL.
THE SCHOOL IS REALLY GROWING.
IT IS A COOL PLACE FOR KIDS TO GROW.
THE FANS HAVE SHOWN OUT.
WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE FANS SUPPORT?
WE HAD A TEAM BUS COME DOWN.
IN THE PAST WE HAD A STRUGGLE FOR THE BUS TO FILL UP BUT OUR KIDS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB SUPPORTING ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS WITH BACK-TO-BACK STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS WITH BASEBALL AND FOOTBALL.
THEY HAVE SHOWN THAT WELL.
I'M REALLY PROUD OF THEM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE SECOND HALF.
SICK WITH US BECAUSE WE HAVE THE HOLY INNOCENTS HEAD OF SCHOOL TO TALK ABOUT A CHAMPIONSHIP THEY JUST WON, COMING UP AFTER THIS.
TO MAKE IT IS HALFTIME OF THE PRIVATE DIVISION BOYS MATCHUP BETWEEN NORTH COBB CHRISTIAN AND HOLY INNOCENTS.
GOLDEN BEARS ARE UP 42-18.
I HAVE PAUL MARTIN HERE JOINING ME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I KNOW YOU ARE THRILLED, I CAN SEE IT ON YOUR FACE FOR THE GIRLS TEAM JUST WON A STATE TITLE.
HOW DOES THAT FEEL?
IT FEELS SO GOOD.
THIS IS BEEN A TREMENDOUS TEAM, A TREMENDOUS PROGRAM.
TO SEE THE ENERGY, ENTHUSIASM AND THE TEAM PLAY ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE SEASON CULMINATE HERE TONIGHT IS VERY SPECIAL FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.
COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD OF OUR GIRLS AND COACHING STAFF.
IT'S UNBELIEVABLE YOU HAVE THE GIRLS AND BOYS TEAM HERE AND THE NUMBER ONE GIRLS PLAYER AND THE NUMBER ONE VOICE PLAYER IN THE STATE ON YOUR TEAM.
HALEY, 30.3 AND 10 REBOUNDS.
TWO CASES.
AND CALEB WILSON IN THIS ONE.
TALK ABOUT HOW SPECIAL IT IS TO HAVE THEM ON THIS TEAM., GETS ONCE IN A LIFETIME FOR A SCHOOL LIKE OURS.
GREAT PLAYERS, TEAMMATES AND BETTER PEOPLE TO THE WHOLE SCHOOL.
WE COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD OF HOW THEY REPRESENT OUR SCHOOL AND EVERYTHING THEY DO.
THEY ARE GREAT TEAMMATES AND THEY DESERVE ALL THE PRAISE THAT THEY GET., HOW WOULD YOU ASSESS THE FIRST HALF?
THIS HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE.
I DID NOT KNOW WE WOULD COME UP THE STRONG OUT OF THE GATE.
THIS IS A GREAT TEAM WE ARE PLAYING.
THE ENERGY OUT OF THE GATE, THE DEFENSE AND OFFENSE, THE WAY WE SHOW THE BALL, I COULD NOT BE HAPPIER.
THIS REALLY HAS BEEN A GREAT START TO THE STATE GAME.
LASTLY, BRAD ON WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING AT YOUR SCHOOL ACADEMICALLY AND ATHLETICALLY?
A GREAT TIME TO BE A GOLDEN BEAR.
YOU CAN BE A SCHOLAR AND A SERVANT LEADER.
EVERYTHING GOING ON COULD NOT BE A BETTER TIME TO BE A GOLDEN BEAR.
WE WILL SEE IF THEY CAN KEEP IT UP IN THE SECOND HALF?
GO BEARS!
GAME NUMBER TWO OF 17.
FOLLOW US THROUGH THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
WE ARE DAY NUMBER ONE.
WE ARE ON FACEBOOK, TWITTER, TWITCH.
DO NOT FORGET TO FOLLOW A SET GPB.ORG/SPORTS.
WE WILL SEE YOU AT COUNTDOWN AT TIPOFF, RIGHT AFTER THIS ONE.
Larry: OR COACHES INTERVIEW PRESENTED BY BREDA PEST MANAGEMENT.
LET'S GO BACK OVER TO JON NELSON.
I WANTED TO ASK YOU, YOU GOT A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THAT STAT SHEET.
2 OF 10 FROM THREE BID WAS TO EXCEL FOR THE FIRST 60 MINUTES?
NUMBER ONE, THEY ARE SHOOTING 50% AND THEY OUTREBOUNDED US BY 15.
THE REST OF THE START LINE LOOKS EVEN.
50% VERSUS 30%.
EVERYTHING ELSE, THE REBOUNDS, YOU CAN'T LET THEM HAVE 15.
THEY PROBABLY HAVE EIGHT OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS AND WE CANNOT ALLOW THAT.
WE DID NOT COME OUT READY TO PLAY.
WE DID NOT HANDLE THE BALL WITH CONFIDENCE.
I SAY WITH CONFIDENCE, I KNOW THIS IS A GREAT TEAM.
EVERYBODY KNOWS THEY ARE A GREAT TEAM.
YOU GOT TO HANDLE THE BALL.
YOU CAN HAVE 12 TURNOVERS IN A HALF.
NOT IN CHAMPIONSHIP LEVEL.
LOOK FORWARD TO SEE YOU IN THE NEXT 16.
I SENT IT BACK OVER TO LARRY AND SHAWN WHO ARE SIX FEET THAT WAY.
Larry: 42-18.
SEAN, WHAT DID YOU SEE THE FIRST HALF?
Sean: HOLY INNOCENTS THAT A GREAT JOB DEFENSIVELY.
THE STEALS, TRANSITION.
Larry: CALEB WILSON, 17 POINTS.
NORTH CAROLINA COMMIT.
THE REAL DEAL.
HE HAD A SLEW OF HIGHLIGHTS DURING THE FIRST HALF.
Sean: I KNOW HE CAN SCORE THE BALL BUT THE WAY HE HAS DEFENDED ON THE PERIMETER, THEIR BEST PLAYER.
NUMBER TWO, HE IS MAKING PLAYS WITH PASSING.
HE IS MAKING HIS TEAMMATES BETTER.
HE IS FACILITATING THE BASKETBALL.
WHEN YOU HAVE A GUY THAT CAN SCORE 30 AT ANY TIME AND GET 10 OR 11 ASSISTS, YOU HAVE A SPECIAL PLAYER.
Larry: THE COACH SAID HE IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST DECISION-MAKERS THAN I HAVE EVER SEEN IN A LONG TIME.
WE SAW THAT IN THE FIRST SEPARATE EAGLES HAVE THE BALL FIRST.
VERY QUICKLY, A TRAVEL CALL ON BASS BONNER.
ANOTHER TURNOVER TO START THE SECOND HALF.
Sean: YOU TALK ABOUT LITTLE THINGS, I'M WATCHING THE LAST OFFENSIVE POSSESSION.
HE SKINNY THROUGH THE SCREEN AND GOT INTO A DEFENSIVE STANCE.
THAT IS SOMETHING YOU DO NOT TEACH.
THAT IS CALLED HARD.
WANTING TO DEFEND, HE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB THIS AFTERNOON.
Larry: WILSON FALLS DOWN AND GETS BACK UP AGAIN.
DEFENDED BY CHANDLER.
SPIN AND TURN FROM A TEAM.
ROBICH WITH THE REBOUND.
HERE COME THE EAGLES.
PASSING BONNER FROM OUTSIDE.
THAT WON'T GO.
ROBICH IS THERE TO COLLECT.
INSIDE FROM CHANDLER.
REJECTED BY WILSON.
HE TRAVELS.
Sean: GRAY DEFENSIVE STOPPER THE TURNOVER THERE IS GOING BACK TO NORTH COBB CHRISTIAN.
LOOK AT THIS DEFENSIVE EFFORT BY THE GOLDEN BEARS, THAT'S WHY THEY WERE UP BIG IN THE SECOND HALF.
Larry: ROBICH, WITH A SHOT.
IT WAS DISRUPTED BY THURMAN.
OUT OF BOUNDS.
HOLY INNOCENTS BALL.
EAGLES NOW SHOWING PRESSURE FULL-COURT.
TRYING TO CHANGE UP THIS DEFENSE.
CHANGING THE MOMENTUM HERE.
Sean: TRYING TO DICTATE TEMPO WITH THE FULL-COURT PRESSURE.
Larry: TRYING TO GET INSIDE OF WILSON.
SPIN MOVE, UP AND IN.
GOT PAST THE CHANDLER.
THEN, BUTLER.
CHANCE FOR THE THREE-POINT PLAY.
Sean: LOOK AT HIS FOOTWORK.
BALANCE UNDER CONTROL.
BEING ABLE TO HANG IN THE AIR.
FINISHING WITH AN ACROBATIC THREE-POINT PLAY.
Larry: HE'S IMPRESSIVE, NO QUESTION.
I LIKE HIS TOUCH, HIS FORM IS REALLY GOOD AT THE FREE-THROW LINE.
JUST A SOLID BASKETBALL PLAYER.
HAS A BRIGHT FUTURE.
WILSON.
RUSSELL.
AN OUTSIDE JUMPER.
GUESS IT'S A GO.
Sean: THAT'S A BIG-TIME SHOT FOR RUSSELL.
THAT IS A CONFIDENCE BUILDER.
YOU TALK ABOUT A YOUNG SOPHOMORE TEAM, WHEN WILSON CAN COME, HE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PLAYER.
Larry: PLAYER FELL DOWN.
THE BALL WAS LOOSE.
WERE THEY, COLLECTS.
HE IS FOULED ON THE DRIVE.
WERE THEY, THE JUNIOR.
WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT WILSON AT 6'10".
Sean: THIS TEAM IS LOADED FROM HEAD TO TOE.
THEY RANKED NUMBER 54 IN THE NATION.
NOT JUST BECAUSE OF WILSON, BECAUSE THEY HAVE A WELL-BALANCED TEAM.
WERE THEY WITH A COUPLE FREE THROWS.
THAT BOUNCES AWAY.
Larry: THE FOUL WAS ON BUTLER.
HIS THIRD.
THE SECOND FOR NORTH COBB CHRISTIAN.
SECOND ONE IS SHORT.
IT STAYS A 24 FOOT ADVANTAGE FOR HOLY INNOCENTS.
Sean: ONE DEFLECTION.
GOOD DEFENSIVE STANCE.
GREAT JOB BY SECURING THE REBOUND.
THIS IS WHAT THEY FEAR, NORTH QUESTION, A D BELLES LETTRES.
CAME DOWN ON THE SWIPE.
NICE RUN OUT THERE BY THE GOLDEN BEARS.
THURMAN A SENIOR WILL SHOOT.
Sean: YOU TALK ABOUT LUCCA WITH THE LAKERS AND LeBRON JAMES, EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT THE D BELLES LETTRES.
THINK ABOUT WHAT JUST HAPPENED.
CALEB GOT A CHANCE TO REBOUND.
INSTEAD OF DRIBBLING HE SAW HIS TEAMMATE AND GOT THEM A CHANCE TO THE FREE-THROW LINE.
Larry: TALKING ABOUT THE DECISION-MAKING, THE COACHES TALK ABOUT -- THURMAN MAKES GOOD ON BOTH FREE THROWS.
A GOOD LOOK AT COACH MAYS.
LOOKING FOR THE STATE TITLE.
2:30 GONE.
BASS BONNER OFF THE IRON.
THAT IS NO GOOD.
THE GUY IS DOWN ON THE REBOUND.
ANOTHER D BELLES LETTRES.
RUSSELL MIGHT HAVE SHAKEN UP NUMBER 22.
A PASS TO MAYS.
THE STEP UP, NO GOOD.
OUT OF BOUNDS.
GOOD HUSTLE THERE AS HE WAS DOWN.
GOT CAUGHT UP IN THE SCRUM AT THE BASELINE.
Sean: THAT WAS A RUGGED POSSESSION FOR BOTH TEAMS.
NORTH COBB WITH AN OPEN SHOT.
TALK ABOUT THE GOLDEN BEARS FOR AN EASY LAYUP IN TRANSITION.
THEY CREATED A TURNOVER.
Larry: WORTHY.
BASS BONNER ON THE CUT.
ROBICH WITH THE RUNNER.
THAT WON'T GO.
REBOUND, WHITTY.
GOLDEN BEARS ARE TRYING TO RUN.
McCULLOUGH IS BRINGING IT BACK OUT.
THE COACH RAVING ABOUT HIS PLAYING AS A FRESHMAN.
LISTEN, STEP BACK.
JUMPER.
Sean: THAT IS HARD TO DEFEND.
ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE.
BEING ABLE TO FACE UP.
TAKING A DRIBBLE WITH THE FADEAWAY AND THE DEEP CORNER.
Larry: ALMOST A STEAL.
Sean: IF YOU'RE A YOUNG PLAYER, NOT ONLY DID HE MAKE THE PLAY TO THE BASELINE FOR THE FADEAWAY JUMPSHOT, THE GUY TO FLEX ON THE OTHER END.
SHOWS HIS MATURITY TO PLAY THE GAME BOTH ENDS OF THE FLOOR.
Larry: BUTLER RIGHT INTO HIS DEFENDER.
WORTHY ON THE OTHER END.
THE LEAD IS UP TO 30.
BASS BONNER.
NO.
WHITTY, THE REBOUND.
HE'S GOT A MAN OPEN.
A FOUL BY McCULLOUGH, TRYING TO GET THE BALL AWAY FROM BASS BONNER.
WE WILL LOOK FOR A TIME-OUT HERE.
UNDER FOR TIMEOUTS.
THERE IT IS, HOLY INNOCENTS, GOLDEN BEARS, GROWLING LOUD AT MACON.
LIVE ACTION ON GPB.
ADVANTAGE FOR HOLY INNOCENTS.
THE GIRLS GAME IS NEXT.
BOYS 3A CHAMPIONSHIP IS 7:00 TONIGHT.
CEDAR GROVE VERSUS SANDY CREEK.
CALEB WILSON AND HAS NUMBERS, DOUBLE/DOUBLE.
Sean: YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN.
22 POINTS, 11 REBOUNDS.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE WAY HE PLAYS DEFENSIVELY.
GETTING STEALS AND AFFLICTIONS.
COMMUNICATING ON THE COURT.
IT SHOWS YOU THAT HE IS A WELL-ROUNDED PLAYER ON BOTH ENDS.
Larry: NICE PLAY BY BASS BONNER.
JUST A SOPHOMORE BUT ALREADY COLLEGES TAKING INTEREST IN HIM.
WE TALKED ABOUT HIS LINEAGE.
WE TALKED TO HIS DAD AT HALFTIME.
FORMER SACRAMENTO KINGS.
Sean: HIS DAD SAID HE IS A BETTER SHOOTER THAN HIM AT THIS AGE.
HE WILL GET BETTER.
F-15 -- A 15-YEAR-OLD MAN HERE HOLDING HIS OWN.
HE WILL WATCH THE TAPE HE WILL GET A CHANCE TO GET STRONGER IN THE OFF-SEASON AND LEARN HOW TO SCORE MORE PLAYING NORTH-SOUTH VERSUS EAST-WEST.
Larry: GOOD EFFORT BY JORDAN WISEMAN.
JUST CHECKED IN.
Sean: A LOT OF THESE YOUNG MEN WHEN THEY START TO TRAIN IN THE OFF-SEASON, IT IS ONE-ON-ONE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, DRIBBLES.
YOU HAVE TO PLAY WITH MAYBE ONE OR TWO TO LEARN HOW TO PULL UP AND PLAY BASKETBALL AT EASE.
Larry: WILSON COLLECTING HIMSELF FRED WISEMAN, THE REBOUND.
NORTH COBB CHRISTIAN ON THE ATTACK.
CHANDLER WILL TRY A JUMPER.
THAT IS NO GOOD.
WILSON, TO REBOUND.
STARTS TO BREAK.
GOOD DECISION-MAKING.
GREAT PASS.
Sean: ARE YOU SERIOUS?
BACK AT THE DEFENSIVE STANCE.
CUTTING OFF THE BASELINE.
TRYING TO REACH FOR THE GAMBLE BUT ABLE TO PLAY ON BOTH SIDES.
IS SHOWS HIS TRUE VALUE.
HE WILL JUST GET BETTER WITH TIME.
Larry: INSIDE FOR WORTHY.
BACK OUT ON THE BLOCK.
HUTCHERSON WENT UP.
LET'S WATCH THAT PASTOR HERE.
6'10", SR. Sean: THAT IS SO GOOD.
SO BEAUTIFUL AS A FORMER COACH, A BASKETBALL PLAYER, I LOVE HIS GAME.
I REALLY LOVE HIS GAME.
Larry: YOU GET THOSE PLAYERS THAT STAND OUT.
ANTHONY, LeBRON JAMES, WHEN ANTHONY MADE THE RUN BACK, ON THE COURT HE WAS DIFFERENT.
WILSON IS DIFFERENT.
IS A DIFFERENT PLAYER.
Sean: HE'S MORE OF A TEAM PLAYER.
EVEN THOUGH HE GIVES YOU 30 POINTS, HE WANTS HIS TEAMMATES INVOLVED VERSUS DOMINATING THE BALL.
Larry: FREE THROWS WERE MADE.
ROBICH CAN'T GET IT TO GO.
GREAT EFFORT BY NUMBER 10.
THE 6'2", SOPHOMORE, GETS ON THE BOARD.
FULL-COURT PRESS BY NORTH COBB.
WILSON FALLS IN.
Sean: GREAT BODY CONTROL.
GREAT TOUCH.
PLAYING OFF TWO FEET.
Larry: GREAT EFFORT BY WISEMAN.
HE WILL GO TO THE LINE TO SHOOT A PAIR.
Sean: IF YOU ARE NORTH COBB, YOU WANT TO HAVE THE GOAL TO SLOW THE GOLDEN BEARS DOWN.
KEEP THEM TO 65 POINTS IN THE THIRD AND GET OUR SELVES UP TO 35 GOING INTO THE FOURTH.
Larry: THE NORTH COBB TEAM, 28 TIMES THEY HELD THEIR OPPONENT UNDER 70 POINTS.
IT WILL BE A CHALLENGE THE WAY HOLY INNOCENTS IS PLAYING.
Sean: THIS IS A THREE-QUARTER TRAP.
TO SLOW THE BALL DOWN.
THEY JUST GOT TO DO A BETTER JOB TO KEEP THE BALL OUT OF THE MIDDLE OF THE COURT.
THAT IS THE MOST NOTABLE PLACE FOR ANY DEFENSIVE SET UP.
Larry: HUTCHERSON WITH THE LAYUP.
CHANDLER.
RUSSELL ON THE DRIVE.
REVERSE, NO.
THE REBOUND, HUTCHERSON.
GETS IT BACK AGAIN FOR THE FAST-BREAK LAYUP.
Sean: THAT IS TEAM BASKETBALL.
A VERY SIMPLE TEAM BASKETBALL.
A TEARDROP LAYUP.
Larry: UP AND IN.
Sean: INSTEAD OF WANTING THE JUMPSHOT, THEY STEP TO THE BASKET FOR THE LAYUP.
Larry: THE JUMPER.
WILSON.
BACKUP FOR THE SLAM.
HE IS JUST A DIFFERENT PLAYER.
Sean: HE PLAYS ABOVE AND AROUND THE RIM.
THROUGH THE ROOM.
HE DOES IT ALL.
BASS BONNER CALLING FOR THE CHARGE FOR THE SHOULDER DOWN.
LOOK AT THIS.
THREE-POINT ATTEMPT, NO.
REACHES UP AND OVER.
YOU CAN'T STOP THAT.
Sean: ESPECIALLY AT HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.
YOU HAVE TO ADMIRE WHAT HE'S DOING ON THE COURT.
JUST HOPE YOU ARE NOT PART OF HIS POSTERS.
Larry: EXECUTIVE.
WILSON, YOU SEE HIS NUMBERS.
26 POINTS, 13 REBOUNDS, THREE ASSISTS.
THAT DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR ALL THE DISRUPTIONS HE MADE.
Sean: I THINK HE WILL BE STARTING.
HE'S TOO MUCH OF A TALENT.
HE WILL HAVE TO BOOK UP IN THE SUMMERTIME AND GET STRONGER.
HIS IQ OF THE GAME, HE'S NOT NORMAL FRESHMAN.
Larry: 63-30, THE COUNT RIGHT NOW.
GREG MATTA IS TRYING TO GET SOMETHING GOING.
HE THOUGHT HE WAS CURSED FOR A WHILE.
HE COULD NOT GET PAST -- HE ALWAYS LOST THE ELITE EIGHT AND 316.
HE WANTED TO SEE HIS PARENTS IN HILTON HEAD.
THEY GET THE WIN LAST WEEK AND FINALLY HE IS HERE.
IT'S NOT QUITE WHAT HE HAD HOPED TO HAVE.
Sean: IT IS THE RESULT.
YOU HAVE TO REALIZE HE HAS A YOUNG TEAM.
A TEAM OF SOPHOMORES.
I'M SURE THAT HE CAME IN SAYING IT WOULD BE A TOUGH ONE.
HOWEVER, HOW DOES THIS TEAM COMPETE?
YOU CAN BUILD OFF OF THIS.
LET'S GET OUT THERE NEXT YEAR.
NOW WE GOT TO SEE WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO COOK.
Larry: THAT IS REPAIRED FINAL MINUTE IN THE THIRD QUARTER.
PRIVATE VOICE CHAMPIONSHIP ON THE LINE.
NICE MOVE.
WHITTY AVERAGES 10 POINTS A GAME.
Sean: HE IS ONE OF THE PLAYERS WHEN IT COMES TO ISOLATION IT IS HARD TO DEFEND.
HE HAS BEEN A DISRUPTOR THIS AFTERNOON.
Larry: THREE-POINT ATTEMPT, IN AND OUT.
NORTH COBB, THAT IS BEEN THERE DAY.
Sean: IT LOOKED GOOD BUT AT THE SAME TIME FOR THE GOLDEN BEARS, I WATCHED THEM CLOSEOUT DEFENSIVELY.
THEN I WATCHED NUMBER 25, TERRY, WHO IS A LEAD ON THE TEAM.
HE SECURED THE REBOUND.
Larry: SHOT CLOCK IS OFFERED FINAL SECONDS OF THE THIRD QUARTER.
HOLY INNOCENTS.
FOR THE DUNK.
HUTCHERSON WILL SHOOT FOR TWO.
THERE IS A RULE THAT WILL GO INTO PLAY.
IF THE POINT DIFFERENCE AT THE END OF THREE QUARTERS IS 30 POINTS OR GREATER, THE FOURTH QUARTER WILL BE ON THE A SIX MINUTE QUARTER.
RIGHT NOW WITH TWO SECONDS LEFT, THAT WILL BE THE CASE.
WHEN WE COME BACK FROM BREAK, DON'T ADJUST YOUR TVs.
THAT IS THE RULE.
THERE WILL BE ONLY SIX MINUTES IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.
FIRST FREE THROW BY HUTCHERSON IS GOOD.
14 POINTS SCORED.
THE JUNIOR.
SECOND ONE MRS.
RIGHT HE MAKES ONE OF TWO.
ALSO WITH THE BASEBALL THROW.
IT IS OFF THE MARK.
THREE QUARTERS IN THE BOOKS.
IT IS THE WILSON SHOW.
A DOUBLE/DOUBLE ALREADY.
MORE HIGHLIGHTS THAN YOU CAN COUNT.
WE WILL HAVE THE TOP 10 RIGHT HERE.
MORE SPORTS ARE COMING UP NEXT.
TO MAKE FORTH QUARTERBACK.
SIX MINUTES IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.
WE ARE SIX MINUTES TO CROWN THE CHAMPION.
HOLY INNOCENTS FOR THE GIRLS TITLE IN GAME ONE, IT LOOKS LIKE THE BOYS WOULD DO THE SAME IN GAME TWO.
GIVING LOVE TO THE OFFICIALS.
BRIAN AND BRIAN, GREAT JOB CALLING THIS.
GREAT JOB, FOURTH QUARTER IS ON THE WAY.
WHITTY.
Sean: THAT'S WHAT HE DOES.
HE IS HIS OWN BREAKER.
THE YOUNG MAN HAS DONE A GOOD JOB WORKING THE SHOT.
ONE OF THOSE ATHLETIC GUARDS WITH TWO POSSESSIONS.
Larry: HAS NINE POINTS.
JUST THE SECOND THREE-POINTER IN THE GAME FOR HOLY INNOCENTS.
HE DID ALL THIS DAMAGE AT THE RIM THIS AFTERNOON.
GREG ELLISON, NUMBER FIVE.
Sean: ONE OF THE THINGS I CAN TELL YOU WATCHING THESE GOLDEN BEARS, THEY ARE FUNDAMENTALLY SOUND.
THEY ARE COACHED WELL.
COACH MAYS DOES A FANTASTIC JOB FOCUSING ON THE LITTLE THINGS.
THE CLOSEOUTS.
THE DEFLECTIONS.
PASSING THE BALL.
THINGS A LOT OF TALENT IN TEAMS DO NOT DO BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BE MORE ISOLATED ONE-ON-ONE.
THIS TEAM HAS REALLY DONE A GREAT JOB OF GELLING TOGETHER AND PLAYING AS ONE UNIT ON THE OFFENSIVE END AND DEFENSIVE END.
Larry: SUBSTITUTION, McCULLOUGH.
WHITTY, COMING BACK IN.
72-30.
WHOLE GROUP OF SOPHOMORES, UNDERCLASSMEN.
LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR THEM.
ALL-AMERICAN --THAT WAS A GREAT BUILDUP OF THE BALL.
HE FINISHED STRONG.
HE DID NOT GIVE UP ON THE PLAY.
FINISHED GOOD AT THE RIM.
WHEN HE GOES WITH THE REVERSE, MESSES.
STOLEN AWAY BY THURMAN.
WILSON.
ALLEY-OOP.
CAN'T GET THAT TO GO.
WILSON.
Sean: THAT IS ATHLETIC.
THAT IS IMPRESSIVE.
THAT KIND OF BASKETBALL THAT YOU DON'T WANT FROM NORTH COBB CHRISTIAN.
Larry: BASS BONNER TO FOLLOW.
THE AFTERNOON HE IS HAVING.
DOUBLE FIGURES, 13 POINTS.
LISTEN, NUMBER 23 --SHORT ON THAT ONE.
THE REBOUND FOR THE EAGLES.
ROBICH.
YOU SAW WILSON TRY TO WRAP AROUND WITH THE PUCK AWAY.
DID NOT WORK FOR HIM.
PLAYING WITH THE THREE BALL.
Sean: THIS IS A TIME WHERE EVERYONE WANTS TO SHOWBOAT A LITTLE BIT.
ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE THE GOLDEN BEARS YOU ARE GOING INTO CELEBRATION MODE.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE GAME FINISHED WITH A LOT OF RESPECT AND HONOR.
Larry: WILSON, AGAIN ADDING TO HIS POINT TOTAL.
ROBICH COMING DOWN FOR THE LAYOUT.
76-39.
HOLY INNOCENTS HAS SCORED AT LEAST 80 POINTS IN ALL FOUR OF THE PLAYOFF GAMES ON THEIR WAY TO MACON.
A FREE BALL THERE.
WHITTY, THE REBOUND.
UP AND IN.
Sean: YOU HAVE TO SECURE THE BALL DEFENSIVELY.
THE EAGLES ARE PLAYING WITH THEIR HEADS DOWN AND THEY NEED TO KEEP THEIR HEADS UP.
Larry: TIME-OUT FOR HOLY INNOCENTS ON THEIR WAY TO A CHAMPIONSHIP HERE IN MACON.
Larry: NORTH COBB CHRISTIAN.
COACH MATTA IN HIS CAREER, OVER 400 WINDS.
404 AND 114 IN HIS TIME AT NORTH COBB CHRISTIAN BUT IS STILL COACHING IN THIS GAME NO MATTER WHAT THE MARGIN HAS BEEN.
LARRY AND SHAWN, ONLY ONE SENIOR ON THIS ROSTER.
TREVOR DANIELS.
HE HAS A LOT OF NINTH AND 10th GRADERS COMING BACK.
Larry: THEY HAVE THE COURTS NAMED AFTER HIM.
HIS BROTHER, FORMER COACH NOW AT BUTLER.
GREAT JOB BY BASS BONNER.
THE ALLEY-OOP ATTEMPT THERE.
Sean: YOU GUYS SAID SOMETHING IMPORTANT.
YOU TALK ABOUT COACH MATTA.
COACHING IS IN HIS FAMILY.
HIS BROTHER WAS A COACH AT OHIO STATE AND NOW AT BUTLER.
COACHING IS IN HIS BLOOD AND HE KNOWS HOW TO COACH HIS PLAYERS.
THIS YOUNG TEAM, YOU WILL LEARN FROM THIS GAME THIS AFTERNOON.
WATCH VIDEO, WATCH TAPE.
THIS IS NOT A NEGATIVE OUTING FOR THIS TEAM.
Larry: TECHNICAL FOUL CALLED ON WILSON FOR HANGING ON THE RIM.
ROBICH WITH TWO FREE THROWS.
ONE OF THE FIVE SOPHOMORES IN THE STARTING LINEUP FOR NORTH COBB, SEAN TALKED ABOUT THEM BEING BACK TO PLAY SOME VETERAN AND ATHLETIC TEAMS.
ROBICH HIT BOTH FREE THROWS THERE.
IN THE GAME FOR THE FIRST TIME, XAVIER WILSON.
CALEB WILSON IS COMING OUT.
FINISHING HIS AFTERNOON AND WHAT A WAY TO CLOSE OUT HIS HIGH SCHOOL CAREER.
NEXT STOP, CHAPEL HILL.
ALLEY-OOP WAS SURE.
BASS BONNER, GOOD JOB TO COLLECT THAT.
BASS BONNER, THERE.
UP AND IN.
CHANCE FOR A THREE-POINT PLAY.
BASS BONNER.
607, SOPHOMORE.
Sean: RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE, THEY DID THE ALLEY-OOP PLAY FOR HIM.
THE BALL WAS SHORT THROW BUT THE EXECUTION WAS THERE.
THE PASS WAS NOT THERE.
THE YOUNG MAN HAS A BRIGHT FUTURE.
HE IS A LEFTY WHICH IS RARE.
HE'S GOT TO STAY POSITIVE AND KEEP WORKING HARD.
YOU WILL SEE HIM IN THE FUTURE AS THE TOP PLAYER FOR THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
Larry: 15 POINTS.
SEVEN REBOUNDS FOR BONNER.
FOUL CALLED ON ROBICH.
2:20, TO GO.
NOW GREG MATTA WILL CLEAR HIS BENCH FOR NORTH COBB CHRISTIAN.
TYSON MATTA, THAT IS HIS GRANDSON.
THUNDEROUS APPLAUSE FOR THE SOPHOMORE STARTERS COMING UP AND WHAT A SEASON THEY HAVE HAD.
28 FROM 3 ON THE AIR.
19 STRAIGHT WINS.
HAVE NOT LOST SINCE CHRISTMAS BREAK.
NUMBER 13, TREVOR DANIELS IS IN.
ALEX QUEEN IS IN.
JOSHUA COOPER IS IN.
JUST A FRESHMAN.
THE ASSISTANT COACHES SON IS IN THE GAME AS WELL.
NICE SHOT THEREBY TYSON.
THE COACHES GRANDSON, JUST A FRESHMAN.
YOU KNOW YOU HAVE COACH A WHILE WHEN YOU ARE COACHING YOUR GRANDSON.
Sean: AT THANKSGIVING YOU CAN GET ON HIM A LITTLE.
HAD A TORN MENISCUS, ONLY PLAYED 10 GAMES.
SEEING SOMETIME THE END OF THE SEASON.
GRANDPA WAITED SO LONG TO COACH HIM.
COMMERCIAL BREAK RIGHT NOW.
COMING UP HERE AT THE 1:31 MARK TO CLOSE OUT THIS CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IN MACON.
BACK AFTER THIS.
HOLY INNOCENTS IS 91 SECONDS AWAY FROM THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
WE JUST SAW NORTH COBB CHRISTIAN EMPTIED THEIR BENCH.
THE GOLDEN BEARS ARE DOING THE SAME.
WHITTY IS IN THE GAME.
YOU CAN SEE THE FRESHMAN, McCULLOUGH, NUMBER 12.
NUMBER 35, WITZIGREUTER.
Sean: THESE MOMENTS ARE VERY VALUABLE.
YOU GET A CHANCE TO PLAY STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE ONE: 20, TO GO, UTILIZES TIME WISELY TO LEARN AND GET BETTER.
Larry: HAVE PHIL, THE SOPHOMORE FOR HOLY INNOCENTS.
MAKING SURE TO GET THEIR NAMES MENTIONED.
NICE EFFORT THERE.
GREAT JOB.
Sean: THAT IS TEXTBOOK BASKETBALL.
THAT WILL BE IN THE FILM SESSION.
THE BALL WAS REVERSED.
THE FLASH HAPPEN AND AN EASY BASKET.
Larry: DANIELS, A SENIOR.
THE JUMPSHOT BY HAVE PHIL.
JUST CALLED HIS NAME AND GETS HIS NAME IN THE BOOKS.
HIS FRIENDS ARE TEXTING HIM RIGHT NOW.
WHITTY WITH THE THROWDOWN.
EXCLAMATION POINT.
THE GIRLS AND THE BOYS MAKE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS AS WE ARE IN THE FINAL 30 SECONDS.
THEY WILL DRIBBLE THIS ONE OUT.
HATFIELD.
WHAT A JOB BY HOLY INNOCENTS.
CAME OUT STRONG.
15-3 LEAD AFTER THE FIRST QUARTER.
THEY CLOSE IT OUT.
84-45 IS THE FINAL.
CALEB WILSON, WHAT AN AFTERNOON HE HAD TO FINISH OUT HIS CAREER.
HOLY INNOCENTS GO TO 27 AND 4.
THAT IS WHERE THEY WILL FINISH.
33 POINTS, 13 REBOUNDS, ONLY TWO STEALS BUT IT FELT LIKE TRIPLE THAT NUMBER.
HE WAS SO ACTIVE.
HATS OFF TO NORTH COBB CHRISTIAN.
28 AND 4, THEY BOW OUT.
NOT A SINGLE UPPERCLASSMAN IN THIS LINEUP.
THEY WILL BE BACK NEXT YEAR.
LET'S GO NOW TO CENTER COURT AND JON NELSON.
GH SA BASKETBALL DIRECTOR --FIRST OF THE PRIVATE SCHOOL DIVISION -- I WOULD LIKE TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO NORTH COBB CHRISTIAN FOR A GREAT SEASON.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR FANS FOR NORTH CHRISTIAN AND HOLY INNOCENTS.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE BREA PEST MANAGEMENT TO REPRESENT THE TROPHY TO HOLY INNOCENTS.
COACH MAYS, ONE QUESTION FOR THE HOUSE --FIRST-EVER.
HOW DOES THAT FEEL?
UNBELIEVABLE.
THESE KIDS HAVE WORKED EXTREMELY HARD.
COACHING STAFF HAS WORKED HARD.
THIS IS A RESULT OF HARD WORK.
NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
HARD WORK OVER 32 MINUTES.
CONGRATULATIONS.
FIRST TIME FOR HOLY INNOCENTS.
MORE FROM THE MACON COLISEUM COMING UP ON GPB, RIGHT AFTER THIS.
THE FIRST ONE FOR THE BOYS, PRIVATE TITLE.
84-45.
HOLY INNOCENTS WAS DOMINANT TO START.
Sean: THEY SHOWED YOU WHY THEY WERE RANKED 54.
YOU TALK ABOUT WILSON, THE YOUNG MAN HAS A BRIGHT FUTURE.
I'M SO EXCITED THAT HE'S GOING TO NORTH CAROLINA.
HE'S GOING BECAUSE HE WILL BE PUT INTO A POSITION TO EXCEL IN GET TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
33 POINTS, A DOUBLE DOUBLE.
THEY ARE THE CHAMPIONS.
WE HAVE TWO MORE GAMES STILL TO COME.
THE POST GAME SHOW IS COMING UP NEXT WITH HANNAH.
WHAT AN EFFORT BY THESE TWO TEAMS.
HOLY INNOCENTS, JUST DOMINANT THROUGHOUT THE GAME.
COACH MATTA, GETTING NOTHING GOING IN THIS.
HE PUTS INTENSITY BY THE GOLDEN BEARS THAT WAS TOO MUCH.
A DOUBLE VICTORY FOR THE GIRLS ON THE BOYS.
HOLY INNOCENTS.
MUCH MORE TO COME.
BACK OVER TO HANNAH, AFTER THIS.
WELCOME TO COME DOWN TO TIP OFF.
WE ARE LIVE FROM MACON COLISEUM FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS STATE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS.
WE JUST WRAPPED UP THE FIRST VOICE GAME OF THE DAY.
IT WAS PRIVATE DIVISION GAME BETWEEN NORTH COBB CHRISTIAN AND HOLY INNOCENTS FOR THE GOLDEN BEARS PULLED IT OUT, 85 TO 45.
NOW WE WILL HAVE COACH AND OUR PLAYER OF THE GAME COMING UP.
FIRST WE WANT TO UNVEIL OUR ALLSTATE PACKAGE.
WE WILL START WITH THE BOYS SINCE WE ENDED WITH THE BOYS.
HERE IS OUR VERY OWN MATT STEWART.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR 2025 ALL-STARS.
SOMEBODY ON THAT LIST, CALEB WILSON.
HERE WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK.
I ALSO HAVE THIS BAD BOY.
STICK WITH US WE WILL INTERVIEW THEM RIGHT AFTER THIS.
WELCOME BACK TO COUNTDOWN TO TIP OFF.
IT IS DAY ONE OF FOUR OF THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR BASKETBALL.
HOLY INNOCENTS HAS NOT WON THE GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP AND THE BOYS TITLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY.
WE HAVE HAD COACH, MARIO MAYS WE HAVE CALEB WILSON, THE ALL-STAR OF THE GAME AND PLAYER OF THE GAME AND THE TROPHY.
IT IS A BLOCKING -- LEGITIMATELY, HAS IT SUNK IN ALL THE WORK YOU PUT IN, THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS AND THE CHALLENGE?
HAS IT SUNK IN THAT IT BELONGS TO YOUR PROGRAM?
STOMACH IT WAS FOUR YEARS IN THE MACON.
BRAG ON HIM.
HOW MUCH TIME DO WE HAVE?
STOMACH EVERYTHING HE HAS DONE DEAR TEAM, NUMBER ONE RECRUIT IN THE STATE.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU AND THIS PROGRAM?
HIS FRESHMAN YEAR WE KNEW HE HAD AN OUTSTANDING ATHLETE AND A GREAT PERSON WE KNEW WE COULD BUILD A PROGRAM AROUND THIS YOUNG MAN.
THAT IS WHAT HAS HAPPENED.
HE HAS DONE ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING YOU CAN DO ON THE FLOOR BASKETBALL WISE.
McDONALD'S ALL-AMERICAN, TOP FIVE IN THE COUNTRY.
NUMBER ONE PLAYER IN THE STATE.
HE SHOWED YOU TODAY WHY HE IS WHO HE IS.
THE OTHER PART ABOUT IT, THIS YOUNG MAN WORKS.
DO YOU REMEMBER YOUR FIRST DAY ON THE COURT AT PRATT THIS WITH THIS COACH?
HE REMEMBERS HIS FIRST DAY WITH YOU, DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED THE FIRST DAY WITH HIM?
I DEFINITELY DO.
THE COACH ALWAYS BELIEVED IN ME.
DURING THE SUMMER DURING THE PRESEASON WORKOUTS.
IT WAS THE SUMMER LEAGUE.
THE COACH PUSHED ME TO BEST I COULD BE.
YOU WERE THE FIRST PLAYER TO SURPASS 1500 POINTS.
1000 REBOUNDS.
WHAT DO YOU ATTRIBUTE THAT YOU?
HARD WORK.
NOTHING BEATS HARD WORK.
I HOPE SOMEBODY COMES ALONG TO BEAT THAT RECORD SOMEDAY BECAUSE I WANT TO BE THE START OF THIS PROGRAM.
HOW HAS A GROWN AND MATURED ON AND OFF THE COURT IN THE TIME YOU HAVE HAD HIM HERE?
HIS FRESHMAN YEAR WHEN HE GOT HE.
HE DID NOT MAKE THE PLAYOFFS.
I WAS INTERESTED TO SEE HOW HE CAME BACK AND HE CAME BACK WITH A DIFFERENT HUNGER.
EVERY YEAR HE ADDED SOMETHING TO HIS GAME.
WHEN HE ADDED THE DIFFERENT THINGS TO HIS GAME, HE WAS ABLE TO HELP US AS A TEAM GET THAT HER ALSO.
THERE'S NOTHING ON THE FLOOR THAT HE CAN DO.
HE CAN HANDLE THE BALL.
A GREAT DEFENDER.
HE CAN SCORE THE BASKETBALL.
HE REBOUNDS THE BALL.
LIKE I SAID, A LOT OF WHAT WE DO STARTS WITH CALEB.
WE CAN BRAG AND SOME OTHER PLACE.
HUTCHERSON HAD 17 POINTS AND THREE REBOUNDS.
THERE WERE OTHER PLAYERS IN DOUBLE DIGITS.
HOW DID THIS TEAM COME TOGETHER?
IN BEING UNSELFISH.
YOU THINK ABOUT HUTCHERSON.
THIS HAS BEEN A KID THAT HAVE THE TOUGHEST MATCH OF EVERY NIGHT.
WHOEVER WE PLAY, WE THOUGHT THEY WERE THERE GUY.
DEVON LOCKE UP FOR THE DEFENSE.
HE HAD ENOUGH STAMINA TO COME PLAY ON THE OFFENSIVE COURT.
WERE THE HAS BEEN BIG AND FINISH WELL.
DID A GREAT JOB.
THURMAN HAS BEEN A STURDY PART FOR US.
PACING OUR TEAM.
THEN WE HAD YOUNG GUYS, McCULLOUGH, DID A GREAT JOB OF STRETCHING THE FLOOR.
JORDAN MAYS, BOTH OF THOSE GUYS HITTING THREE QUART SHOTS.
WHITTY, ABANDONED -- A BIG SPARK COMING OFF THE BENCH.
I COULD GO ON AND ON.
ALL OF THESE GUYS HAVE DONE SOMETHING IN AN OPPORTUNE MOMENT FOR US TO MAKE PLAYS.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR GAME NOW, HEADING TO CHAPEL HILL, WHAT YOU THINK YOU STILL NEED TO WORK ON TO BE READY FOR THAT NEXT LEVEL AND JUMPING INTO THE ACC WHERE THINGS CAN COME TOGETHER FOR ANY TEAM?
THERE ARE A LOT OF TEAMS LIKE THAT MEDPAC.
THE TEAM THAT CAN MAKE A STATEMENT IF THEY PUT THINGS TOGETHER AND THEY CAN PUSH UP TO THE TOP LEVEL OF ACC.
WHAT ELSE YOU THINK YOU NEED TO WORK ON LEAVING HERE.
YOU OBVIOUSLY START TOMORROW.
LEST YOU THINK YOU NEED TO WORK ON?
I WILL WORK ON BEING MORE OF A LEADER.
GOING ON THE COLLEGE YOU HAVE TO ADAPT TO STARTING OVER.
I WILL BE A FRESHMAN BUT I WILL BE A LEADER ON THE TEAM.
ON THE COURT, MAKING SURE MY JUMPSHOT, MY HANDLE, SHERBET OF EVERYTHING I NEED TO BE AN ELITE PLAYER.
BASKETBALL IS 90% MENTAL.
AS I THAT, WITH THE RIGHT MENTALITY I AM GOING TO.
TALK ABOUT THE GUYS RUNNING.
HOW SPECIAL IS THIS TRUE?
STOMACH IT IS SPECIAL.
YOU SET OFF THE YEAR WITH A COUPLE LOSSES.
I WAS NOT ABLE TO PLAY IN THE SUMMER.
COMING TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME WAS TOUGH.
WE COMMUNICATED THROUGHOUT THE SEASON GOT STRONGER.
WE REALLY STARTED TO BOND.
THAT WAS GOOD FOR US.
WE WERE EVEN RELATED TO THE COACHES, RELATING TO EACH OTHER.
THAT HELPED US WIN.
WHAT DID YOU LEARN, COACH, ABOUT THIS TEAM IN THOSE LOSSES?
YOU GET ALL THESE WINDS --WINS ON THE BOARD BUT IN FOUR LOSSES, WHAT DID YOU LEARN ABOUT YOURSELF AS A TEAM THAT YOU COULD APPLY TO GET TO THIS MOMENT?
STOMACH MORE THAN ANYTHING FOR US AS THE COACHING STAFF WE HAD TO ALLOW THEM TO FAIL.
AND THEN TO LEARN FROM FAILURES.
I THOUGHT WE WOULD TAKE STEPS WHEN THEY STARTED RECOGNIZING AND FILM SESSIONS WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
THEY ACCEPTED THE RESPONSIBILITY.
AS THE STAFF WE HAD A LOOK AT SOME OF THE THINGS WE COULD DO BETTER.
THAT'S ONE BIG THING WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS YEAR.
ALLOWING OUR GUYS TO FAIL.
WE PICKED THEM UP, PAT THEM ON THE BACK AND CONTINUE TO GROW.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS IS SITTING HERE?
THIS IS YOURS AND YOURS AND YOURS.
AMAZING.
FIRST BOYS BASKET BALL CHAMPIONSHIP IN HISTORY.
AND, GIRLS.
HOW SPECIAL IS THIS DAY?
WHAT DOES IT DO FOR THIS TEAM'S LEGACY?
THEY WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS THE FIRST MEN'S TEAM TO DO IT.
OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN A GREAT VIBE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
HALEY SWAIN, ALL-AMERICAN ON THE GIRLS SIDE.
COACH DIXON HAS DONE HECKUVA JOB WITH THE GIRLS PROGRAM.
CALEB, BEING THE McDONALD'S ALL-AMERICAN ON THE BOYS SIDE.
ALREADY A LOT OF BUZZ.
TO BRING IT BACK AT THE SAME TIME IS A GREAT TIME TO BE A GOLDEN BEAR.
LAST QUESTION AND IT COMES TO YOU, IF YOU WERE TO TALK TO NEXT YEAR'S PEOPLE COMING IN, WHAT WOULD YOUR MESSAGE BE TO THAT TEAM TAKING OVER IN YOUR FOOTSTEPS WITH YOU AND THE OTHER SENIORS GRADUATED?
IT IS A PROCESS.
MY PROCESS, FOUR WHOLE YEARS.
I CAME INTO THE PROGRAM AND LEFT IT BETTER THAN IT WAS WHEN I CAME.
THE SEASON IS LONG.
THE FIRST GAME FELT LIKE IT WAS A YEAR AGO BUT IT WAS ONLY A COUPLE MONTHS.
WHATEVER YOU FELT WAS GOING ON, YOU CAN TURN AROUND AND TRUST YOUR TEAMMATES.
THAT IS OVER THERE.
THE FOLKS DON'T KNOW, WHEN WE WERE ON BREAK AND THE TROPHY CAME IN AND CALEB TO, IT WAS IN FRONT OF ME AND I'M LIKE, I CAN'T TELL SHY.
I DID NOT EARN IT.
THE STANLEY CUT I DID NOT EARN IT.
YOU GET A DAY WITH A AND CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT.
EAT CEREAL, DRINK CHAMPAGNE.
ARE YOU GOING TO EAT CEREAL OUT OF IT?
I AM GOT ON THAT.
THE TROPHY IS HERE AND THAT'S COOL AND GRAY AND YOU EARNED IT.
YOU DID A TREMENDOUS JOB WITH EVERYTHING.
I CAN'T TOUCH IT.
I DID NOT EARN IT.
TOUCH UP FOR ME.
STOMACH THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
CONGRATULATIONS.
TO GIVE HER HAVING A SERIOUS?
WE ARE GOING TO TAKE ONE MORE QUICK BREAK.
COMING UP NEXT, WE WILL SHOW YOU WHAT YOU MISSED AND WHAT IS TO COME AT THE BOYS AND GIRLS STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.
WE ARE GETTING YOU READY FOR FOUR DAYS OF HOOPS ACTION ON GPB SPORTS.
JON NELSON AND HANNAH GOODIN.
WHAT YOU MISSED AND WHAT IS TO COME.
SO FAR, HOLY AND A SENSE HAS TAKEN THE W'S FOR THE GIRLS AND THE BOYS.
WHO WON TODAY?
HOLY INNOCENTS WON ON THE GIRLS AND BOYS SIDE.
NICOLE DIXON GETS THE TITLE BEATING HER MENTOR BY A TEAM.
37-39.
HALEY HAD 30 AND 10.
NOW SHE'S GOING TO STANFORD.
THE GAME THAT JUST FINISHED, BIG WIN FOR MARIO MAYS.
WINNING BY 39-84--- COMING UP IN SHORT ORDER, BALDWIN AND CHEROKEE BLUFF.
BALDWIN WITH THEIR LEGACY COACH IN IS A WALKER.
THEY ARE COMING HERE.
I MET EVERYBODY.
THE HEAD COACH FOR CHEROKEE BLUFF, SHE'S A GREAT STORY.
A YOUNG SCHOOL.
NORTH OF ATLANTA.
CHEROKEE BLUFF COMING UP ON THE GIRLS SIDE.
THE BOYS, WHY, WHY, WHY?
SEND A CREEK SANDY CREEK CHASING AFTER FIVE IN A ROW.
THEY'VE GROWN UP AGAINST CEDAR GROVE.
A GREAT BATTLE THERE IN AAA BOYS TO FINISH UP DAY NUMBER ONE.
THAT IS DAY NUMBER ONE THAT WE HAVE BEEN WE HAVE THE AAA GAMES COMING UP IN A LITTLE BIT.
SOME REALLY COOL STORYLINE CAN CHEROKEE BLUFF GET THAT FIRST TITLE?
SANDY CREEK, THE MACHINE THAT IS THE FIGHTING PATRIOTS.
ON THE SIDELINES OR COURTSIDE, WHAT HAS THE ATMOSPHERE BEEN LIKE FOR YOU?
STOMACH HAD BEEN GETTING MY STEPS IN.
IT HAS BEEN GREAT TO SEE.
THE CROWD IS GETTING THICKER.
STOMACH THE STUDENT SECTION.
TOMORROW, STARTING OFF AT 1:00.
HARDAWAY AND ELLISON HELD THEIR OPPONENTS OUT.
GOING UP AGAINST MURRAY COUNTY AND CHRISTENSEN.
HARDAWAY COMING FROM THE WESTERN FRONTIER.
MURRAY COUNTY COMING FROM THE MOUNTAINS.
BOYS AA, UNION COUNTY.
FIRST TIME SINCE 1971, I BELIEVE, THEY ARE PLAYING IN THE LAST GAME OF THE YEAR.
COREY, THE HEAD COACH, HAS TIES TO THE PAST.
A LOT OF FOLKS AT UNION COUNTY HAVE TIES TO THE 1971 SIDE.
GOING UP AGAINST BUTLER AND CHAS CLARK.
HE DID REALLY WELL IN HIS SEASONS TAKING OVER FOR HIS MENTOR.
THEN WE HAVE THE THREE-POINT CONTEST THAT WILL BE FUN.
YOU FINISH UP WITH QUAD A.
YOU HAVE MAYNARD JACKSON AND MICHELLE GOING UP AGAINST CREEKSIDE.
JAGS AND SEMINOLES FOR GIRLS.
WRAPPING IT UP WITH THE BOYS SIDE.
WE TALK ABOUT THE MOUNT RUSHMORE'S.
WE TALK ABOUT HALLS OF FAME.
THE HEAD COACH OF PACE ACADEMY IS ON MOUNT RUSHMORE.
JANE AT HEBREW CHRISTIAN IS ON MOUNT RUSHMORE.
WE GET TO SEE COACHING BRILLIANCE AND DYNASTY WRAPPING UP DAY NUMBER TWO.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT COMING UP.
LET'S KEEP IT GOING.
WHAT'S HAPPENING ON FRIDAY?
WASHINGTON WILKES HAVE 10 UNDERCLASSMEN.
EIGHT FRESHMEN ON THE ROSTER.
THEY LOST THE FIRST SIX.
WILCOX COUNTY AND THE PATRIOTS COMING UP.
SHE'S A LEGACY.
THAT STARTS IT ALL OFF.
MARQUISE JONES AND THE BOX, SECOND YOUR COACHING.
COSO GEORGIA IN THE MIDWEST.
THEY'RE GOING UP AGAINST SAVANNA TRYING TO WIN THEIR FIRST TITLE SINCE 1998.
TIM JORDAN TIME FROM SAVANNAH.
THREE-POINT CONTEST FOR GIRLS.
RIVER RIDGE CHASING AFTER ANOTHER TITLE.
JASON TAYLOR GOING UP AGAINST LAKES AND HUGHES.
BOYS 5A, GOING UP AGAINST THE REGION RIVAL.
IT'S TOUGH TO PLAY SOMEBODY FOUR TIMES IN A YEAR.
YOU GET THAT WOOD TRI-CITIES WITH WOODWARD ACADEMY.
THAT WRAPS UP DAY THREE.
WE ALSO WILL SHOW YOU THE LAST DAY SO YOU WILL NOT MISS ANY OF THE CHAMPIONSHIPS ACTION.
DAY FOUR WE STARTS OFF AT 11:00 A.M. TED CHEATHAM, THE HEAD FOOTBALL COACH WANTS TO MEET YOU.
HE'S COMING FOR THE PURPOSE TO MEET YOU AND HE WILL BE HERE.
GREAT STUFF IN THE MOUNTAIN REGION.
JASON GIBSON, THAT HAD COACH, HIS SON JADEN FROM RAVEN COUNTY.
THE STATE LEADER IN HISTORY FOR RECEIVING.
SOUTHWEST MACON GOING UP AGAINST BEST ACADEMY.
THAT WILL BE YOUR BOYS A DIVISION I.
THE SPORTS FINAL.
DOC IS GOING TO BE BESIDE ME AS THE COLOR COMMENTATOR FOR THE SHARKS.
YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT A DYNASTY?
THE COUNTY SHARKS ARE A DYNASTY IN WHEELCHAIRS.
THEN YOU HAVE THE GIRLS 6A WITH NEWTON AND GRAYSON.
THE RAMS.
NEWTON AND NEWTON FOR THE GIRLS AND THE BOYS.
THEY CAN DO WHAT HOLY INNOCENTS SAID.
TO HAVE TO GET THROUGH WHEELER ON THE BOYS SIDE.
AND THE WILDCATS, WE KNOW ABOUT THEIR PEDIGREE.
THAT IS THE 15 MATCHUPS LEFT.
WE HAVE TWO DONE.
WE HAVE 15 TO GO.
WE OFFICIALLY GETTING YOU READY FOR THE MATCHUP BETWEEN --THEY ARE WARMING UP IN FRONT OF US.
WHAT ARE YOU SEEING?
I'M INTRIGUED HOW OLD ONE HAS BEEN THE LAST GAME OF THE YEAR BEFORE.
THEY KNOW HOW TO HANDLE IT.
HOW DOES CHEROKEE BLUFF HANDLE IT?
THE FIRST MINUTES OF THE FIRST QUARTER, ARE THEY STILL TRYING TO GET ADJUSTED TO THE CROWD?
GETTING ADJUSTED TO THE NOISE AND ALL OF THE BACKGROUND AND EVERYTHING?
HOW DO THEY SHOOT, THE PERCENTAGES, FREE THROWS?
BALDWIN HAS BEEN HERE BEFORE.
THEY KNOW HOW TO HANDLE IT.
WE WILL SEE HOW IT IS FOR BALDWIN AND CHEROKEE BLUFF COMING UP IN SHORT ORDER.
STOMACH THE SCHOOL HAS ONLY BEEN AROUND FOR SEVEN YEARS.
I WILL TALK TO BOTH PRINCIPLES AT HALFTIME.
YOU WILL NOT WANT TO MISS THAT.
WE WILL RECAP THE FIRST HALF AND TALK ABOUT ALL THINGS.
FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.
WE JUST WENT OVER THE ENTIRE SCHEDULE SO YOU DO NOT HAVE AN EXCUSE.
DO NOT MISS A THING.
WATCH US ON THE GO AND FIND US AT GPB.ORG/SPORTS.
WE ARE EVEN ON TWITCH.
TWITTER, FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM AND YOUTUBE.
THAT IS JON NELSON.
FOR EVERYBODY WORKING HARD TODAY IN THE TRUCK, THANK YOU.
WE WILL SEE YOU AT THE HALF.
GOODBYE.
BEEN A PART OF THIS PROGRAM IS SPECIAL FOR HER.
SHE KNOWS ABOUT THE LEGACY FOR THE BACK TO BACK CHAMPIONSHIPS.
SHE HAD A COUSIN THAT PLAYED ON THAT TEAM.
SHE REMEMBERED COMING HERE TO THE COLISEUM AND SEEING THOSE TEAMS WHEN --WON.
AN ALUM AND SHE WANTS TO CARRY ON THE TRADITION TRYING TO MAKE IT BACK TO BACK.
TWO IN A ROW FOR THE CURRENT.
NO PRESSURE, RIGHT?
NONE AT ALL.
RING THE ALUMNI BACK THAT ARE PART OF HISTORY.
IT IS SPECIAL FOR COACHES TO MAKE SURE THE CURRENT TEAM UNDERSTANDS THAT THOSE WHO PAVED THE WAY FOR THEM TO BE HER TO PLAY IN THIS TOURNAMENT ON THIS STAGE.
THE STARTING LINEUPS BROUGHT TO BY AMERICA'S NAVY BY THE SEA.
BALDWIN.
LAWRENCE.
GRANT.
CLARK.
NEIL.
WALKER.
FOR TURKEY BLUFF, --CHEROKEE BLUFF.
CLAIRE CARLSON, BROOKLYN PHILLIPS, AUDREY GRANT, HOLLY WILSON.
A LOOK AT COACH WALKER.
THEY WILL TAKE THAT TROPHY HOME TODAY.
I KNOW THAT IS RIGHT.
THERE IS WALKER JUMPING AGAINST WILSON.
WE ARE UNDERWAY.
TAKEN THE FIRST SHOT.
CLARK.
BACK THE OTHER WAY.
CLAIRE CARLSON, NUMBER THREE.
ON THE INSIDE.
BACK OUTSIDE.
PHILLIPS.
THE DRIVE.
TOO STRONG THAT TIME BY WILSON.
BACK UP AND IN.
WILSON FOLLOWING UP.
MOVING WITHOUT THE BALL, GOOD THINGS TYPICALLY HAPPEN.
SHE SLASHES THAT LANE.
NOW COMES THE PRESSURE.
BACK THE OTHER WAY.
EURO STEP.
THE FINISHED.
BROUGHT BACK INTO THE DEFENSIVE ALIGNMENT.
BALDWIN.
OUTSIDE.
THIS IS BRISTOL KIRSCH.
15 POINTS PER GAME.
DRIVES IN.
OFF TO WILSON.
MISSING THAT TIME.
THE REBOUND DOWN, WALKER.
SHOWING YOU WHAT SHE DOES UNDERNEATH.
HALLEY BY THAT BASKET.
SHE HAS TO MAKE THE LITTLE BUNNY SHOTS.
GOT IT.
NEIL.
SOUTHWESTERN COMMIT.
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR.
MAKING IT HAPPEN OFFENSIVELY.
SHE CAME TO PLAY TODAY.
FIRING FROM THE OUTSIDE.
CARLSON.
THE REBOUND.
SHE COMES UP THE FLOOR.
NEIL.
THERE IS WALKER.
WHY NOT?
DIDN'T GET AT THAT TIME.
A LITTLE BIT OF A FOREST SHOT THERE.
DRIVING IT ALL THE WAY AND BACK OUT.
SHORT JUMPER.
DID YOU GET IT TO FALL THAT TIME.
PHILLIPS, THEY COME WITH THE 5-2 LEAD IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
PUSHING THE TEMPO.
HER BOOTS CAN GET UP AND DOWN THE FLOOR.
WE HAVE SEEN THAT ALREADY.
THERE IS WALKER.
CASSIDY.
NEIL.
SHE HAS COME HERE AND LIT IT UP.
SHE SAID, DEPTH PERCEPTION, WHAT IS THAT?
ON A 8-0 RUN.
MISSING THAT ONE.
REBOUND.
CONTROLLED BY THE BREVETS.
LAWRENCE.
BALL COMES LOOSE.
THEY WILL CATCH IT.
WHY NOT?
NOT THAT TIME.
SHE WAS FEELING IT THOUGH.
KIRSCH.
MISSING, THAT TIME.
GOT A WHISTLE.
IT WILL BE BALDWIN BASKETBALL.
LET'S HAVE ANOTHER LOOK.
SKY QC CASSIDY NEIL FROM THE OUTSIDE.
BOTH TIMES, FINDING HER SWEET SPOT.
THEY WILL LET HER CAMP OUT THERE.
SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE'S PREPARED TO DO THAT ALL EVENING.
THE COACH TALKED ABOUT A HIGH HAND, YOU HAVE TO GET A HIGH HAND ON HER THERE.
THE SHOT IS NO GOOD.
THE REBOUND COMES OFF TO CLEAR.
--CARLSON.
KIRSCH, LONG THREE.
I WILL TAKE THAT.
YOU WILL TAKE THAT?
A LITTLE BIT OF GLASS ON THAT.
8-5, BALDWIN, LEAD.
A SURPRISE AT THE PAY SO FAR?
COMING INTO THIS GAME I THOUGHT WE WOULD SEE TWO VERY DIFFERENT STYLES.
BOTH TEAMS RIGHT NOW PLAYING A VERY FAST UP-TEMPO PACE.
WALKER IS SURROUNDED BY DEFENDERS.
THE SHOT IS NO GOOD.
REBOUND AND SECOND CHANCE.
CLARK.
HE TALKED ABOUT THE SIZE AND LENGTH OF THE BALDWIN TEAM, GETTING SOME SECOND CHANCES.
THEY ARE TAKING A LITTLE BREAK.
WE HAVE 3:53 TO PLAY THE FIRST QUARTER.
THREE-POINT LEAD FOR THE BREVETS HERE IN MACON ON GPB.
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