Not SWVA Basketball but did anyone watch the WPIAL

[GMan 3,569]

Western Pennsylvania IAL Class AA Championship game between Beaver Falls and Aliquippa???

 

WOW!!!!

 

Remember the name LANCE JETER (6'3")...he will be playing D-1 ball somewhere!

 

Anyway...back to the game...

Aliquippa (Quips) was up by 6 with just over a minute left in the game...Beaver Falls (BF) comes back and Jeter hits a thirty footer at the buzzer to send the game to OT.

 

First OT...

BF is up about 6 with a little over a minute left. The Quips fight back and hit a driving layup to tie it as the last tenth of a second ticks off the clock.

 

Second OT...

Back and forth but the Quips have the upper hand again with just over 20 seconds to go. Jeter does it again, hitting a fall away three with his cousin (who plays for Aliquippa) right in his face to put BF up by one. The Quips come down and get fouled...they miss the first and make the second to tie. BF can't get a good shot off to win.

 

Third OT...

The Quips once again have the upper hand with about 20 seconds left up by four. Jeter drives and hits a layup to cut it to two. The Quips beat the press up the floor but the ball gets knocked away and tied up...held ball goes to BF with less than 5 seconds left. They throw the ball into to Jeter, he drives up the floor, crosses half court on the run and lets the ball fly from about forty feet...the bank is open!!! BF wins...79-78. Jeter finished the game with 37 points.

 

They are already calling this the greatest WPIAL Championship game ever!!! Glad I got to watch it!

 

Just for the record...these two teams were the best I've seen in the WPIAL tournament so far. I watched the Class A and Class AAA Championships last night and none of those four teams were very good. The Class AAAA Championship starts in about twenty minutes...