SHS basketball advances to regional semifinals, faces Canton
Sanger 72, No. 24 Dallas Roosevelt 71
The Indians punched their ticket to the program’s first regional semifinal since 2005 with Friday’s upset win over no. 24 state-ranked Roosevelt in the area-round clash at RL Turner High School in Carrollton. Star senior Hunter Nelms led Sanger (26-6) with 32 points, eight rebounds, three assists and three steals. Kason Peebles contributed 15 points and two blocks, while Baylor Beard added 12 points and eight rebounds. Peebles started the game on fire making his first 5 three-pointers keeping Sanger in the game in the first half.
It was a back and forth until with 5:33 left in the game. Nelms hit a step back three-pointer from the top of the key to take a 64-63 lead. Sanger never gave the lead back. Sanger extended the lead to 69-65 after point guard Baylor Beard drove in and made a running floater just inside the free throw line, with 2:36 left. Roosevelt cut it to 69-67 with 1:30 on the clock. Dillon Brown made 1-of-2 free throws with 34 seconds left for the 70-67 advantage. Hunter Mack was fouled with 16 seconds to go and made both free throws to make it 72-67. Roosevelt scored inside and made it a one possession game (72-69) at the 16 second mark.
Dallas had a chance to tie it with 8 seconds left in the game, Roosevelt called its last timeout and elected to go inside and score inside the paint with 4 seconds on the clock to cut it to 72-71. Sanger just let the clock run out and game over. The Indians never had to inbound the ball.
Sanger takes on Canton on Tuesday at Farmersville High School. Canton beat Sunnyvale in overtime 43-40 to advance to the third round. They beat Gilmer 56-40 in bi-district.
PLAYOFF TICKET INFO:
Here is the link for tickets. You can buy with a card at the gate or buy online now. Sanger will be the home team.
The winner of Sanger vs. Canton moves on to face the winner of No. 8 Kennedale and Paris North Lamar in the Regional Finals.
If you can't make it to the the game in Farmersville it will be broadcast on the Sanger Sports Corner Facebook Page!
Farmersville High School Gym
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