Damante Vanheyningen has Charlestown within the Comcast Tournament finals.
With the sport tied at 60 and simply over a second remaining, Vanheyningen drilled a three-pointer from simply inside the brand to offer Charlestown a 63-60 win over Needham within the opening spherical of the IAABO Board 27 Comcast Tournament on Sunday afternoon at Woburn High School.
The Townies (15-2) will face off towards No. 2 Catholic Memorial on Monday at 6:45 p.m. within the Mike Hammond bracket closing.
With the rating even at 60 with simply over 5 seconds remaining, Needham exhausted its pair of fouls to offer, forcing Charlestown to inbound the ball within the entrance court docket out of a timeout with 1.2 seconds remaining. The Townies regarded for point-forward Jaylin Williams-Crawford (17 factors, 16 rebounds), however the Rockets guarded the lob nicely. That left it as much as Vanheyningen, who popped out, caught the ball from simply inside half court docket, and buried a 35-footer.
“We drew up a lob on the side-out but my guard was nervous to throw it so he got it to Damante and Damante just hit a big shot,” Charlestown coach Hugh Coleman stated. “It was the result we wanted, but it was not the play we called.”
Led by Brian Cloonan’s 22 first half factors, Needham jumped out of the gate and grabbed a 40-32 lead on the break. Charlestown chipped away within the third quarter with Jordany Mak burying three triples to tug the Townies again inside 52-48 late within the stanza.
A Jaylen Hunter-Coleman (16 factors, 8 assists) three-point play and a Williams-Crawford put again pushed the Townies in entrance 57-56 with 4:59 remaining. Charlestown went up two, 60-58, on a triple by Mak however free throws by Chris Morrison tied the sport and set the stage for Vanheyningen’s buzzer-beater.
In the second recreation, Catholic Memorial (16-3) obtained double determine performances by freshman guards Aiden Pires and Josiah Adamson to defeat Central Catholic, 63-55.
Pires (18 factors) and Adamson (14 factors) have been joined by senior Ryan Higgins (12 factors) to guide the Knights assault. Raiders ahead John Kelley led all scorers with 22 factors.
The Knights grabbed a double digit lead early within the second quarter, however eight factors from Javi Lopez and 12 from Kelley received the Raiders inside 46-44 late within the third quarter. Adamson, nevertheless, drilled a three-pointer on the high of the important thing to begin the fourth. Then Higgins hit a pullup and DJ Overall related within the lane to push the Knights lead as much as 57-48 with 4 minutes remaining.
Consecutive treys by Pires put the sport firmly out of attain.
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