Scott Bolen’s 3-pointer capped a 17-8 run in the last 1:50 of the 4th quarter for Sherwood High School and forced overtime against Magruder in the semifinals of the MPSSAA State Championship Tournament at the Comcast Center in College Park, Md., on March 8, 2012. Magruder dominated the extra period and came away with a 75-68 victory.
March 8, 2012
Magruder Defeats County Rival Sherwood in State Championship Semifinals
by Eric Meany
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The Sherwood High School boys basketball team went on a 17-8 run in the last 1:50 of the fourth quarter to force overtime after trailing for most of the game, but Magruder dominated the extra period and came away with a 75-68 victory in the semifinals of the MPSSAA Class 4A State Championship Tournament at the Comcast Center on Thursday night.
Senior guard Scott Bolen sank a long 3-pointer to tie the game with 4.8 seconds left in regulation, then hit a free-throw six seconds into overtime to give the Warriors (17-9) their only lead since early in the first quarter before watching the Colonels (25-1) take control the rest of the way.
Magruder guard J.J. Epps scored six of his 16 points in the four-minute overtime period, helping the Colonels finally take control of a game that seemed on the verge of slipping away.
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