New Heights comes back to stun Pierce City

Key Highlights

• He added 9 more in the second quarter as Pierce City took a 27-23 lead into the locker room. Pierce City held New Heights' leading scorer, Adam Stanton, scoreless through the first three quarters of the game.
• A big part of that was due to the defense of Pierce City's Lincoln Jones. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementJones was matched up with the Cougars' top scorer, averaging 13.5 ppg.
• Stanton did not score until the fourth and he finished with just 2 points. After New Heights took the lead in the fourth, it was looking at 46-43 advantage late in the stanza. The Eagles' Eastn McWilliams rose up from the right corner with just over a minute left to play and fired a 3-point attempt.
• His shot bounced off the rim and hit off the top of the backboard and came back down and through the hoop to tie the game at 46-46. The Cougars' Broderick Burns knocked down a midrange basket to get the lead back with 54 seconds left. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementPierce City's Brandon Emmert called a timeout to talk things over with his team. Out of the timeout, the Eagles swung the ball around the key for more than 40 seconds, not finding an open look.
• With around 10 seconds left, the Eagles took a shot but came up empty.