Brandon Brooks scored 35 points and grabbed 8 rebounds
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CMIT NORTH 14 Friendly 5
Forfeit
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The number 3. Seed Largio Lions defeat the number 1. Seeded New Town Titans in a 48-50 nail biter in the CLASS2A boys championship. The game started off slow with both teams demonstrating strong defenses until player number 0 Jaylen Johnson put points on the board. Both teams struggled off of missed 2 pointers and shot clock Violations, but Newton Had the upper advantage with scoring multiple shots in the paint, ending the quarter with New town leading 10-9. Largo wouldn’t hold back despite the slow offensive performance, hitting multiple layups and from number 3 star play Cameron Ward, pressuring into the paint and hitting an impressive Alley Oop dunk. Largo capitalized the momentum ending the half 23-24 with the lead. Largo remained dominating entering the second half, with Ward and number 0 Jalen Johnson bursting onto the court with dunks. Ward would stay strong in defense but gave up two technical fouls, leading to New town showing some life with free throws and three pointers, ending the quarter with Largo winning 31-38. New Town seemed to come out of a dark tunnel entering the 4th quarter. Despite Largo leading 37-44 with 5 minutes remaining, only taking two threes to keep the score 43-44. Largo would score some crucial points from a free throw and a 3 pointer from Jared Mobley to take the score up 43-48. New town later scored a crucial three pointer in hopes of making this comeback story true, but Star player Ward demonstrated strong defense and rebounded for a strong dunk. The score remained 46-50 with 40 seconds remaining until New Town scored a needed layup. New Town stopped the clock several times with fouling, later leading to a Ward free throw. Ward ended up missing the dagger to a New town team giving 18 seconds left for New town to throw a shot up. New town player #2 Tyriq Liggins possessed the ball and hit a very dangerous crossover leaving him space to shoot. Liggins took up the three pointer in hopes of a game winner but hit off the rim as time wear out. Largo became back to back state champions as New town took the title of runner ups, both teams able to look back on the season and call it a success.
The 1-seed New Town Titans took on the 3-seed Largo Lions at the Xfinity center in College Park on Friday afternoon. New Town came into the game following a double overtime 82-74 victory against Middletown while the Lions are coming off an overtime upset against Dunbar where they won 70-64. The first half was a rollercoaster of lead changes, but ended with Largo leading by one. Largo forward Cam Ward led both teams in points with 10 at the break. Despite growing their lead to 7 by the end of the third quarter, the Lions didn’t have the game squared away. With just over 2 minutes left in the game, New Town fought to come back to just one point down. After a foul, Ward stepped to the line to take two crucial shots, but missed them both. New Town had their shot to win the game. After several Largo fouls, the Titans missed a two pointer with one second left. Largo pulled out the narrow upset, taking down the top seeded Titans 50-49. Can Ward remained the Lions’ points leader with 20 throughout the game while Justus Stanton led with 13 for the Titans. This game marks two consecutive state titles for the Largo Lions. Congratulations to both teams for the achievement of making it to this game.
Largo leads 38-31 after three quarters
Largo leads 24-23 at the end of the second quarter
Q2 Starts now
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The second round of regionals for boys basketball was yesterday, so our rankings have shifted a bit. Check out our full TOP 🔟 list! 1. Largo 2. Meade 3. Edmondson-Westside 4. Lackey 5. Blake 6. Sherwood 7. City 8. Decatur 9. Mt. Hebron 10. New Town
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1. Largo 2. Blake 3. Edmondson-Westside 4. Meade 5. Decatur 6. Henry E. Lackey 7. Overlea 8. City 9. Sherwood 10. New Town
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Our bus dropped us off at Largo High School for our MPSSAA State Championship Tour: the 2023-24 Boys Class 2A Largo Lions. Enjoy the highlights which begin on YouTube noon today. Final Score: GWYNN PARK: 55 LARGO 83 👀 MFV U📺🔗⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOkRlSCBGto
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