Atlantic Shores 69 St Stephens-St Agnes 66 overtime
In front of a hostile student base, the Atlantic Shores Seahawks advanced to the championship game of the 60th annual Sleepy Thompson tournament with an exciting, heart-pounding 69-66 overtime win over host school St Stephens-St Agnes. Atlantic Shores overcame an 7-point lead heading into the 4th quarter and survived despite scoring only 1 -point in the final minute of overtime.
St Stephens-St Agnes appeared to be in control most of the game behind hot-shooting guard
Donoven Toatley who finished with 17 points. Two 3-pointers by
Christian Depollar gave the Saints a 47-39 lead with 35 seconds to go in the 3rd quarter.
Atlantic Shores got back in the game by stepping up their defense. They put their best defender,
Hunter Laadler, on Toatley which limited the damage from the sharpshooter.
Mstadi Pitt picked up his offensive game making several key 3-pointers and he finished with 20 points including a stickback to pull the Seahawks within two 52-50. Forward
Logan Wells seemed to be in the right place at the right time and his 3-pointer tied the game at 53.
Pitt and
Denmark Slay traded points in the final two minutes and Toatley drained a pressured filled pull-up jumper with 25 seconds to go to send the game into overtime.
Chauncey Pittman scored the first points in overtime for St Stephens-St Agnes, but Pitt made a free throw and a 3-pointer to give Atlantic Shores a 64-61 lead with 2:21 remaining in overtime. Moments later, Ladler and
Jordan Cannady both swished two free throws each to put Atlantic Shores ahead 68-63 with a little over a minute to go. St Stephens puled within two at 68-66 but they missed two shots in the final few seconds.
Pitt finished with 20 points on 8 of 17 shooting from the field and three treys. Jordan Cannady scored 8 points to go along with 8 rebounds and four assists. Wells had 13 points and seven rebounds. The Saints were led by Toatley with 17 points and Pittman had 17 points and eight rebounds. Denmark Slay had 15 points and four assists. Virginia football commit
Andrew Trainer 8 points and a game-high 17 rebounds.
Stats courtesy of
Legit Sports Stats