Thornton 55, Conant 49 (OT)
Records: Thornton 1-0, Conant 0-1
Halftime score: Thornton 28, Conant 19. Tied at 47 at the end of regulation
Summary: Tom Sotos hit a 3-pointer with :28 remaining in regulation to tie the game at 47 and send it to overtime. In overtime, Conant took a 49-47 lead when Sotos scored on a reverse lay-up. Thornton’s Travell Rivers’ basket tied the game at 49, then Thornton hit 6 of their next 8 free-throws to seal the game. Reginald Smith made the last three free-throws for the Wildcats.
Top performers: Thornton–Trevell Rivers 14 points, 13 rebounds; Reginald Smith and Darrell Robinson both added 14; Conant–Sotos, 10, 7 rebs.
Bonus: “We’re a clutch team. We practice free-throws a lot so I don’t know what happened earlier in the game, but in overtime coach told us to relax and calm down. That’s when we started hitting our free-throws,” Sotos said.
