Don't Miss These Buzzer Beaters
December 17, 2014
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The first full week of girls and boys basketball this season netted 27 games broadcast on MHSAA.tv – and a series of last-second heroics only hoops can provide.
Check out those buzzer beaters below, and go to MHSAA.tv to watch any of the games listed, in full.
Girls Basketball
- Escanaba vs. Sault Ste. Marie
- Lincoln Alcona vs. Alpena
- Comstock Park vs. East Grand Rapids
- Posen vs. Whittemore-Prescott
- Calumet vs. Iron River West Iron County
- Midland vs. Mount Pleasant
- Mackinaw City vs. Boyne Falls
- Rogers City vs. Posen
- Hillman vs. Atlanta
- Watervliet vs. Bangor
- Haslett vs. Mason
Boys Basketball
- Rogers City vs. Hale
- Mackinaw City vs. Pellston
- East Kentwood vs. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern
- Escanaba vs. Negaunee
- Plainwell vs. Portage Northern
- Posen vs. Rogers City
- Mancelona vs. Lake City
- Chesaning vs. Montrose
- Haslett vs. Mason
- Watervliet vs. Bangor
- Mount Pleasant vs. Midland
- Gibraltar Carlson vs. Riverview
- Escanaba vs. Kingsford
- Hemlock vs. Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary
- Clare vs. Gladwin
- Coloma vs. Dowagiac
Highlight Reel: Class A-B Semifinals
March 26, 2016
By John Johnson
MHSAA Communications Director
The Finals field is set for the MHSAA Boys Basketball Tournament, presented by Sparrow Health System, with the last four teams determined during Friday’s Class A and B Semifinals at the Breslin Center in East Lansing.
To watch a game in its entirety and order DVDs, click the score of the game below. Here are Friday’s highlights:
Class A
Detroit U-D Jesuit 72, Macomb Dakota 51
Winston Makes It Happen - Cassius Winston scored a game high 27 points for U-D Jesuit, but also had 12 assists, including one on this play.
Transition Dunk - Here's a back-and-forth sequence in the second half of the Detroit U-D Jesuit vs. Macomb Dakota Class A Semifinal that ends up in a dunk for Dakota's Thomas Kithier.
North Farmington 60, Lansing Everett 48
Quick Three - Billy Thomas hit two 3-pointers in the first minute of the second half to extend North Farmington's lead against Lansing Everett in this Class A Semifinal. Thomas finished with 26 points.
Vikings Score Off Steal - Here's a steal by Lansing Everett's Victor Edwards converted into a fastbreak basket by Jamyrin Jackson, who led all scorers in this Class A Semifinal with 27 points.
Class B
Detroit Henry Ford 70, Williamston 48
Hot Hornet - Williamston's Riley Lewis led all scorers in a Class B Semifinal with Detroit Henry Ford with 32 points, including an old-fashioned three-point play on this sequence.
Bey Putback - Detroit Henry Ford had a 21-point performance from Kavon Bey - getting two here on a putback against Williamston in this Class B Semifinal.
Stevensville Lakeshore 61, Big Rapids 60
Davenport Double - Watch Big Rapids' Jeffrey Davenport with the great defensive play at one end of the court, and then he doubles his pleasure with a layup at the other end.
Breakaway Basket - A huge play in the closing moments of the Class B Semifinal between Stevensville Lakeshore and Big Rapids was this fastbreak basket by Lakeshore's Gibson Archer. Archer finished the game with 15 points.
The Boys Basketball Finals are presented by Sparrow Health System.
PHOTO: Everett's Jamyrin Jackson (11) drives toward the basket while North Farmington's Jacob Joubert (5) blocks his path.