'Top Shooters' Reign at Breslin
March 27, 2014
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan awarded its top 3-point and free-throw shooters at the championship game halftimes during the Boys and Girls Basketball Finals over the last two weekends.
Four champions were crowned, including a girls free-throw winner who finished runner-up a year ago.
All four championship matches were broadcast on MHSAA.TV and can be watched by clicking the links below.
Girls free throw: Lincoln Alcona senior Karina Cole, last season's runner-up, finished first this time just ahead of St. Clair Shores Lakeview's Leah Charrette. Click to watch.
Girls 3-point: Macomb Dakota's Rio Dudgeon, who will play next season at Oakland University, finished first with Ada Forest Hills Eastern's Kaleese Jeffries coming in second. Click to watch.
Boys free throw: Saugatuck's Michael Winowiecki finished first, followed by Walled Lake Northern's Trent Lansa. Click to watch.
Boys 3-point: Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern's Tommy Dozeman was the champion, with Traverse City Christian's Kris Crosby the runner-up. Click to watch.
PHOTO: (In clockwise order) Top Shooters champions for girls free throw, boys free throw, boys 3-point and girls 3-point contests pose at the Breslin Center.
Moment: Fisher Sinks Last-Second Score
March 25, 2020
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The 2019 Division 1 basketball tournament will be remembered forever for the play of freshman Emoni Bates, who led Ypsilanti Lincoln to its first MHSAA championship in the sport with memorable performance after memorable performance.
But the game-winning moment of the March 16, 2019, championship game belonged to senior teammate Jalen Fisher, who beat the buzzer with a putback to give the Railsplitters a 64-62 win over Detroit U-D Jesuit.
Lincoln coach Jesse Davis said after he knew Fisher’s time would come. "At the beginning of this game, I just told (Fisher) to be patient, your time is coming man, be patient,” Davis said. “During the timeouts I said, ‘Jalen be patient, your time is coming.’ I didn’t know it was going to come like that, but I’m glad it happened to him, because I believed in him the whole time.”
Click to read Second Half's coverage – Lincoln Beats Buzzer for 1st Basketball Title – and relive the shot below with coverage from FOX Sports Detroit.