By: Zachary Adams
12/29/18
RALEIGH, NC -- It wasn’t pretty, but Prolific Prep (18-4) held on to defeat Word of God (15-6) 60-59 in the David West Bracket fifth place game.
Word of God has a track record of making their Holiday Invitational finales interesting. A season ago, the Holy Rams defeated Cannon School 68-64 in double overtime. The Holy Rams tried their best to repeat that same entertainment factor today, but fell just short.
10 days ago in Vegas, the Prolific Prep Crew thrashed the Holy Rams by 30, 86-56. Prolific Prep started today’s game off with their foot on the gas. The Crew held the Holy Rams scoreless the first 4:49 of game action, leading 13-0. Word of God used a pair of threes by junior Lance Anthony Jr. to spark the comeback. After one, Proflic Prep had the 10-point advantage at 21-11.
The Holy Rams came out firing in the second quarter. Word of God outscored Prolific Prep 17-9 in the quarter, where they actually managed to take the lead with less than a minute to go behind a Chase Forte pull-up jumper. Prolific Prep went up two, 30-28, at the break after Kuany Kuany beat the horn with a corner triple.
Word of God remained hot, as they came out of intermission clicking on all cylinders. The Holy Rams went on a 10-4 run the first 5:17 of the second half to go up 39-34. The Crew called timeout, leading to a miniature comeback from the squad that hails from Napa Valley, CA. Junior Nimari Burnett goes a bank shot to fall just before the third quarter buzzer to put Prolific Prep on top by two, 46-44.
The play of the game came with five minutes to play in the ballgame. Word of God’s Quandre Bullock put Prolific Prep’s Kuany Kuany, who is 6’11”. The Crew used free throws and lock down defense in the final minutes to seal the one point victory to earn fifth place in this year’s David West Bracket.
Nimari Burnett tallied a game-high 27 points to lead Prolific Prep, while Max Farthing led Word of God with 16 points.
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