1 Nation (Mich.) 95, Belmont Shore (Calif.) 90
In a game of great individual matchups, the two standouts players on 1
Nation made the big plays in the end to help their team pull out the
victory. The game was tied at 90 when 1 Nation's Josh Jackson, the Nation's
No. 1 ranked player by 247Sports.com, scored on a conventional 3-point play,
a driving lay-up, with approximately 45 seconds remaining to give his team a
93-90 lead.
Belmont Shore had a turnover thereafter, but got second life when 1 Nation's
Jaylen McFadden missed the front end of a 1-and-1 situation. Belmont Shore
had an opportunity to potentially tie the game, but guard Christian Popoola
Jr. missed a driving layup. The game was then sealed when Miles Bridges, a
6-foot-7 wing forward from Huntington Prep (Huntington, W. Va.) who earlier
in the day played with the Mac Irvin Fire at the Bigfoot Las Vegas Classic,
nailed three free throws. Bridges finished with 19 points while Jackson
added 16 points for 1 Nation.
P.J. Washington, a 6-foot-8 power forward from Findlay Prep (Henderson,
Nev.), led Belmont Shore with 21 points. Ethan Thompson, like Washington a
rising junior who spent his sophomore season at Bishop Montgomery (Torrance,
Calif.), added 17 points.