With the season on the line, Sandia Prep’s boys basketball team sought out a familiar face.
Not once, but twice.
Sam Henderson nailed a 3-pointer with 1:14 left in overtime that tied the game, and his reverse layup with 32 seconds remaining in OT was the game-winner, as the fourth-seeded Sundevils edged No. 5 St. Michael’s 43-42 on Monday night in the Class 3A state quarterfinals at Sandia Prep.
“Our go-to guy,” Sandia Prep coach Marcos Rivera said. “Get the ball to your best player. He’s been our best player for three years now.”
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St. Michael’s Devin Flores front-rimmed a 3-pointer with 1 second left in OT for the Horsemen (7-3).
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Sandia Prep’s Sam Henderson, right, dribbles against St. Michael’s Devin Flores on Monday night. The Sundevils won in overtime. (Adolphe Pierre-Louis/Journal)
With the season on the line, Sandia Prep’s boys basketball team sought out a familiar face.
Not once, but twice.
Sam Henderson nailed a 3-pointer with 1:14 left in overtime that tied the game, and his reverse layup with 32 seconds remaining in OT was the game-winner, as the fourth-ranked Sundevils edged No. 5 St. Michael’s 43-42 on Monday night in the Class 5A state quarterfinals at Sandia Prep.
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“Our go-to guy,” Sandia Prep coach Marcos Rivera said. “Get the ball to your best player. He’s been our best player for three years now.”