The Princeton Tigers rallied from a double-digit deficit and almost pulled off a huge upset over a powerful Rockridge Rockets team in boys varsity basketball Tuesday night before falling 67-66 in double overtime in the regular season finale at Princeton's Prouty Gymnasium.
The Rockets, entering the game with a 22-5 record, led 11-7 after the first quarter and jumped out to a 12 point lead in the second before settling for a 25-17 halfltime advantage.
The Tigers rallied to within 3 in the third quarter at 29-26 and trailed 37-30 going into the fourth.
A 10-2 run to start the fourth gave the Tigers their first lead of the game at 40-39 and it was back-and-forth the rest of the quarter and the teams headed into the first overtime tied at 48.
Each team scored 7 points in the first overtime and a bucket by Wyatt Davis with 6.9 seconds left forced a second overtime.
In the second overtime it looked like the Tigers were going to get the win when Braden DeBates buried a three-pointer to give PHS a 66-65 lead with 2 seconds left.
With just .1 seconds remaining, Rockridge's Nate Henry hit a pair of free throws to lift the Rockets to the narrow win.
Henry scored a game-high 29 points for the Rockets and Jenson Whiteman added 10. The Tigers were topped by Wyatt Davis' 17 and DeBates' 13.
During the pre-game broadcast, Tiffany Gonigam visited with Princeton High School student Elana Martinez…
At halftime, Norm Vandermoon talked with Princeton softball coach Joe Bates…
Our next basketball broadcast is Monday night from the Chillicothe Regional. The Princeton Tigers battle the Eureka Hornets followed by Bureau Valley vs. Fieldcrest. Norm Vandermoon has the call starting at 5:45 pm on WZOE-AM 1490 and streaming at princetonnewsnow.com.