Buzzer-beater heartbreak comes to Norris, Omaha Skutt returns to state finals
LINCOLN - The buzzer-beater bit back.
Twenty-four hours after a three-quarter-court heave went viral nationally and sent Norris to the Class B semifinals, it was their turn to feel the other end of the last-second heartbreak.
A put-back by 6'9" junior George Ziebell with less than a second to go gave Omaha Skutt Catholic a 51-49 win over the top-seeded Titans.
The bucket was the culmination of a back-and-forth instant classic, that featured eight ties and 12 lead changes.
Norris may have ultimately been undone at the foul line, where they shot just 5-of-12, compared to a 9-of-12 showing from Skutt.
The Skyhawks are will now look for the three-peat in Class B. Saturday will be their fourth straight title game appearance, and fifth in the last six years.
TEAM | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 51 |
| 14 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 49 |
INDIVIDUAL STATS
# | Player | PTS | FG | 3FG | FT | OR | DR | REB | A | PF | TO | BL | ST | MIN | +/- |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3* | CANNON, KYLE | 13 | 4-12 | 0-1 | 5-8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 7 |
12* | VANDYKE, DYLAN | 3 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 7 |
30* | LINDERMAN, GIDEON | 7 | 3-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 8 |
44* | SCHOLL, BROCK | 16 | 7-13 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 2 |
50* | ZIEBELL, GEORGE | 10 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 11 |
2 | HELLER, LUCAS | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | -6 |
5 | SAMSON, JETT | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | WISSINK, CARTER | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -10 |
40 | LENZ, LUKE | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -9 |
NORRIS
# | Player | PTS | FG | 3FG | FT | OR | DR | REB | A | PF | TO | BL | ST | MIN | +/- |
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4* | BOESIGER, BARRET | 3 | 0-4 | 0-4 | 3-4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 4 |
5* | SMALL, ALEC | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | -7 |
10* | GARNER, CHRISTOPHER | 16 | 7-14 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 2 |
22* | GREENFIELD, EVAN | 9 | 4-10 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 0 |
23* | BEHRENDS, JARRETT | 3 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | -7 |
0 | BORNSCHLEGL, JOSHUA | 13 | 5-9 | 3-6 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 4 |
2 | FOLKERTS, MACOY | 0 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
3 | URBANOVSKY, JAXSEN | 3 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -4 |
15 | RICE, COOPER | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -2 |
24 | HANSMEYER, THOMAS | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |