From the LVRJ: Saturday night started as a nightmare for Desert Pines senior Julian Jacobs.
Two quick fouls, a seat on the bench and a double-digit deficit had Jacobs and his teammates wondering how to wake up.
The night ended better than his wildest dream.
Jacobs heaved the ball to the ceiling of Orleans Arena, celebrating the Jaguars’ improbable 59-57 come-from-behind win over Clark in the Division I-A boys basketball final.
Desert Pines (28-3) won its first state title in boys basketball.
“You have no idea,” said Jacobs, who finished with 19 points. “I don’t have words for this. It’s beyond an awesome feeling.”
Three minutes into the game, Jacobs headed to the bench with two fouls and watched his team fall behind by as many as 17 points.
He had two points at the half as Desert Pines trailed 30-18.
“I just kept telling them to hang on and fight through,” Desert Pines coach Mike Uzan said. “We were down six possessions. That’s nothing. We’ve seen it before. With these guys, anything is possible.”
The Jaguars still trailed 48-35 early in the fourth quarter, but Jacobs’ tomahawk dunk with 6:53 to go cut the Chargers’ lead to 48-41 and had Desert Pines starting to smell a comeback.
“Our guys love it when Julian dunks,” Uzan said. “It lit a little fire.”
His second-chance jumper just more than minute later trimmed Clark’s lead to 49-46, and Donavin Wright’s jumper with 2:55 left gave Desert Pines its first lead, at 54-53. http://www.nevadapreps.com/boys/basketball/stories/DIVISION-I-A-BOYS-Jacobs-Desert-Pines-awaken-for-first-title-192800991.html
Desert Pines is the school I teach at.
It's been heck of a year for Desert Pines: first Obama visited and then the team are state basketball champions.
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