PREP BASKETBALL: Free Throws Give Har-Ber Win
TOOMER’S CLUTCH SHOTS ADVANCE WILDCATS TO SECOND ROUND OF TOURNAMENT
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Matt Toomer looked up at the Wildcat Arena ceiling Monday night, put his hands over his head and took a deep, nervous-looking breath.
Springdale Har-Ber’s 6-foot-5 senior faced a 1-and-1 situation with 2.7 seconds left on the clock. He needed to nail one free throw to tie Greenwood and make two to win. And after watching the Wildcats blow a 20-point fourth-quarter lead, he must’ve been thinking: How did it come to this?
“It was disappointing that they came back, but I had to get it together,” Toomer said. “Before I shot the free throws, I just prayed that God would help me make them. I even had to take a step back from the free-throw line ...
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