Late shot sinks Findlay Prep in national quarterfinals

Aaron Augustin hit a floater in the lane with 11.4 seconds to go Thursday as the sixth-seeded Miller Grove (Georgia) basketball team upset No. 3 seed Findlay Prep 67-65 in the quarterfinals of the National High School Invitational at Christ the King High School in New York City.

Findlay Prep guard Skylar Mays, who finished with a game-high 21 points on 9-for-13 shooting, missed a 3-pointer from the right wing as time expired.

Mays, who has signed with Louisiana State, had just made a contested layup to give the Pilots (28-2) a 63-62 lead with 1:50 left, but Miller Grove’s Aidan Saunders answered with a corner 3-pointer to make the score 65-63.

Mays also hit two free throws to tie the game at 65 with 40 seconds remaining.

P.J. Washington had 15 points and 13 rebounds, and Markus Howard scored 13 for Findlay Prep, which got nine points and six rebounds from UNLV recruit Carlos Johnson. The Pilots committed 11 first-half turnovers and trailed 35-27 at halftime, but led 49-47 going into the fourth.

Alterique Gilbert, the tourney’s only McDonald’s All American and a Connecticut recruit, had 20 points, four assists and two steals for Miller Grove. He made two consecutive 3-pointers in the fourth quarter to give the Wolverines a 59-54 lead with 3:45 to go.

Raylon Richardson scored 12 points and Colin Young 10 for Miller Grove (31-2), which will face Oak Hill Academy (Virginia), the No. 2 seed, in the semifinals at 2 p.m. PDT today.