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2A BOYS: Title slips Agassi Prep’s grasp

RENO — With under two minutes to go Saturday, Agassi Prep’s boys basketball team could practically taste a second straight Class 2A state title.

The taste turned sour awfully fast.

The Stars saw a 66-58 lead slip away as West Wendover finished the game on an 11-2 run in the final 1 minute, 50 seconds to hand Agassi Prep a crushing 69-68 loss at UNR’s Lawlor Events Center.

Corey Bostock’s midcourt steal and bucket from the paint with 12.7 seconds to go provided the margin of victory and capped a frantic comeback by the Wolverines.

“You’ve got to give it to them,” Agassi Prep coach Wendell West said. “They did a great job tonight.”

The Wolverines (24-6) forced five turnovers in the final two minutes and cashed them in for nine of the 11 points in the run.

Consecutive transition baskets by Justin Kidd and Bostock started the run, pulling the Wolverines to within four with 1:19 left.

After Agassi Prep’s Anson Williams missed two free throws, Sean McGahey hit both ends of a one-and-one with a minute left to pull within 66-64.

DeCari Lide and Demadjeo Simon each hit 1 of 2 free throws to bump the lead to 68-64 with 46 seconds to play, and the Wolverines even coughed up the ball on a charging foul 10 seconds later.

The Stars (23-6) lost the inbound pass and fouled Kidd, who hit 1 of 2.

Another turnover and foul sent the Wolverines' Jesus Limon to the line, and he trimmed the lead to 68-67 with 24.2 to go.

That set the stage for Bostock’s heroics.

“We called a timeout, and we said we can’t turn the ball over, and we have to make free throws,” West said. “We did the exact opposite of both of those. We turned the ball over
and missed free throws. That was the difference in the game.”

Lide had two shots to win it, but the buzzer sounded before the Stars could get a third shot off.

Kalinn Jackson paced the Stars with 23 points. Williams had 15 points, and Lide scored 11.

“We had a great year,” West said. “We didn’t leave it all on the line tonight, but it happens sometimes. You’ve got to move on, can’t hold on to it.”

McGahey and Limon each scored 15 to lead West Wendover.

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