Alcoa’s comeback is hard to believe
By Steve Williams
When a team has a fairly big lead and not much time is left, it’s going to hurt a lot more if the opposition notches the victory.
But remember too, as time goes by the silver will also sparkle in the trophy case.
With four minutes and a few seconds left in the TSSAA Boys Class 3A State Tournament Saturday at MTSU’s Murphy Center in Murfreesboro, Alcoa overcame an eight-point deficit and won by nine points for a 57-48 victory over Fulton.
The Tornadoes did it with a 25-7 comeback.
It was almost too hard to believe.
On top of it all, Alcoa finished with four starters having four fouls each.
Condis Cherry led the Tornadoes with 20 points and three others also scored in double digits, with Jamir Dean tallying 14, Jay Kirk 13 and Jibriel Koko 10.
Fulton got 19 points and 15 rebounds from Nick Steen and nine points from Chaz Wood on three 3-pointers.
One statistical category shows a difference of nine turnovers between the two teams – 11 by Alcoa and 20 by the Falcons.
The two teams also played each other in a regular season game on Jan. 8 and the Tornadoes won by nine points (75-66).
Alcoa finished the season with a 24-13 record and Fulton ended 26-10.
