Demary gets steal, layup in OT to lift Millbrook to 4A state championship
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Updated March 6, 2021 9:48 p.m. EST
By Jacob Hancock, HighSchoolOT Reporter
Trinity, N.C. It s finally Millbrook s year.
The Wildcats, after heartbreaking losses in postseason runs scattered throughout the last decade, are boys basketball champions at long last.
Millbrook claimed the NCHSAA 4A boys basketball state championship with a 67-65 win over Ardrey Kell in overtime on a game-winning strip and layup by Silas Demary Jr. with four seconds remaining
This year s Wildcats (19-0), the first 4A state champions to go undefeated since Olympic in 2013, survived back-to-back overtime games to make it to this year s final, so it was only fitting they played a third for the title.
Demary free throws lift Millbrook past Apex Friendship in overtime
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By Nick Stevens, HighSchoolOT managing editor
Raleigh, N.C. After being knocked out of the playoffs in the third round last season, Millbrook will get a shot at playing for a 4A regional championship next week.
The Wildcats overcame a four-point deficit in overtime to defeat Apex Friendship 68-66 on Saturday afternoon.
Redford Dunton hit a lay-up to cut the Apex Friendship lead to two points, then Silas Demary, Jr. scored the final four points of the game to give Millbrook the win. Demary went the length of the floor for a lay-up to tie the game, then knocked down two free throws to take the lead for good.
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Millbrook runs away from New Bern in first round, 89-43
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By Nick Stevens, HighSchoolOT managing editor
Raleigh, N.C. Millbrook s boys basketball team ran past New Bern in the first round of the N.C. High School Athletic Association 4A state playoffs on Tuesday night.
The Wildcats had four players in double-figures as they beat New Bern 89-43 to advance to Thursday s second round.
Millbrook jumped out to a big 25-8 lead in the first quarter, then built a 52-20 lead by halftime.
Silas Demary, Jr., scored 19 points in the first half to lead Millbrook. Redford Dunton added 18 points for the Wildcats.