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THIS IS "IN THE PAINT," COURTSIDE HIGHLIGHTS OF
ARIZONA JUNIOR COLLEGE HOOPS.
AND A PLEASANT GOOD EVENING TO EVERYBODY.
ALONGSIDE MIKE CAROTENUTO, JEFF LOWERY IN OUR SPECIAL
EDITION, OUR CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION OF IN THE PAINT.
TONIGHT THE PHOENIX COLLEGE BEARS, THE TOP
SEED, TAKING ON TOHONO O'ODHAM.
TWO OUTSTANDING TEAMS; ONE VERSUS TWO.
LET'S GET TO THE ACTION.
PHOENIX WAS ELECTRIC OUT OF THE GATE.
LED BY FRESHMEN GUARD BRANDON BROWN, OUT ON THE BREAK,
GETS SOME HELP FROM BRANDON PINEDA-MORALES.
PHOENIX UP BY 3.
6-3 EARLY ON.
DERRECK BROOKS GOES IN FOR A BIG DUNK TO
EXTEND PHOENIX'S LEAD.
BEARS CENTER JOEL FEIGLER WAS TREMENDOUS AROUND THE RIM;
SLAMS ONE HOME HERE FOR 2, THEN CREATIVE POINT
GUARD BRANDON BROWN FINDS FEIGLER ALONG THE
BASELINE, AS PHOENIX BUILT A 21-13 LEAD WITH ABOUT
12 MINUTES LEFT TO GO IN THE FIRST HALF.
TOHONO'S CHRIS THOMPSON, WITH THIS SNAZZY MOVE,
SCORES 2 OF HIS TEAM HIGH 17, TO KEEP THE JEGOS CLOSE.
THOMPSON AGAIN STRIKES FROM 3-POINT RANGE, AS
TOHONO TRIMS THE PC LEAD TO 2 LATE IN THE FIRST HALF.
ALL RIGHT, JEFF.
PICKING UP ACTION IN THE SECOND HALF.
RUBEN SILVAS STEALS THE BALL, GETS THE FAST-BREAK
LAYUP, AND THE JEGOS ARE WITHIN 6, 46-40.
BUT PHOENIX COLLEGE POINT GUARD BRANDON BROWN, HE'LL
TAKE THE BALL COAST TO COAST, GET THE HOOP,
AND THEY'RE UP 51-44.
AND LATER IN THE HALF, SILVAS AGAIN WITH THE
STEAL DOWN ON THEIR END OF THE COURT,
AND HE HAS THIS ARCING SHOT OVER JOEL FEIGLER.
AND THE JEGOS ARE WITHIN 2, 53-51.
NOW THE JEGOS ARE WITHIN 2, 67-65.
BUT DERRECK BROOKS BURIES THIS THREE POINTER.
AND THE BEARS HAVE THE 5-POINT LEAD, 70-65.
BUT THEN COREY QUIGLEY DISHES THE BALL TO WILL MARSHALL,
WHO GETS THE HOOP, AND IT'S 70-68.
BUT DERRECK BROOKS WAS NOT GOING TO LET HIS TEAM DOWN.
AND THE BEARS ARE UP 83-69.
AND THEN POINT GUARD BRANDON BROWN ADDS THIS
FAST-BREAK LAYUP FOR THE EXCLAMATION POINT.
AND THE PHOENIX COLLEGE BEARS WIN 87-69, TO HEAD
TO DANVILLE, ILLINOIS.
AND WE CAUGHT UP WITH TOURNAMENT MVP DERRECK BROOKS
AND HEAD COACH MATT GORDON AFTER THE GAME,
BEFORE THE TEAM HEADS TO DANVILLE, ILLINOIS.
WE CAN GO ALL THE WAY, ALL THE WAY.
COACH JUST TOLD US 4 GAMES -- 4 GAMES LEFT AND
WE CAN GET A RING.
AND I NEED THAT RING.
THIS IS A REAL SPECIAL GROUP WE HAVE THIS YEAR.
IT'S UNBELIEVABLE. THEY'RE SELFLESS.
FROM OUR BENCH GUYS, TO OUR GUYS THAT SCORE,
TO OUR ROLE PLAYERS ON THE FLOOR, JUST A SELFLESS GROUP.
THIS GROUP HAS BEEN UNBELIEVABLE TO COACH.
THEY LISTEN.
THEY LOVE EACH OTHER.
IT'S ONE OF THE -- PROBABLY THE BEST GROUP I'VE HAD HERE.
WELL, CONGRATULATIONS TO PHOENIX COLLEGE BEARS
HEAD COACH MATT GORDON.
THEIR 6TH CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE CONFERENCE.
THEY'VE BEEN TO THE TITLE GAME IN EACH OF THE 10
SEASONS THAT HE HAS BEEN THE HEAD COACH HERE.
AND THEY'VE REALLY BUILT A GREAT TRADITION.
WELL, THEY HAVE.
GETTING THE PLAYERS IN THAT HE'S BEEN ABLE TO GET
IN IS A TESTAMENT TO THE WINNING.
BUT YOU LOOK AT TONIGHT'S GAME, OBVIOUSLY JOEL
FEIGLER GOT OFF TO A FAST START.
DERRECK BROOKS.
BRANDON BROWN.
THEY'RE NOT -- THEY HAVEN'T SEEN THE TEAMS
THEY'RE GOING TO BE PLAYING IN AT THE DIVISION II
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN DANVILLE, ILLINOIS.
BUT JEFF, YOU LOOK AT THIS PHOENIX COLLEGE TEAM:
THE DEPTH, THE DISCIPLINE.
EVERY TIME THE GAME GOT CLOSE TONIGHT THEY
HAD AN ANSWER, LIKE YOU TALKED ABOUT.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE WHOEVER THEY
PLAY A BIG HEADACHE.
CAN THEY WIN THE 4 GAMES?
ABSOLUTELY.
THEY COULD BRING HOME THAT NATIONAL TITLE, AND LIKE
YOU SAID, WHICH WOULD BE COACH GORDON'S 6TH TRIP THERE.
WELL, AND IT'S BEEN AN OUTSTANDING SEASON FOR
MATT GORDON'S TEAM.
AND THEY WIN IT 87-69 HERE AT HOME AND TAKE THE
REGION I, DIVISION II CHAMPIONSHIP.
SO FOR MIKE CAROTENUTO AND OUR ENTIRE MCTV SPORTS CREW,
THIS IS JEFF LOWERY SAYING GOOD NIGHT FROM PHOENIX.