Streak snapped with the help of two division one transfers
Shannon Lilly scored 23 points and Jalen Jones added 19 points and nine rebounds in Dallas Kimball’s 78-64 win over La Marque in the Class 4A championship game. After losing its last three appearances in the Class 4A title game, Saturday’s victory gives the Knights their first championship since 1997.
After trailing by as many as 15 points in the second half, La Marque trimmed Kimball’s lead to 62-59 on a pair of Quevin Cams free throws with 1:46 left. But Kimball closed the game with 14 consecutive makes at the free throw line and senior Oscar Lewis scored off a La Marque turnover with 28 seconds remaining to secure the victory.
“I had confidence in my teammates that we could make our free throws because of practice,” said Lewis, who started in Kimball’s 94-78 loss to Houston Yates in the 2009 Class 4A championship game. “We had to have mental toughness, that’s what I think helped us out in the end.” Austin Franklin scored 15 points for Kimball (38-3).
The University of Texas-bound Julien Lewis had 26 points to lead La Marque (33-5).
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