Knights take squeaker from Wilburton Monday

It looked as though the championship title was on the line Monday evening when the Knights met the Wilburton Diggers.
Both teams were playing in the first series of games at the Henryetta tournament and fans were treated to three quarters of fast-paced action. Eventually the Knights would become 47-45 winners through two trips to the free throw line.
The game opened up with Wilburton dominating the first quarter, hitting three triples for a 13-6 lead.
Henryetta charged back to close the gap in the second frame aided with three point goals from Devin Longan and Brannon Murphy. At the mid-game break, Henryetta trailed 16-19.
Murphy hit his second three pointer in the third quarter and it appeared as though the quarter would end with the Knights a four point leader, 31-31.

Instead a last-second throw from near the Digger bench gave Wilburton three points for a 31-30 margin.
The fourth quarter was the decider.
Both teams tied up the contest three times and, with 42 seconds left, Murphy sank the first shot of two from the free throw line to break the tie and put the Knights ahead 46-45.
It took another successful one out of two free throws by Heath Konsure to give Henryetta the 47-45 win.
Konsure hit 16 points during the night with two of those coming in the fourth quarter. Murphy had ten points followed by Kalil Lewis with nine, Longan eight and Riley Berry four.
The Knights will be playing Thursday at 5:30 in the semi-finals against Okmulgee.

See the video of the game here.

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