Sabine Drops Gladewater In Last Man Standing Third Round

In a rematch from pool play, Sabine bested the Gladewater Bears 39-37, advancing to the championship match.

Sabine led comfortably at the half, but had to fight off a second half surge by the Bears, winning a heart-stopper at the buzzer. The Card's Noah Jackson rebounded a missed shot under the basket and layed in a touch shot off the backboard as time expired, breaking 37-37 tie.

Jackson led the Cardinal scoring, nailing 3 three pointers on the way to a game total of 12 points.

Gladewater's go-to man was DeMarcus Daniels, who led the Bear's with 12 points.

Scoring by Quarter

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT	Tot
Sabine	15	7	7	10		39
Gladewater	5	6	11	15		37

Box Scores

Sabine	Pts	Gladewater	Pts
Jackson	17	Daniels	12
Woodrell	7	Dougan	7
Kirk	7	Miller	6
Kenna	5	Morgan	4
Byrd	3	Leach	4
		Boone	2
		Davis	2

Sabine, 5-0 in the tournament, 16-3 on the year, advances to face White Oak in the 8:00pm Championship match.

Gladewater, 2-3 in tournament play, will face Pleasant Grove in the third place match at 6:30pm.