Celtics TOPPLE Tahlequah Tigers

Less than 12 hours after a Late Night punking of Ponca, the Celtics awoke on this SUPERBOWL Sunday to face the tall Tahlequah Tigers and their 6'4" 8th grader named Qualls, whose father helps Coach the Tigers in addition to his regular job as Head Coach for Tahlequah High School.

Jarred Wise was a beast in the first half as he repeatedly powered inside to score. Several moves were reminiscent of his favorite player, the SHAQ man himself. Tigers seemed to FLY off of Jarred's body as he attacked the basket.

Brock Morton did not start, but when he entered the game he wasted no time as he nailed his first three 3-Point shots in the first half. Tahlequah kept scoring though and we held just a nine point halftime advantage.

Tahlequah exploited our box and one defense as several of the Tigers hit four consecutive threes and all of a sudden we had some TIGERS on our tail. In fact, Tahlequah grabbed a 50-48 lead late in the game. We went to a man to man defense, Matt Maguire hit one three, Trevor Walch sank two more, and our defense stiffened and we took over the last 3 minutes to notch a 59-52 victory.

Cody Lee and Sean McIlroy played solid defense and Cody hit a three and made some great inside moves. Marvin Ebigwu made key steals while handling and distributing the ball to the open man.

In the "winners" bracket game, the Tulsa Jammers handily defeated the Eagles to move into the 4:10 pm championship game. The Eagles and Celtics square off in the THIRD PLACE game to see who goes to the finals, at 1:50 pm.