# @macjournalism on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnv5SbogHk1
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11215869-macjournalism-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-01-23T06:54:44.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** McCallum Journalism (@macjournalism) — https://gondola.cc/macjournalism

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BUZZ(ER) KILL: After losing a close game to LBJ on Dec. 6, the JV boys basketball team entered Tuesday’s rematch with a plan for victory: neutralize the Jags' pressure defense and fast-break capability by playing with composure.

“We wanted to slow it down so that we could run our offense instead of playing in transition like LBJ wanted us to,” sophomore wingman Luke Dunham said.

Through three quarters, the Knights executed the game plan to perfection. On the road at perhaps the toughest road gym in which to play, Mac led by five after one quarter, by three at the half and by seven entering the fourth quarter.

In that final quarter, the Jags played with renewed energy and finally dictated the pace of the game to their liking, forcing two Knight turnovers that led to two Jag scores and cutting the Knight lead to one score. 

“They applied pressure, we started to rush, which led to dumb mistakes like LBJ planned for,” Dunham said. “If we held onto the ball more, we would’ve won by double digits.”

Instead, the Jags pulled ahead, but the Knights were resilient. In the waning moments of the game, the two teams actually reversed their expected roles. The Jags tried to take the air out of the ball to kill the clock, and the Knights tried to pick up the pace and tie the game.

Leading 42-40 with more than a minute left to play, the Jags tried to hold the ball for the final shot, but with four seconds left, they turned the ball over, and Knight point guard Merlin Mays whipped a pass to Ben Zacharias who tried to get off a potential game-winning 3-pointer. The shot attempt was blocked, but the ball caromed back to Zacharias, who made a decisive cut to the middle, shedding his Jag defender and creating space to take and make a game-tying layup at the buzzer to force overtime.

Both teams played with desperate intensity in the overtime period, with each team scoring a bucket. With a minute left to play, the Jags again played against their fast-break reputation, holding the ball until the final seconds in hopes of taking the last shot. As the final seconds wound down, the ball went out of bounds, and ...

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| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
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| McCallum Journalism | @macjournalism | https://gondola.cc/macjournalism | Newspaper |
| Julia Copas | @julia_copas | https://gondola.cc/julia_copas | Photographer |
| Julia Copas | @julia_copas | https://gondola.cc/julia_copas | Reporter |

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