COLORADO SPRINGS — Aaris Bonds ended the night scoring 13 points for the Far Northeast Warriors. But it was the final two that mattered the most in the 68-67 win over Rampart on Thursday night.
Jackson Ehrlin gave the Rams (3-2 overall) a one-point lead with only seconds remaining, but Bonds and the Warriors scrambled down the court. He was able to get into the paint and attempt a layup. The ball trickled through the rim as time expired.
“We had to just get the ball and go,” Bonds said. “I wasn’t expecting that. I was expecting to shoot it. But he gave me the lane, so I took it.”
The Warriors (4-1) led by 12 at the half, but the Rams battled in the second half. Ehrlin scored 16 of his game-high 24 points in the second half.
But it was Far Northeast who left the gym happy after one of the crazier endings in this young 2016-17 basketball season.
“We overlooked them in the second half,” Bonds said. “I didn’t think it was going to come down to that, but it did and we did what we had to do.”
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