Dramatic finish sent Storm fans spilling onto the floor – don't tell Jay Bilas!
Summit (Bend) was the top-ranked Class 5A team in Oregon for much of 2023-24 high school basketball season. But the Storm needed a dramatic finish Saturday to beat
Wilsonville 52-50 for the state title.
With 1.3 seconds remaining and the score tied at 50,
Collin Moore whipped an inbound pass across the court to a streaking
Mac Bledsoe on the opposite baseline. Bledsoe, the nephew of former NFL quarterback Drew Bledsoe, caught the ball and went off the backboard to convert a buzzer-beating alley-oop.
See the incredible finish from Oregon in the video.
Mac Bledsoe, picture here during a December game against Canby, was the hero for Summit in Saturday's Class 5A state championship game in Oregon. (File photo: Jay Johnson)
Bledsoe, a 6-foot-4 senior, finished with 10 points, six rebounds and three assists. Boise State signee
Pearson Carmichael, a 6-7 guard, led Summit (24-4) with 27 points and seven rebounds.
Wilsonville (25-4), which has won five state crowns since 2016 and six overall, got 20 points and six rebounds from University of St. Thomas pledge Kyle Counts.
Summit, which opened in 2001, captured its first basketball state title after losing in the Class 6A championship game in 2022 and the Class 5A final in 2023.
