Video: Eighth-grade sensation Zion Harmon delivers Bowling Green a Kentucky state basketball title
By Lynden Ostrander
Mar 21, 2017, 12:00am
Nike EYBL's youngest player drops game winner in KHSAA Sweet 16 semifinals, follows with 21 points in final.
Video: 8th grader hits game-winner in state semifinals See Zion Harmon come up clutch in KHSAA Sweet 16.Zion Harmon of
Bowling Green (Ky.) jumped on the national radar when he became the first seventh-grader to play on the Nike EYBL circuit.
He added to his legacy in a big way over the weekend.
The 5-foot-9 eighth-grade guard scored 18 points and drilled a game-winning jumper off the glass Saturday with 23 seconds remaining for a thrilling 80-79 win over Scott (Covington) in the Sweet 16 semifinals.
Harmon then had a masterful encore, scoring 21 points Sunday in a 67-56 win over Cooper (Burlington) at Rupp Arena in the state final. The victory was Bowling Green's 29th in a row and helped the Purples finish 36-2 and capture their first state title.
For the season, Harmon averaged 16.7 points per game and connected on nearly 90 percent of his free throw attempts (127 of 144).
Zion Harmon, Bowling Green
Photo by Wayne Litmer
