The third place game of the TJ Warren bracket showcased Combine Academy and Winston-Salem Christian. The Lions jumped out to an early lead behind the two-way play of 2023 Torey Alston, whose posterizing dunk nearly took the top off Holliday Gym. But 2024 Keshawn Brown banked in a 3-pointer as the first quarter clock expired to trim the GOATs lead to three points. Combine would build off its last-second heroics in the second quarter, as 2023 Silas Dmeray Jr. and 2024 Rakease Passmore helped the GOATs retake the lead. A late putback by 2023 Kendall Campbell would give Combine a 32-29 lead at the break.
Passmore continued his long range prowess in the third quarter, sinking a pair of triples to stretch the GOATs
