In the final 17U game, Team Knicks used a buzzer beater by Ben Burnham to sneak past Team Charlotte Herron, 63-61. Burnham used his first career buzzer beater to rack up 24 points and Derrick Butler and Dwight Priest accounted for 12 and 11 respectively. Javian Cannady led Charlotte with 17 and Josh Wiggins added 12 to help out.
Overall, Team Knicks (SC) completely dominated their group and the weekend throughout and came away with big-time win to seal the 17u White Gold Championship.
Weekend scores:
Team Knicks 78 – Team Thunder 34
Team Knicks 70 – LBA Thunder 62
Team Knicks 69 – Primetime Elite 46
Team Knicks 63 – Team Charlotte 17u – Herron 61
This buzzer beater from Team Knicks’ Ben Burnham won the 17U White Gold Bracket Championship over Team Charlotte Herron 63-61 pic.twitter.com/wdsdWgnMps
— Sad Sam (@sadsamhoops) June 2, 2019