Florence Falcons Basketball vs. Pinson Valley 12/16/25
93.9 The Score WYTK - December 22, 2025
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Merry Christmas from 93.9 The Score. Kevin Johnson glad to be with you tonight at the Florence Falcons at home. Getting ready to take on an opponent we've never faced before. They are the defending runner-ups of Class 6A. That is the Indians of Pinson Valley.
And that means tonight we're going to have a pretty special matchup. The 6A runner-up from last year versus the 7A runner-up from last year. So two teams that played in state championship games facing off tonight. Not the same teams as both teams had last year, but should be a lot of fun.
And we're looking forward to it here on 93.9 The Score. Both teams out here warming up. We're joined now by the head coach of the Florence Falcons, Coach Dylan Burleson.
Dylan Burleson. And Coach, probably one of those matchups when people see it said, Pinson Valley, how did that happen? But it's a good matchup and it'll help your team, I'm sure.
There is no doubt. And how well Coach Pinson is. We've got a legendary coach and Coach Barber across the way. But our guys, you know, being able to play an area-like opponent in a midweek game in December, like you wouldn't want anything else.
And like, we could have maybe scheduled, you know, a different team tonight that, you know, we could have, you know, for whatever reason might have helped us a little more.
But we wanted to play a really good team and Pinson does that. And we're going to get a really good opportunity to go continue to get better.
Your scheduling is obviously being across the board, across the state. You show it again tonight. Now your team gets ready to go into the Christmas time a little bit.
You're out of the first three area games. So now you've got a chance for the next two or three weeks to really fine-tune things. Tonight's a big game. Why?
Because it's the next game. I fully believe that because it's the next game. But, you know, you want to hit your stride about this time of the year.
You know, we've kind of got of our, quote-unquote, our rut that we've been in right now.
You know, we still want to be exposed in some spots. But, you know, we've been exposed in a lot of spots.
So let's work on the things that we've been exposed at. And, you know, every game's getting closer to game seven.
So not that time's running out, but like every game is bigger because it's the next one because it's almost, you know, game seven.
Coach, listen, we wish you the best of luck. It's going to be fun tonight.
Enjoy the game. Appreciate it.
The head coach of the Florence Falcons. You're listening to the TNT Fireworks pregame show.
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Back here at the Coffee Gym, the TNT Fireworks pre-game show of Florence Falcons basketball.
Kevin Johnson, glad to be with you as the voice of the Falcons.
Joined now by our cover analyst, good friend Mike Albertson.
And Mike, you know, this is going to be a fun matchup.
And we don't know a lot about Pinson Valley except we know that they experienced what we experienced last year as Florence going to the state title game.
So they're obviously a program that believes in what they're doing and they've got the talent to do it.
They certainly do.
You know, across the board, Pinson Valley has really put up some teams across all sports that have done quite well.
But, you know, to have a runner-up team at this stage of the game and be able to test ourselves at this point in December is going to be huge.
Just a great opportunity for the Falcons to get after another solid team, solid program.
And, you know, from top to bottom, you can see already that there's athletes all over the court.
The Indians are 6-4 in the season.
They are playing their fourth game in five days.
It's a little unusual, but their schedule just worked out really different.
Fourth game in five days.
And a long trip here to Florence.
But I don't think that bothers them a lot.
They've been to Gainesville, Georgia already last week to take on the, I think they call them the Elephants down there.
I'm not sure.
Gainesville.
And then they've played to Dothan, played Dothan.
So they've been on the road some.
So Darryl Barber, a coach there, he's no stranger to this.
So it'll be fun.
The matchup.
Mike, do you remember the last time Florence played Pinson Valley in this sport?
I believe it was football, and it was probably, what, three or four games.
Three or four years ago.
Three or four.
Well, a few more years ago than that, actually.
We played them in a game.
We played them in a regular season.
We also played them in the playoffs down there when a guy named Bo Nix was playing quarterback with the Denver Broncos.
So it's a pretty famous place there.
Very famous athletes they've had go through there.
They, you know, they've had a tremendous amount of athletes.
Just a great community there when it comes to, you know, being able to support their athletics.
They do a great job.
And so, yeah, I mean, being able to see Bo Nix live and in person as a high schooler is definitely special.
But this Pinson Valley team has athletes all over the place.
Loved earlier on.
The assistant coaches and head coach over here from Pinson Valley team has shook hands of every coach at Florence and vice versa.
So respect going all around.
It'll be a great battle.
Two very quick teams.
Two teams that like to get up and down the floor.
I know from the scout report I have, Pinson Valley shoots the ball really well.
They have some shooters.
They're smaller in size, but they're really quick.
And they played a tough schedule, too, but they're six and four in the year.
Florence, two and ten.
Not the season you want to start off with two and ten.
But at the same time, Mike, you and I saw something the past couple of games like, okay, you feel like the wheels are starting to turn a little bit.
Oh, absolutely.
Look, we've only had two guys that have had significant varsity experience before this season.
So it's almost starting fresh with a whole new unit and being able to start from scratch and really get after it.
You know, our football team made the playoffs.
So, like, you know, the season, we're still getting in shape and all that other fun stuff.
But as it has gone on, we've added a freshman to the mix who's done a really great job.
But this team is starting to gel, and they're really close.
And we're starting to see the lights come on a little bit.
They're going to have bumps in the road along the way, of course.
But this team, as they've really grown and improved as the season's gone on, this has been something special.
And, Mike, as you said to me several times this year, even leading up to the season, you're like, hey, it's not the same team as last season.
It was a senior-laden team last season.
It's a lot different than, you know, what you're looking at.
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So they didn't drop the expectations at all to Coach Dylan Burleson.
No, you can't.
You know, if we're going to build a program, we're going to have to expect that from each and every team.
It's next man up mentality.
It's okay.
Yes, while we had an embarrassment of riches last year, this year, yeah, they're different.
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And we've got to continue to try and reach that bar if we're going to get to the heights that we're really trying to set for this entire program.
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The Falcons will be at home Friday.
That game has been moved up a little bit in time-wise against Mae Jemison here at the Coffee Gym.
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Starting lineup time for both Florence and Pinson Valley here on 93.9 The Score.
Florence Falcon Basketball.
Let's give you the starting lineup.
First for the Indians of Pinson Valley.
Tate Johnson, a great score.
He'll wear number zero.
He's a great three-point shooter.
He'll be one guard along with Ty Holyfield, another guard.
J.P. Pritchett will be one of the guards as well in there.
D. Thompson will get the start as well.
And finally, catch the last one here, and that will be Ringstaff, Braylon Ringstaff,
who goes at 6'3", a sophomore.
He's the tallest player.
So it'll be Ringstaff, Thompson, Holyfield, Johnson, and either Lynch or Pritchett.
I think it may be Lynch, actually, that gets the start.
Quay Lynch, who's a great scorer as well.
The Falcons will have their hands full against a quick Indian team.
From Pinson Valley.
Pinson Valley wearing the road maroon and gold.
The Indians got a Florida State look.
And with that Seminole spear, you'll see it as well.
And here's your starting lineup for the Florence Falcons.
Starting with Jayceon Payne.
Payne, a 5'11", junior.
Averaging double figures for the Florence Falcons.
He'll be joined by point guard senior, Jayshod Pearson.
5'9", senior.
Has been a catalyst for this Falcon team.
No telling how many ballgames he's played for the Florence Falcons, that's for sure.
Samarian Skipworth will get the start tonight.
Skipworth will also get the start, 6'2", junior.
He'll be playing some on the inside along with Kevante Green, 6'2", junior will get the start.
A bigger body on the inside.
And Javion Lewis will get the start as well for the Florence Falcons.
So it'll be Lewis, Green, Skipworth, Pearson, and Payne.
Mike, before I let you go, just get started here to tell you there's an interesting thing.
Javion Lewis for Florence, Jalen Lewis for Benson Valley will play some.
And actually when I read it, I thought they both had the same name, but just a little different there, but almost the same.
So we'll keep an eye on that.
Falcons will have jumping center, Kevante Green.
It'll be ring staff for Benson Valley.
Mike, what do you want to see out of the Falcons?
I really want to see that attitude and effort.
You know, they've really been giving it, they're all, each of these games, they had a little rough shoot around.
But being able to readjust and get after it tonight is going to be huge.
Green controls the tap.
Pearson gets it, and he'll have it against the man-to-man pressure on the right wing.
Goes inside the arc, step, drop, nowhere to go, threw it away.
Out of bounds, last touch by Benson Valley.
Holyfield was right there on it.
Indians will be as quick as the Falcons.
Inbounds pass to Skipworth in the corner.
Up top, Payne, three on the way.
Missed it, front to the rim, no good.
Green gets the ping-bong ball.
Volleyball back up, put it up, no good.
As the ball keeps bouncing around, still bouncing around.
Out of bounds, last touch by Benson Valley.
It'll stay with Florence.
That ball just bouncing around right now.
Yeah, you can tell that both teams are really quick.
They're really off the jump so far.
You know, Benson Valley really getting in the passing lanes and very active on the defensive side.
Green gets it into Pearson, top of the key.
Pearson free-throw line trying to back his man down and does.
Now kicks it back out to Skipworth.
Open for three.
That one in and out, no good.
Rebound took around.
Green almost got it, but it's stolen away and thrown out of bounds to go back to Florence.
So, Florence couldn't get the rebound, but it was thrown to the other end of the court by Ringstaff,
but he overthrew everybody and now full court pressure by the Indians.
No score, 7-16 to go.
Both teams feeling each other out like a boxing match right now.
Pearson picked up right there by Pritchett.
Pearson gets it back.
Pearson kicks in the corner.
Not going to take it there is Skipworth.
Skipworth hands it off to Payne.
Now Pearson goes inside to Green.
Green spins in the lane, left-handed shot, no good.
Rebound taken down by Benson Valley.
It's Holyfield.
Holyfield runs to the point.
We'll bring it up the floor.
He'll come to the right side.
Picked up by Green there on the switch.
Trying to save and get his quickness against him.
Gets it to Ringstaff.
Into the corner now.
Deep three on the way by Pritchett.
No good.
Rebound tipped around and taken by Green.
Kevante Green right now making a presence on rebounding.
Yeah, it's definitely underneath, you know, using his big body in certain situations.
He's going to be a matchup problem for Benson Valley.
Payne was fouled driving down the floor.
That was on D. Thompson to foul.
His first, team's first here in the quarter.
No score still.
Six and a half to go.
Green to Pearson.
Boy, I tell you what, there's just no openings.
You've got to make sure you take care of the basketball here.
The quickness on both teams.
Green lost it off the foot.
Went to Payne.
He'll try another three.
That one's good.
So, Jaceon Payne gives the Falcons an early lead.
Three to zero with 6-12 to go and counting here in the first.
Tate Johnson.
Tremendous player.
A lefty.
They have three lefties to this Benson Valley.
And he'll take the little three.
That one's no good.
Rebound yanked down by Payne to Florence.
Payne wearing the white uniforms as Florence with the blue trim.
Payne, yo-yo, spin in the lane.
Right-hand layup.
Went and go.
Tip, no good.
But a foul will call on Green over the back.
That's the right call.
Yeah, it was an aggressive move there by Jaceon Payne.
In on the low block.
Nice spin move.
Up off the glass.
Couldn't get the roll to go in.
And, you know, come on.
Green came over the top and pushed everybody aside.
Cleared everybody out.
Easy call for the official.
Pinson Valley ball.
Jaden Irons will take the place of Skipworth now.
So, Falcons go a little big with Lewis and Green on the floor and Irons.
Actually, Green came out.
We'll double-check that.
Skipworth stays in.
So, it's Irons for Kevante Green.
Motion offense.
Falcons man-to-man defense.
Holyfield.
Pulls back.
Can't get it nearly stone away from Skipworth.
Saved, though.
In the lane and reach-in foul.
Call on the Falcons.
Trying to take it away from Tay Johnson.
Yeah, Skipworth came in.
Tried to go for the steal as he was recovering.
Trying to get back into the defensive position.
He kind of got caught in no man's land.
Stuck his hand in the cookie jar and got the foul.
Ty Holyfield will inbound it.
The lefty inbounds it up top.
The ring staff.
The tallest player on the floor for the Indians at 6'3".
So, neither team really extremely tall.
6'3 and 6'2 for Florence.
6'3 and 6'2 for Pinson Valley.
A deep three is good there.
I think that was Pritchett who drained that one.
And we're tied at three with five minutes to go.
Pearson for Florence to the left side.
Keeps the dribble alive.
Keeps the dribble alive again on the box.
Kicks it now out to Skipworth.
Skipworth can't do anything with it.
Reverses it.
Payne goes inside.
Trying to post up.
Lewis tried to skip the pass.
Actually, that was Irons tried to skip the pass.
It was knocked out of bounds.
It'll stay with Florence.
That was great help defense there by Pinson Valley.
And then number four there, Ty Holyfield, to be able to cut through the passing lane to knock that ball away.
Their defense is very active in tenacious.
It's going to be tough for the Falcons.
Well-coached team.
You can see already on their defensive plays.
Sideline inbounds.
Pearson gets it to Payne.
Back to Pearson.
Pearson missed Payne about.
But now he gets it back to him.
He's open for three.
Got it again.
He has all six for Florence who leads it six to three at the four and a half minute mark.
Here in the first quarter.
Burnett will be ready to check in at the next dead ball.
Front court now.
Thompson for Pinson Valley.
Drives into the lane.
Put it up.
No good.
But they're going to get Pearson for reaching in.
Used his side on Pearson there and got him on the foul.
First foul on Pearson.
Third team foul on Florence into the line, D. Thompson.
Six-foot sophomore.
Four.
Pinson Valley.
Maybe a little taller than six-foot.
He looks a little longer than that.
First free throw on the way.
Got that one to go.
Burnett will come in.
Lewis will come out.
Six-to-four.
421 to go.
Second free throw by Thompson.
Got them both.
Full court press now.
A little diamond press shown by Pinson Valley.
Florence.
Back court still with it.
Pearson gets it to Payne across the midcourt stripe as they break the press and now reset the offense.
Payne drives to the back line.
15-footer too strong.
No good.
Rebound taken away by Florence, though.
Payne gets it back to Pearson.
Pearson free throw line.
Can't get the shot off.
Resets.
Pearson hounded right there.
Good defense there by Addison.
Addison stays with him.
But this time on the floor.
Skipworth lost it.
Fell on the ball.
Jump ball possession error will go back to Pinson Valley.
That was unfortunate right there.
Obvious trip right in front of the official there.
Missed it.
And then when Skipworth fell down on top of the ball, it just was an opportunity to tie that one up.
And it goes to Pinson Valley.
Yeah.
Well, you fall on the ball like that.
That's painful.
People don't realize falling on the basketball is very painful.
Johnson has it.
Top of the key.
Almost all the way.
Pritchett gets it now.
Good switch right there.
Falcons did a good job communicating on the one-on-ones right now.
Step back three with a hand in the face.
No good.
But they're going to call a foul.
Skipworth got him on the elbow.
And three free throws coming.
Not what you want to do there.
No, he was already fading away.
And Skipworth got caught jumping into him.
And so, you know, maybe a little flop there as well.
But it didn't matter if the optics were that there was a foul in play.
And so he's getting to shoot three here.
Tate Johnson wears number zero.
First free throw, back room, no good.
He is a 53% three-point shooter.
Pretty good percentage from anywhere.
Yeah, I mean, you think that from three-point land.
So that's why the closeout was so by Skipworth.
Second free throw rimmed out, no good.
Johnson a little frustrated.
Burski will come in and take the place of Skipworth.
He picked up his second foul with 3.25 to go.
Tied at, or excuse me, Florence leads at 6-5 with 3.26 on the clock here in first quarter.
Live from Coffee Gym here in Florence, Alabama.
One of three is Tate Johnson, his first point of the day.
Averaging double figures at about 13 a game.
Actually, 14 a game.
Falcons break the diamond press again.
Johnson will pick up Payne.
Payne got a step on him in the lane.
Double stop.
Put it up.
Wouldn't go, but he's fouled.
Well, I said a double stop was really you went Euro step there.
Draws the contact from Thompson.
Actually, Ringstaff picked up the foul.
He was forced into that, into that Euro step by a little shot to the ribs.
That's with the foul.
And so he was able to get it up over the cylinder, but it couldn't go down.
Free throws coming for the junior.
That one rode all around the rim, but would not go in.
It had about a two-second hang time on the rim.
That was interesting.
Six to five.
About like a cookie on the bar with a dog in the house.
It ain't going to last there long.
It fell off.
Second one, good.
All seven points come from J.C.
And Burnett will come into the game.
The freshman, Zy Barnett.
Zyland, to be honest, but I call him Zy.
Seven to five.
Here comes Pinson Valley with it.
Thompson hands it off to Johnson.
Johnson up top, looking.
Nowhere to go with it.
Swings around to Thompson.
Burski all over him.
Good job by Burski.
Closing out on D. Thompson all the way out to the mid-quarters drop.
He tries to get by Burski.
Drives hard to the basket.
Laid it up.
Missed it.
No good.
Rebound by Irons.
Irons gets it to Pearson.
Back to Irons.
Irons has a three on two in the corner.
Open.
Three on the way.
Good.
That is from Payne.
He is hot as a firecracker.
How about ten in the first quarter?
And the Falcons lead it ten to six.
What a great job by Jaden Irons to run the floor there.
Dead center.
Get the ball back and find the Payne in the corner for an open three.
Falcons right now frustrating this Pennsylvania offense.
They're trying to run a high post.
Can't get it to them.
Addison has it.
Guarded by Burnett.
Has to get rid of it now to Pritchett.
Pritchett picked up there by Pearson.
Boy, those two are quick as cats.
Hands it off now to Thompson.
Thompson guarded by Burski.
Trying to get to the post.
Can't do it.
Gives it off.
He got away with steps.
No, he didn't.
I thought he walked and he did.
Addison wears a yellow shoe and a gray shoe.
And the yellow shoe moved and then the gray shoe moved.
And I said, hey, that's a walk.
And that was before he went into the triple threat position, which was he was setting his feet.
So, there's all sorts of foot movement going on.
Pearson.
Front court.
Bounce pass to Irons.
Knocked away.
Out of bounds.
It'll stay with Florence.
Good defense there by Thompson.
And ring staff.
Florence leads it 10-6 with 148 to go or 149 to go.
Pearson wants to inbound it and throws it away.
Out of bounds.
Last touch by Pennsylvania.
He was trying to get it into Irons.
One of that little back door cut, but not there that time.
I mean, Jay Shod knew he was running out of time, too.
He forced it in there off the Pennsylvania player.
Officials are going underneath and trying to talk about that one.
They may be saying it's a violation of stepping over the line.
I'm not sure.
If he's stepping.
Yeah, there's no stepping over the line.
Yep, they're going to give it to Pinson Valley.
They need to call a violation or something.
You don't just give it to the other team.
They gave it to Pinson Valley.
It might have been a travel.
I don't know.
But whatever it was, he couldn't move, but he did.
But it's a turnover.
Pinson Valley with the basketball to our right.
Almost stolen away by Payne.
And they're going to call Payne for a push.
Let's see who's going for the passing lane there.
And free throws coming the rest of the quarter for the Indians.
Trailing the Falcons 10-6.
Pritchett will shoot.
Two.
First one on the way.
Fell through.
That one had more hang time than the other one had a minute ago.
That was double.
We probably had about four seconds there.
If that was an NFL punter, that would have been really nice.
Second free throw coming.
As Green checks back in for Florence.
No good.
And Burski gets the rebound.
And the press for Pinson Valley immediately after the miss.
They go to that diamond press.
Payne and Pearson playing catch across the line and get it in the front court.
Pearson into the lane.
Nowhere to go.
Fade away jumper.
Short.
No good.
Rebound.
Fault forward.
Taken by Pearson.
Kicked it back out to Payne.
Goes inside.
Irons and is fouled.
Actually, it was Burski who was catching on the lane.
I couldn't see who it was.
Burski was fouled.
That was a great pass in there from Payne.
Threading the needle into Burski.
And Burski wound up getting sandwiched by two Pinson Valley players.
Eli Allen wearing number 35 tonight.
Shaking into the game.
Falcons inbound it.
Falcons keep playing.
Pearson has it.
Pearson looking.
Double team.
Can't get rid of it now.
Into the lane.
Kicked it back out to Burnett.
Deep three on the way.
Nothing but net.
No conscience when it comes to shooting.
He gets the ball.
He wants to score.
Absolutely.
You know, that sort of aggression, you know, especially from the young man, that's good.
You can tell that he's feeling really comfortable and confident on this court as a young man.
13-7.
Florence with the lead.
Indians have the basketball front court.
Thompson up top.
Picked up by Burski of Florence.
Thompson says, look at the clock.
He says, hey, let's pull it back a little bit.
He wants to go one-on-one with Burski.
I think Burski is surprising with his defense.
Now, they run their motion offense.
Everything up high.
They're looking for a cutter.
Can't get it.
Holyfield has it with 20 seconds.
Kicks it back out to Johnson.
Johnson said, you know what?
We're going to pull it back and play for one here.
Johnson with the left-hander trying to get a high screen from Allen at the free throw line.
Good switch there by Green.
Now gets it to Pritchett.
He can't get the shot off.
Cross court pass to Thompson.
He drives hard.
Goes into Allen.
Blocked inside there by Florence's pain.
Burnett from half court at the buzzer.
Won't go.
And at the end of one, Florence leaves it 13-7.
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Back here at the coffee gym.
One quarter in the books.
Lawrence leads Pinson Valley 13-7 in the matchup of the runner-ups of 6A and 7A state championship games last year.
Falcons were in the home white.
That first quarter was all J.C. on Payne with 10 points.
He's averaging 18.7 a game.
He's already well on his way, Mike.
Yeah, he certainly is.
You know, you can see that he's locked in.
He's really established himself as the elite scorer on this Falcon team.
And Payne was pushed as he was catching on the sideline.
They're going to catch that one with McTerry coming into the game.
Derek McTerry picks up his first.
So Falcons inbounded again.
Payne gives it to Pearson.
Pearson behind the back dribble at the Falcon logo.
To Payne, curl in the lane.
Can't get the shot off.
Green spins baseline.
Can't get it up.
Stays again.
Goes baseline again and put it up and put it in.
I like the play there by Kevante Green.
It was a beautiful low post move there by Kevante Green.
And he wound up getting himself a little way from the basketball or from the net.
And he did it again.
That back cut, he just did to be able to get baseline and go in.
That was beautiful.
Pritchett's three.
No good for the Indians.
Falcons get the rebound.
And they're quick down the floor.
And Burnett for three again.
No good that time.
Rebound chased down by the Indians.
They look to push it.
Falcons pretty good retreating right now.
Burski will pick up Johnson up top.
That's not the matchup you really want from Burski out there.
He fouls him.
Yeah, it was an easy call for the official.
Burski got his legs crossed up.
And he put his hand in there to try and slow, you know, zero down.
And wanted him getting a big foul.
Gave a couple of good minutes off the bench.
And that's what the Falcons are going to have to do.
They're going to have to steal minutes here and there from different players.
And they've done a really good job of mixing and matching so far in that regard.
Fritchett had it slapped away from behind by Payne.
And it might have been last touched by it in Pennsylvania.
Both the other officials up top said, no, no, no.
That one stays with Pennsylvania.
And they're right.
That's a good job of officiating.
The official underneath just saw him lose it.
The other two said, oh, no.
That was a slap away.
Those are the correctable errors that you love to see the officials come together
and really make those calls.
It was good.
Without a meeting, too.
A deep three on the way.
Good, finally.
By the Indians.
It's Tay Johnson.
Johnson, who's a great scorer.
Don't want him to get too hot.
Trims the lead down to five, 15 to 10.
Pearson baseline.
Can't do nothing with it.
Bounce pass back door to Lewis.
Laid it up and in.
Beautiful bounce pass there to Lewis.
And Lewis makes the cut.
Puts it in the basket.
Great cut there by Lewis to get to the basket.
Foul called.
And I think Burnett just picked up his second, maybe.
Maybe it's his first.
Looks like J-Shot was down in the low block.
And Javion, from the elbow foul line, cut directly towards the basket.
It was a beautiful bounce pass in.
Javion beat his man to the basket up and in.
And they're going to get free throws on him.
I thought that was a little early.
But Pritchett will shoot free throws.
That was the old NBA continuation they gave him there.
That was about two or three steps and then a shot.
Pritchett, though, is good.
Drains the free throw.
End of the game will be Ringstaff again.
Florence has Pearson, Payne, Burnett, Lewis, and Green on the floor for the Falcons,
who lead it right now by a score of 18 to 10.
17 to 10.
I think it was a two-pointer.
They're getting that corrected now.
Second free throw is good.
Quickly down the floor, and Florence throws it away.
It goes back to Pension Valley.
17-12 is the score with 6.31 to go.
Here come the Indians back with it.
Unforced air on the Falcons.
They run a different set now.
They sort of bring their motion offense back close and tight.
Run some flex cuts in the corners.
Pritchett, boy, trying to go one-on-one with Pearson.
Puts up the three.
No good.
And Pearson got the rebound and got the best of that.
Tremendous defense by the senior.
Would not fall for it.
Pearson now guarded closely as he brings it up the floor.
Gets it across the midcourt stripe.
And finally a whistle and foul on the hand check.
Jalen Lewis got him in the face.
Coach Barber of Pension Valley didn't like it,
but you can see the results from J-Shot Pearson.
He's like, look, I got hit in the eye.
Yeah, J-Shot Pearson isn't going to be grabbing at his face
after a play like that.
He can't keep his eye open right now.
If you're a coach, you're going to have to watch that one.
Watch that one.
Lewis got him with a right cross accidentally.
Florence and Skipworth has it.
Skipworth can't back down his player.
Gets it out to Green.
Green says, come get it.
Hands it off to Payne.
Payne, left-handed dribble to the left side.
Can't get by his man.
Swings it back around.
Reverses it up top to Green.
Man-to-man pressure is really tight right now for the Indians.
Pearson says, nope, can't do that.
He reverses.
Come back the other way.
In the paint.
Triple team.
No look.
Pass inside to Green.
Laid it up.
No good.
Tipped up.
Put in by Green.
With stayed with it.
Cavante has four now.
And the Falcons lead it 19-12.
Nobody picked up on the other end except Green to come back and swatted away.
Rebound by Florence.
They come up the floor.
Falcons have numbers.
Payne, one-on-one to the basket.
Lay up good.
And his count's in the foul.
Oh, they called a charge.
They did call the charge there.
I thought it was going to count.
And he was slow how he called it.
But it's a charge to wipe off the basket.
He established his position way too far, in my opinion.
The rule goes that if a guy's up in the air putting it up off the glass, he can't establish position at that point.
And so I don't necessarily agree with that one.
But the call was made.
And number two on Payne, if I'm not mistaken, with 5.15 to go.
And Florence leads it 19-12 in a defensive struggle between Pennsylvania and Florence.
Top of the key.
The Indians have it with Pritchett.
He wants to keep it with Payne on him.
Payne's got to be careful with two fouls.
McTerry didn't want it.
Gets it back to Pritchett.
A foul on the inside there.
And I think it was an offensive foul.
That one's on Allen.
Allen with a push-off.
Jayden Irons was working hard underneath and had defensive position.
And he wound up getting hooked as there was a little move towards the basket.
Timeout on the floor.
We'll do the same.
4.56 to go.
Florence leads it 19-12.
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Florence hanging on to a 19-12 lead.
The Falcons now have the basketball.
They're going to be picked up full court.
Pearson has it.
They bring the double in backcourt.
Now he has to get rid of it.
Gets it to Payne, and Payne gets across the midcourt strike,
down the sideline, gets it to Skipworth, who pulls for three.
No good.
Front rim.
Rebound taken by Allen of the Pinson Valley Indians.
Boy, look at the speed there behind the back dribble.
What a move inside, but Pritchett's block.
They'll call a foul.
Two shots coming.
That might be from a little of the woofing going on earlier.
They get irons on the foul.
Yeah, irons didn't agree with that, and neither did I.
It looked like a clean block, but, you know, as you said,
maybe having to call it a little bit tighter just to make sure that we don't lose control of this one,
and that's part of the official job here.
Free throws coming for Pritchett.
J.B. Pritchett.
J.P. Pritchett, I should say.
Takes his time, and the first one on the way is good.
I have him for six on the day.
Trims the lead to 19-14.
Seven.
I've got him for seven.
All unofficial.
Second free throw.
Takes his time on those and makes them both.
And now he has eight.
Now I'm with you on that.
Backcourt pressure.
Pearson in trouble.
Has to get it to Skipworth.
Still in backcourt.
Skipworth looking forward.
Has to finally get to Pearson in frontcourt.
Boy, the action picking up by the Indians.
Payne goes to the lane.
Layup no good.
Rebound tipped around.
Taken down by the Indians.
Indians look to push up the floor.
Terry picks it up.
Swings it around.
Pritchett.
He's got the hot hand.
Pulled up from eight feet.
No good.
Rebound taken down by Florence.
Skipworth got that one.
And Pearson says slow it down a little bit.
Pushes it up to Irons.
Down the wing.
Back to Pritchett.
Excuse me.
Back to Pearson.
Pearson looking.
Nowhere to go with it.
Has cross-court pass it to Payne.
Payne.
Got the screen.
That's a illegal moving screen.
No doubt.
That's going to be in Burski.
Got to make sure.
Got to establish yourself.
You can't just run into a guy and then cut and curl off.
And I understand once that contact's made, you want to try and hit a cutting lane.
That's the right move.
But you've got to pause for an additional second.
Because if you just run into the guy and go, it just looks like you just shoved him out of the way.
As we said, a point of emphasis you can see all season long.
And still, players are adjusted to it.
Johnson's deep three.
No good.
Rebound.
Knocked out of bounds.
And it might be still with Pinson Valley.
And Florence going hockey.
Substitutions.
Three subs at once.
And you've got the big fellas coming in.
Jaden White will join in there with Kevante Green.
Two of the bigger guys on the court.
And Burnett will come in as well to join Payne and Pearson.
And Burnett's as tall as anybody.
So, you've got some beef and some hype.
They get inside.
Back door cut.
Lay up.
Won't go.
Rebound.
No taken by Allen.
Put it up.
Put it in.
Right now, here in the past few minutes, it's been Pinson Valley.
And they get a steal in back court.
Ball knocked away.
Pritchett gets it back.
They've got this three-on-two trap press that they've got going on.
And it's giving fits to the Falcons so far.
Crossover dribble by Johnson.
And a whistle.
Might be an offensive foul.
They call the push off there.
It was an offensive foul.
As Zero was dribbling down.
Put his back through.
And shoved off the defender as he was making a cut towards the lane.
Three-point lead for Florence with 3.15 to go.
Full court pressure.
And four Indians in back court.
Pressuring four Falcons.
Payne.
And there's a warning on the bench of Pinson Valley.
The official said, I've had enough of it.
So, he said, I've had enough.
Gave him a warning.
And he's looking for more.
Payne will look to inbound it.
Payne gets it into Skipworth.
Double team.
Back to Payne.
It's a Pearson.
Ball up the floor.
Ball hitting hit the floor.
Finally, Green goes to the basket.
Laid it up.
Put it in.
Beautiful job of breaking the press and then attacking the press.
Great job by Kavante to see a hole and establish, you know, a nice drive to the basket.
Hitting in five-point lead for the Falcons.
Under three to go here in the first half.
Ball near the stolen lane.
It's stolen away.
Burnett, though, had it stolen right back on the floor.
Right in front of the Pinson Valley bench.
Last touch by Pinson Valley and Pearson.
Helping up with good sportsmanship there.
Holyfield, who went down on the floor.
Five-point lead.
And now, substitution's coming back in.
Addison will come in.
He's a great defensive player.
And now Thompson will come in.
So, Coach Barber substituting defense for offense here with 2.48 to go.
Florence up by five.
Payne gets it to Pearson in front court.
Here, Coach Dylan Burleson calling the play.
Gets it to Payne on the left wing in the corner.
Got it back to Payne in the corner.
Can't get the shot off.
Drives baseline.
Put it up.
Put it in.
Might have got away with one there, too.
Got away with a little push-off, but it goes.
We'll take it at home.
Quickly down the floor.
Johnson lost his footing as Pearson pulled the chair out from under him.
Pearson up the floor.
Pearson, free throw line.
Kicking it out to Burnett.
Three on the way.
Short, no good.
Rebound taken by Pinson Valley.
They look to run.
Quickly up the floor.
Speed beyond speed on that one.
As that was Jalen Lewis going coast to coast.
Laying it in.
Trimmed the lead to five.
Action picking up.
Pearson threw it to Skipworth.
He couldn't catch the pass.
Turnover.
Johnson has it for the Indians.
Pinson Valley front court.
Johnson trying to spin on Burnett.
Can't do it.
In the corner.
Three on the way.
In and out.
No good.
Rebound.
Ping-pongs around.
Taking the inside.
Blocked out of bounds by Burnett.
It'll stay with Pinson Valley.
It's a smaller Pinson Valley team, but it is a fast Pinson Valley team.
They're fast and they're scrappy and they're going for every loose ball.
They're creating havoc on defense.
Really trapping and getting in between passing lanes.
Very, very active on the defensive side.
Impressive to watch.
One-forty-seven to go.
Five-point lead.
Pinson Valley looking to try to get in and bounce.
They finally do.
And an eight-footer on the way is good as they left open Addison, who drinks it from the baseline.
Burnett double-teamed in backcourt.
Knocked away.
Stolen away.
Addison gets it.
Reverse layup.
Good.
Back-to-back like that.
Timeout taken by Florence.
And it's a one-point game.
One-thirty-three to go in the half.
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In the half, Florence's lead, that was one-seven, trimmed down to one.
The closest Vincent's Valley has been since the beginning of the game.
Florence leads at 23-22.
And, Mike, the defensive pressure of Vincent's Valley, we'll tell you why they're so good now.
It's all about the press.
Absolutely.
Once they established that press, we were having trouble really getting the ball up over the court.
I mean, we talk about turnovers and all sorts of other stuff along the way.
Really need to take care of the ball a little bit better.
The Falcons have really gotten sloppy with the ball and given Vincent's Valley an opportunity in this game.
Coach Barber has got a great personality.
I'll say that.
There's some moisture on the floor that needs to be picked up.
And so, the Florence coaches threw the towel down here.
The referee threw the towel to the head coach from Pennsylvania and said, that's not my job.
That's your job.
I'm not sure what happens.
I'm not sure what happens.
Some discrepancy on something here.
So, Florence gets an inbounds.
Burnett will bring it up for him.
He'll just break the press by himself.
He'll go coast to coast.
Kick it back out to Payne.
Back to Burnett.
He's open for three.
Won't take it.
Hands it back off to Payne.
That's a wiser move by the freshman there.
Making sure he gets a good shot here.
Crossover dribble.
Goes inside to Green.
Put it up.
No good.
Rebound taken by Vincent's Valley.
They look to run.
Up the floor comes Johnson.
In the corner.
Deep three on the way.
Up and good.
And Vincent's Valley takes the lead.
As Lewis drains the three.
Back court.
Ball knocked away.
Pearson will come back in with one minute to go.
25-23.
If you want to know what Vincent's Valley can do, they can press and they can shoot.
They haven't gotten hot yet, but they're starting to warm up.
There's that diamond press again.
Payne back court.
Takes his time.
Payne back to Pearson.
Pearson better get it across.
To Payne.
And he barely got it across in time.
Payne.
Pulls it back out.
Keeps the dribble alive.
Goes to the left.
Can't get by Johnson.
Kicks it back in now to Pearson.
In the paint.
Pearson spins.
Nowhere to go.
Pearson has to look there back out.
Does to Payne.
Probably got away with the three seconds right there.
Payne to Pearson.
Boy, the pressure is unrelenting right now from this Indians team.
Irons.
Is a pain with 15 seconds ago.
Now, Pearson will have it with 12 seconds.
And Pearson will try to go one-on-one against the Indians with seven seconds.
He's still way up at the strike with five seconds with four.
They don't see the clock.
Pearson has to fire it up.
No good.
And that's tremendous defense by Pinson Valley right there.
As they stayed with the Falcons, stayed with the Falcons.
And at the half, Pinson Valley leads it 25 to 23.
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We're at the half, the TNT Fireworks Halftime Show, where Florence trails Pinson Valley 25-23.
Just to give you the update, tonight, by the way, following our broadcast, we'll be joining in progress the Salute to Veterans Bowl down in South Alabama, if I'm not mistaken.
That will be between Troy and Jacksonville State.
So, two teams, Troy and Jacksonville State, facing each other.
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Then, tomorrow night, we'll also have 4-E, Louisiana and Delaware join in progress.
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And then, Friday night, Mike, Alabama-Oklahoma, round one NCAA playoffs in Norman, Oklahoma.
How much fun is that going to be?
You know, it's going to be everything that Alabama's going to ask for.
You know, they had an opportunity.
They got beat there pretty badly last year.
They really didn't show up.
They looked pretty poor this year.
You know, five turnovers.
Not going to do you any favors.
You lost at home.
So, I mean, you want revenge.
You're going to have to play a whole heck of a lot better and no better time to do it than in the playoffs.
I pick Alabama to win this game, and somebody asked me why.
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Oklahoma's beat them twice now in a row in two years, and the chance to beat them three times in a row, I just don't see that happen.
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So, college football in earnest has started with bowl games and the playoffs, and it started tonight with Jacksonville State and Troy.
By the way, those two teams don't like each other very much either, and they didn't face each other in regular season or anything.
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That one's going to get a little chippy tonight.
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You know, look, any time that there's a bowl game on the line there, especially with old bitter rivals, it's going to may boil over.
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Leading the way for Pinson Valley's J.P. Pritchett with eight points.
We've got Jalen Lewis with five.
R.J. Addison with four points.
Tay Johnson, four points.
Eli Allen, two.
And D. Thompson with two.
Leading the way for the Falcons, J.C. on Payne with 12 points.
We've got six with Devontae Green.
We've got two out of J.B. and Lewis and three out of Zypernette.
Falcons led it 13-7 after one, but at the half, they trail it 25-23.
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Welcome back to the TNT Fireworks Halftime Show
where Florence trails at 25-23.
Kevin Johnson, Mike Albertson.
Mike, if you're Coach Dylan Burleson,
what adjustments do you make here going into the third quarter?
I mean, I think really and truly we're talking about that diamond press
that we've been put under, making adjustments there
to be able to get the ball down the court
and really run off our offensive set.
Since they established that, we really had trouble getting the ball
even over the half court.
Only scored 10 points in that second quarter
and they really dictated to the Falcons, you know,
being outscored 18-10 and really making it a game.
They took the lead and the Falcons had a big lead
after that first quarter.
So, you know, being able to break that diamond press
and really establish yourself on defense
is going to be two points of emphasis.
Forgive me, I may be leaving somebody out.
I've been out of the loop a little bit,
but I do want to say to Walt Barrett, congratulations.
The Florence Falcon safety signing with Austin Pee.
And that's a big sign for him.
He's starting early in Austin Pee.
That's how I know that.
So, congratulations to him.
They're getting a good one, Mike.
They certainly are.
And Walt has done just a great job as a Falcon through and through.
But, you know, I want to say congrats to him also.
He just graduated high school.
He's done.
Yeah.
He finished last week.
It was his last classes and things like that.
So, you know, his high school career is over.
And hats off to Austin Pee.
They offer him an opportunity to come back and really enjoy prom
and really walk with his senior class and everything.
Not all programs do that, but Austin Pee gets what's important here.
And so, Walt's going to have an opportunity to come back
and still be a part of his Falcon family even though he's off to college.
Florence trails Pinson Valley 25-23.
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Back here at the Coffee Gym, Florence trails Pinson Valley 25-23.
Kevin Johnson, Mike Albertson, glad to be with you on the call here tonight.
And we're sort of in the midst of a meeting of the officials and scorebook keepers and talk operator right between them.
So I feel like I'm in a business meeting that I don't want to be in.
I definitely don't want to be in the business meeting.
And the home book is the official book.
The officials can't really dictate that unless they know what exactly happened.
I think it was the calling of a timeout.
And when the timeout was given to one team or the other and they called it to the wrong team,
they may have given the timeout to Florence when it should have been given to Pinson Valley.
But I'm not sure.
So that's the question.
And there are such things as correctable errors from the officials in the books.
It's just meaning.
But the home book is supposed to be official.
So I don't know, you know, how they're going to sort this one out.
But they're talking about it with the head coach to make sure everything's official.
We are courtside, though, and we have behaved.
I promise you, Mike and KJ have behaved.
We're not in this.
It's hard for me to behave sometimes, and I've been a good boy tonight.
I can't vouch for all nights.
Coach Barber waiting on the explanation coming from the officials
as they meet with Coach Dillon Burleson.
So both teams will go back to the bench to get everything straightened out.
They're still going to straighten this out here.
and try to figure out what is going on.
It might have been the timeout situation or not timeout situation.
Coach Barber seems okay with it.
And I think we're ready for basketball finally.
I will give this officials.
They went to both coaches' staff.
They both talked about it.
Whatever it was, they worked it out.
It might not have pleased everybody, but they finally said, hey, let's just play,
and here we go.
Florence will have to play defense.
Pinson Valley will have it first.
They lead at 25-23.
Nearly knocked away, but goes to Pennsylvania.
Deep three on the way.
Blocked, but it goes right to Pennsylvania.
Knocked out of bounds.
We'll stay with the Indians.
Lewis blocked a three, but the Indians will inbound it.
They switch up the players to inbound underneath.
Get in at the ring staff.
Swing it around to Holyfield.
Goes back inside.
Threw it away.
Turnover.
Skipworth has it for Florence.
Skipworth at the mid-court stripe.
Has to pick up his dribble and throws it away.
Turnover.
Holyfield coming the other way.
Got a step in the lane.
Euro step.
Lay up.
Won't go.
Rebound tipped around.
On the floor.
Taken by Florence is Payne.
Payne is finally fouled.
He's pushed out of bounds.
The quickness is incredible.
I will say that on both sides, really.
Yeah, the defense here at Pinson Valley is definitely smothering.
They're relentless.
They're constantly getting through passing lanes and really creating turnovers.
They've done just a phenomenal job.
Payne front court with it.
Can't get by Holyfield.
Keeps the dribble alive.
Looking to go inside.
Can't get it in there.
Has to go back out to Skipworth, who's picked up by Johnson on the left side.
Skipworth back out to Lewis.
Top of the key to Pearson for Florence.
Pearson double-teamed.
No, he's fouled.
No call.
Goes inside, though.
Skip pass.
Beautiful play.
Lay up is good.
That's green.
So the double-teamed game, Pearson took the hit, but gets it to Green.
He has eight on the day, and we're tied up at 25 with seven minutes to go in the third.
He just bailed out a defender there that did a terrible job,
and that's just a poor officiating.
Pritchett hands it off up top to Thompson.
Thompson got a step.
Puts it up the runner.
No good.
Got it back.
We came from out-of-bounds to in-bounds, and that's a turnover.
But it'll go back to Florence.
Yeah, that's one of those tricky rules.
You have to establish both feet back in-bounds
before you're technically in-bounds, so he only had one foot in
and didn't establish that second foot.
NFL top.
Got to have two feet in, not one foot.
That's what you're thinking about there.
Holyfield has been with Pearson all day.
They are now best friends, unfortunately.
I mean, he guards him closely.
Pearson gets it over to Lewis.
Back to Pearson.
In the paint.
Pearson trying to back down.
Fade away jumper.
Won't go.
Rebound inside.
Taken down by the Indians.
That's a lot of contact underneath.
No call again.
That's tough.
Johnson will bring it up the floor.
On the right wing.
Picked up a Skipworth.
Goes baseline now to his teammate.
Trying to spin in the lane.
Good defense by Payne.
Rebound taken by Lewis.
Payne did a great job there forcing that.
Payne now up the floor.
Two on one.
Pull up.
Eight-footer.
Won't go.
Got his own rebound.
Lost it off the head of one of the Indian players.
And it stays in-bounds.
And Pinson Valley gets it again.
They get every loose ball right now.
Brickley down the floor.
They lob it inside.
Wide open underneath.
Layup is good.
Falcons didn't get back that time.
And Lewis gets the easy layup.
Missed defensive assignment.
Guy right underneath on the low block.
Snuck behind the defense.
And easy layup.
That was Allen with the layup.
Pearson.
Boy, he's being hit right there.
His hands are all over him.
Pearson.
Double team.
Gets rid of it to Skipworth.
Cross court.
Got it to Green.
Green spins in the lane.
Put it up.
Wouldn't go.
Rebound taken down by Florence.
Put it back up.
No good.
Rebound fought four out of bounds.
Last touch by Pinson Valley.
It'll stay with Florence.
Addison will come back in for the Indians.
Thompson will come out.
Florence has Green, Pearson, Payne, Lewis, and Skipworth on the floor.
Skipworth inbounded it.
But now Irons is going to check in.
And Florence trails at 27-25.
And Cavante Green still getting his playing feet under him.
Has to pop out of the game.
Great set play into Lewis.
Missed the layup, but he's fouled.
Little cross screen right there.
And it was beautiful.
Beautiful job to find him on the low block there.
He was right up underneath.
You reported 22 wide.
13-0.
So, ring staff picks up the foul.
Another correctable error there.
JV and Lewis underneath did a great job.
They found him underneath on that low block.
He gets hit.
It rolled right off the rim.
So, he's going to be shooting two here.
Trailing by two.
Florence with 5'23 to go.
Lewis' first free throw is good.
I like his shot.
JV and Lewis has got a nice-looking shot.
The senior.
When you realize he plays, I think, with guard or tackle or football, pretty amazing.
Second free throw, got them both.
Yeah, he's a big fellow out there.
But, he definitely moves quite well.
Tied at 27.
Indians with the basketball.
Pritchett picked up by Pearson.
Addison has up top.
Back to Pritchett.
Got to know where he is.
He's a shooter.
Addison up top.
Can't get the shot up now.
Takes a deep, tough contestant, too.
And Skipworth did a great job of defending that.
Shot no good.
And Pearson with a rebound.
Jay Shod.
Behind the back dribble.
Hit with two hands again.
No call.
In the lane.
Hit again.
Finally gets rid of it over here.
Gets it back.
Pearson said, I'll handle it.
But, no, he does not care.
He's just going to play.
Jay Shod is not afraid of contact.
Floater in the lane.
Good by Jay Shod Pearson.
What a play.
Finally gets on the board.
And the Falcons take a two-point lead.
Pritchett up the floor.
Into the corner.
Won't take the three of the corner.
They reverse the ball the other way.
But a travel call on the Indians.
And Burnett will come in for Lewis, who gave good minutes for Florence.
And Coach Dylan Burleson applauds the play of Lewis.
The J-Shod.
Rarely do you see him huffing and puffing a little bit.
Right now he is.
He's had to work for everything.
Skipworth will bring it up the floor.
Skipworth.
Double hanging right there.
They're going to let him play.
So, at least they're going to do it.
Hand checking is allowed.
And now they call one.
So, that's funny.
He was coming down that way.
He's riding him like a backpack.
He's literally carrying another human being on his body the entire way down the court.
It's not called.
Holyfield has thrown as many punches as Evander Holyfield.
I'm going to start calling him the real deal.
The real deal.
But now he finally gets the foul call.
Pearson to elbow.
Payne at the top.
Payne in the lane.
Floater.
Tough shot.
Got it to go.
Wow.
Jason Payne makes that one.
The lead up to four.
31-27.
Quickly down the floor.
Pritchett in the corner.
Deep three on the way.
Up.
No good.
Front rim.
Rebound.
Tipped out and saved by the Indians.
They get another set.
Holyfield has it to Johnson.
He'll take an NBA three and it's good.
The timeout taken by Pinson Valley.
We'll do the same.
Florence leaves at 31-30.
We're back in 30.
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3.56 to go in the third quarter.
Florence and Pinson Valley with a good one.
A battle of two teams.
Both went to the state championship game last year.
Pinson Valley lost in the 6A state championship game.
Florence lost in the 7A state championship game.
But if you get to the state championship game, your programs are in pretty good shape, Mike.
That says a lot about both these teams.
It certainly does.
You know, the leadership and the program, you know, both teams have excellent head coaches,
but they also have some wonderful athletes that do the job.
And so you can see why Pinson Valley is really just reloaded from last year.
They're defenses as I've seen yet this year and the Falcons really scrapping and clawing through this game, but competing as hard as you'd ever see.
Falcons wearing the home white with blue numbers.
Blue Falcons across the front.
Pinson Valley in the maroon with gold numbers.
And they've got the words, the, on top of the number and valley.
So it's the valley on the front.
That's what they're known for.
Baseball pass from Irons.
Burnett gets it.
Burnett goes up with the left hand and lays it in.
So Florence throws over the top of the press and the lead back up to three, 33-30 on the set play out of the timeout.
And Jaden Ryan's got an arm on him.
Pretty good.
Left-handed pass, too.
Thompson picked up by Burski.
Pulls up from 15.
No good.
Good defense there, but it's taken down by the Indians.
Blocked, though, by Burnett.
Goes right back in.
Knocked away, and Burnett comes out of there with it.
Burnett now spins away.
Got two on one.
Burnett over to Irons.
Just laid it up, put it in.
Irons and Burnett playing well.
A little spark for Florence.
The lead back up to five with 3-17 to go.
What a play by Burnett there.
A block shot, a redirected pass, and a two-man game there.
Thompson is fouled in the lane.
Who do they call the foul on?
They're going to call it on Irons, and Thompson will shoot two.
And it was the right call.
Irons, three of the Falcons went up, and I think all three got a piece of him.
It was going to be 13 or 14 on that one.
They called it on 13, which is his third, which is a little unfortunate because we need our big man underneath.
Thompson will shoot two to our left and miss the first.
It's substitutions.
Holyfield will come in for Pinson Valley.
Meanwhile, Lewis, I think, checks in for Irons, who just came out with three.
3-10 to go in the third quarter.
Second free throw.
High arching free throw is good by Lewis of Pinson Valley.
And they're still in backcourt.
Falcon still in backcourt.
Burnett crossover.
Got to buy two defenders into the lane, but the ball knocked away.
Stayed out of bounds.
Knocked out of bounds.
They'll go back to Pinson Valley.
A lot of hand contact.
They're just letting them play.
You know, I guess they're doing it on both ends, so I can't say anything.
Pearson will come in for pain.
But when it impedes a guy from being able to dribble the basketball, that's not a basketball.
It's no longer basketball.
It's a crash course.
35-31.
Florence with a four-point lead.
2-50 to go here in the third.
High screen deep.
Three by Thompson.
No good.
Pearson gets the rebound for Florence.
And they pick up full court right away.
They come with a double team.
Pearson gets right over to Burnett.
Burnett down the left sideline.
Crossover.
Got to Skipworth in the paint.
Skip pass inside.
Block.
No inside.
And save by Pinson Valley.
Lewis went for the reverse layup, and they block it.
Down the floor.
All the way forward.
Up in the layup.
No good.
Rebound.
Tipped around.
Saved again.
Turn around.
Pritchett had it knocked away.
And a timeout.
No, we'll travel.
So a travel call on Pritchett.
And the defense of Florence comes back and makes a play.
2-20 to go.
The defense smothered there, and Pritchett used his pivot foot and wound up sliding the other foot a little bit.
It's a kickball.
Kickball will stay with Florence.
All I can think of is how quick this team is.
Can you imagine their football team that these guys played is the quickness they had?
Goodness gracious.
Some serious quickness and speed.
Florence tries to break the press.
Burnett in backcourt.
Burnett in frontcourt.
Burnett to the basket.
Lay it up.
Put it in.
Burnett gets that one to go.
I don't know what kind of contact we're allowing here.
It was unbelievable.
That was a lot of contact underneath.
Could have been a charge.
Could have been a blot.
They just called nothing.
37-31.
Six-point lead for Florence.
The officials have lost this one.
This game might get ugly.
Up top.
Swinging around.
Holyfield in the lane.
Left-handed shot.
No good.
Lewis got the rebound.
Gets it over to Florence.
Burnett will bring it up to Florida.
Burnett with a head of steam.
Oh, lost it going in.
Tried to do too much.
Got it back.
Nope.
Stolen away.
Taken by Thompson.
Quickly down the floor.
Skip pass.
Corner.
Three on the way.
Bouncing no good.
Rebound by Florence.
Falcons get it to Pearson.
And Pearson says, slow it down a little bit.
But you can't with this Pinson Valley team.
They won't let you.
They make everybody go fast.
Pearson spins away from two.
And finally is fouled.
It's called.
I'm getting frustrated.
Thompson will pick up the foul.
We're courtside, so I can't say a lot.
And I can't show my emotions.
I'm going to keep it going.
And I'm trying not to.
However, I mean, when there's a game of this speed, it's really hard for the officials to catch up.
And you see if the game has surpassed the officials' ability to call this game.
The speed is just too much.
The speed is real fast.
It's 37-31 with 118 to go.
And Florence will inbound it.
That's only the first, fourth foul, excuse me, on Pinson Valley.
Pearson has it at the top of the key.
Now he gets it to Green, who drives up and under blot.
Beautiful blot by Thompson.
Thompson of Pinson Valley will bring it up to the floor.
Left-handed dribble.
Down the floor has Skipworth on him.
And they call a push on Skipworth.
I've seen worse.
But it will be against Florence on the floor.
1-0-1 to go in the third.
Six-point lead for Florence.
The Indians will inbound it underneath the basket to our left.
Honestly, really proud of this Falcon team for playing under control considering all this going on.
Thompson.
Top of the key.
Guarded by Pearson.
Pritchett crossover.
Free-throw jumper.
Good.
Boy, he's got a smooth shot.
Had irons right on him, but he couldn't do it.
Pritchett knocked it down.
Skipworth with Florence.
Gets it across the mid-court strike.
Crossover dribble.
Got a step in the lane.
Got it over to Irons.
Layup is good.
Great job of Skipworth getting that to Irons.
The Falcons have done a really good job, especially this quarter, of getting that extra pass underneath.
They have that five-footer, but they wind up dipping it underneath right on the baseline where the guy could put it up off the glass and in.
Six-point lead for Florence with 20 seconds to go.
Pinson Valley.
Looks like they may play for the last shot.
Pritchett.
Tremendous shooter on one side.
Picked up by Skipworth.
Gets the screen.
Tries to go back right.
Pulls back.
Stays on it.
Keeps dribbling inside.
Up and under.
Beautiful.
Laid it up.
Got it to go, and he's fouled.
Now what they count is the question.
The least.
And he counts it.
The least contact all game.
So that was an up and under move.
He got him off his feet.
Once he got him off his feet, he let him fly by him.
Pritchett puts it in and will go to the line to try to complete the three-point play.
I don't even know what I'm watching anymore.
The basket does count.
39-35.
Skipworth will come out.
Burnett will come in.
Irons will come out.
And Farns need to go a little deeper in the...
Oh, they're actually bringing one of their newest players coming up from the JV squad.
Number 21.
We'll have to get a name there in a minute.
Free throw's coming for Pritchett to try to complete the three-point play.
He takes his time.
He really takes his time.
Free throw up and good.
He's got a routine.
Johnson will come in for Pritchett.
So, with 6.3 to go.
Full-court press.
A 1-3-1 press now by Pinson Valley.
Florence has to break the press.
Get it up the floor.
They lob it up the floor to Green.
In the corner for three.
Too strong.
Tipped around.
Taken by Pinson Valley.
And three-quarters are in the books.
Florence leads at 39-36.
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One quarter left in this one.
It's been a good one.
Florence holding on to precarious three-point lead, 39-36 over Pinson Valley from Birmingham area.
We have traveled up here.
Florence will have Payne, Pearson, Burnett, Lewis, and Green on the floor.
And the Falcons will have the basketball going in the home white, trimmed in blue.
Pinson Valley in that maroon and gold, a la Florida State look.
Lewis to Pearson at the top of the key.
Pearson hasn't started to dribble yet, looking.
Now a dribble to the left, spin back into the lane.
Nowhere to go with it.
Bounce pass out to Lewis, back to Pearson in the corner.
Pearson gets the high screen.
Now he'll take the three.
That one wouldn't go.
Rebound yanked down by Thompson.
Thompson's a tall player like he's 6-1, but he can really go up in the air.
Nobody stopped Thompson.
He goes coast to coast and laid it in.
That's not a good defense by Florence there.
Nobody stopped the basketball, and the lead trimmed down to one.
Green in front court, picked up by Thompson.
Green needs a little help, gets by one defender, kicks it back over to Payne.
Payne goes to the left, got a step in the lane, Euro step, block, no foul,
and a block and foul, and free throw's coming.
Had to come from up top on the block and foul.
That one will be called, again, Pinson Valley.
It took three guys hitting the court.
Mr. Red who?
There's not a red 20.
Okay.
Red 23.
They have gold numbers.
It's hard to see the numbers sometimes.
So, red 23.
McTerry picks up the foul.
One point lead for Florence, trying to make it two, is Jaycee on Payne.
Free throw, got it to go.
To say it's a little helter-skelter tonight on the Tuesday night would be an understatement.
It's been fast.
It's been furious, and it's only getting faster.
Second free throw, got them both.
And it may get more furious, too.
Let's be honest.
Lead back to three.
As Payne knocked them both down.
Pritchett, front quarter, almost went out of bounds, but saved there by Lewis.
And not away and stolen away by Green.
Green goes up and jams it with one hand.
Hello, Florence, Alabama.
Kevante Green with the one-hand jam.
And that brings the crowd to its feet.
Florence lead up to five, 43-38.
We're under seven to go.
Right wing, Pritchett to Thompson.
Now, Pinson Valley slowing it down a little bit on his possession.
Thompson on the right wing.
They run their horn set, high motion.
Trying to get the cutter to come underneath, back up top.
Good job by Florence.
And what's happening is stolen away by Payne.
He didn't stole away, but it went off his knee and went right back to the Pinson Valley player.
Pearson nearly steals it away.
Last touch.
Oh, that one goes back to Pinson Valley.
Pearson almost got that steal.
Hey, I'd rather that than a foul be called there.
So, you know, all fine and good.
The Valley gets the ball.
5-20 to go.
6-20 to go, excuse me, here in the game.
Florence leads at 43-38.
They lead by five.
Pinson Valley with a basketball.
Thompson bounce pass to the right side.
Up top now.
They swing the ball to the left side.
Falcons in that man-to-man defense standing with it.
Green will pick up Thompson way up top.
Thompson tries to drive in the paint.
Scoop layup.
No good.
Wild shot.
Rebound by Pearson.
Pearson gets rid of it up the floor.
Gets it to Payne.
Payne pulls for three.
Got it.
Jayceon lighten it up.
And the lead back up to eight.
46-38.
Indians try to answer.
High arching three is good by Holyfield.
Here we go.
Buckle up.
Green up the floor.
Green.
Crossover.
Payne.
Three on the way.
No good.
Wouldn't fall.
Rebound.
Tipped around on the floor.
Now jump ball.
Possession error.
What are they going to say?
Jump ball.
Possession error will go to?
Pinson Valley.
Pinson Valley.
Green will come out.
Irons will come in.
You have to almost substitute like a hockey match because it's almost like a hockey match.
You get two minutes of running up and down the floor.
You got to have a breather.
46-41 Florence.
The guards can run up and down a little bit more.
But the big fellas, it takes a little bit more to move those bodies for sure.
Post up inside.
Pritchett.
Turn around.
Put it up.
No good.
Tipped out though and saved by Pinson Valley.
They save it around.
Kick it back around.
Deep three by Holyfield is good.
Again, that's Johnson actually.
That was from downtown Florence.
And the lead trimmed to two.
That was from the tip of the Falcon beak.
Payne had it stolen away.
They throw it inside.
Good look by Pritchett.
Put it up.
No good.
Tipped it up.
Put it in.
We're tied at 46.
Timeout taken by Florence.
This Pinson Valley team won't quit.
Neither will the Falcons.
Timeout on the floor.
4.53 to go in the game.
Tied at 46.
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Florence and Pennsylvania tied at 46.
Mike, Florence led at 46-38, and about within 45 seconds, we're tied at 46.
Yeah, Pennsylvania had a nice little run there.
Falcons turned the ball over quite a bit and just really, really struggled down the stretch.
Looked like reminiscent of that second quarter where we gave up the lead as well.
Pearson will bring it up the floor, picked up by Thompson.
Pearson bounce pass to Skipworth to Irons on the elbow.
Irons looking, hands it off to Payne, top of the key.
Nobody got him.
Three on the way.
Missed it.
No good.
Pearson chased down the rebound.
Look at J-shot.
Smallest man on the floor, and he gets that one back.
Between the legs dribble.
Drives into Payne amongst the trees.
Put it up.
Wouldn't go.
Hadn't been this night.
Rebound.
Fault for it.
Taken down by Irons, and he's fouled.
Irons went down and got it, and that's a tremendous play there as Thompson grabbed him.
Second team foul on the Indians.
Florence will inbound it.
Pearson looking.
Bounce pass in.
The Irons got no good.
He's fouled.
Thompson fouled him, and Irons will go to the line to shoot two.
Levin once again.
Two quick fouls there in a matter of two seconds.
Jaden Irons wears number 13.
First one on the way.
Nets.
He's got five on the day.
Lewis will come in for Thompson now, who picked up his third foul.
Burnett realizes that Johnson's trying to snowbird, so he goes back to underneath the basket with him.
Irons getting ready for his second free throw.
If he makes this one, and he does, substitution.
And Green will come in for him.
Burnett will come out.
Big free throws by Irons.
So, Irons and Green will be in there with Skipworth, Payne, and Pearson at 415 and counting.
Florence up by two.
Holyfield, who's hit deep threes, picks up this dribble, and the horn set, gets it down to his teammate,
hands it off to Thompson, top of the key.
He comes back in.
Swing it around.
Holyfield open.
Can't leave him there.
Three on the way.
No good.
He missed one finally.
Rebound by Florence.
It's Green.
Green pressured in backcourt.
Had the ball knocked away, and a whistle called.
They finally get the reach-in foul called that time on Pritchett.
It was kind of easy there, too.
I know that they were hooping and hollering about that one.
It's the biggest body on the court.
He had to reach across his entire body to try and hit that ball.
He grabbed his arm.
Irons gets it inbounds to Payne.
Payne up the left sideline.
Still in backcourt.
Now comes across the midcourt stripe.
He yo-yos with the basketball.
Picked up by Pritchett.
He'll come back out.
Breaks the count.
Picks up the dribble.
Gets it to Pearson.
People don't understand.
When you go down to the baseline, you're not going to have the count.
When you come back up, the count starts.
Pearson gets it out to Irons.
Irons looking to hand off someone.
No one to give it to.
Still looking for a little help.
Gets it to Pearson.
Knocked out of bounds.
They'll go back to Florence.
There's some Pinson Valley fans that have traveled two hours to be with this
and some of their family and friends.
Didn't like that call, but it'll stay with Florence with 3.22 to go.
And Florence leads by two.
Inbounds to Payne.
Can't get it back to Pearson.
And knocked away by Pritchett.
He is so quick.
Pritchett all the way down the floor.
He's fouled before the shot.
That's a smart foul by Skipworth.
And they're going to wind up giving the shot.
Oh, that foul was way back here.
It was over by the foul line.
Yeah.
And I think maybe one official came in and ruled it over.
And I think Skipworth just fouled out of the game.
So, Skipworth will foul out of the game.
Burnett will come in.
So, the ball is on the floor.
Pinson Valley inbound.
They've got a player getting his shoe on.
With 3.16 to go.
Pinson Valley is trying to get shots.
Now they put the ball down.
Florence didn't know what was going on.
They're still counting.
There's a lot of confusion.
That's not good.
If he called.
Well, the official was absolutely correct in what he did.
However, when Zai went over the top, he needed to restart it.
And they did.
Deep 3.
No good by Pinson Valley.
Rebound by Pearson.
Well, they probably let both teams get away with one or two there.
Pearson will bring it up the floor.
Picked up full court.
He goes all the way to the basket.
Shot blocked.
Here comes out there.
One-on-one shot.
Blocked on the other round by Burnett, the freshman.
He'll stay with Pinson Valley.
Holyfield.
Holyfield was looking.
Couldn't get it in.
Inbounds pass.
They give it back now to Johnson.
Deep 3 on the way.
Too strong.
Rebound, though, taken by the Indians.
And timeout on the floor taken by the Indians.
We'll do the same.
Falcons lead it by 2.
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The score.
2.
2.50 to go in the game.
Florence leads 48-46 over Pinson Valley.
But the Indians will have it underneath their own basket.
They get it into Pritchett on the corner.
Pritchett looking for someone to get it to.
Hands it off now to Lewis.
Back to Pritchett.
Double team in the corner.
Tries to spin on green and does.
Goes baseline.
Shot rejected.
Saved in bounds.
Ball saved in bounds again.
Goes back to Pinson Valley.
Put up a shot.
No good.
Got again a rebound and they'll shoot free throws.
Thompson will go to the line and shoot two.
You got to tip your hat to Pinson Valley there.
Because they got there and they got rebound after rebound and loose ball after loose ball.
2.32 to go.
Thompson will shoot two.
One wasn't anywhere near that.
The official called it on.
J.C. on.
Need a towel to wipe up the ball there a little bit.
I don't believe J.C. on was anywhere near that ball.
But he called it on one.
He picked up his third foul.
48-46.
Florence leads it by two with 2.32 to go.
This reminds me of some of the games that I grew up with.
When it just was up and down the floor.
First free throw up and good.
It's a good thing they don't have a shot clock.
On these free throws.
Because good grief.
They take a lot of time.
I thought that with Holyfield.
I think it was.
Or Johnson maybe.
They do.
They really spin it.
And they dribble again sometimes.
Second free throw on the way.
Got them both.
But it works.
He tried his hand off on his jersey.
Probably recited the national anthem.
There's a lot of time.
Or maybe the Pledge of Allegiance here.
48-48 with 2.32 to go.
Full court pressure.
The 1-2-1.
And now Paine says let me bring it up against Holyfield.
Timeout taken by Florence.
It took about five people to get somebody's attention to say timeout.
But we'll do the same.
2-21 to go.
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2-21 to go.
In the game.
Florence and Pinson Valley tied at 48.
It'll be Pearson, Payne, Green, Irons, and Burnett on the floor on this possession.
You can't play with the last shot with this Pinson Valley team.
They're going to pressure you all the time.
He's got to get into bounds if he can.
Lob it into Irons.
Irons looking.
Has to spin out of there.
Gets it back to Pearson.
Pearson picked up there by Pritchett.
Pearson gets by Pritchett.
Goes to the lane.
Pearson layup.
Put off the glass.
No good.
He's fouled.
And he'll go to the line and shoot two.
He had his arm around his waist and he still didn't call anything the entire length of the lane.
It was the underneath the official that called it.
And he'll be Pearson to shoot free throws.
He was making sure that J-Shot couldn't get past him.
He hooked him and held him there.
There was nothing until later in the play.
Free throw.
Short.
No good.
And that might be just from playing every minute of the game for Pearson.
And having to really struggle to get it up and down the floor.
He's fought hard against as quick a thing as we'll see.
He's worked about as hard as you'll ever see him.
And that's just a testament to this Pinson Valley defense.
They've done just a phenomenal job.
Second free throw by Pearson.
Got that one to go.
One of two.
The lead is one.
49-48.
Two minutes.
Two minutes to go in this one.
Pritchett for the Indians.
To Thompson.
Pinson Valley has it.
Front court.
Handed off there to Addison.
Addison yo-yos with it.
Addison goes left.
Bounce pass inside.
Got it to Pritchett.
He's fouled inside.
That's a smart foul by Burnett.
Yeah, they did it.
Pinson Valley did a great job of getting the ball underneath on the low block.
After a nice cut.
Zy Burnett made sure that he couldn't get the ball up over the cylinder.
He just took the foul and just made sure that it wasn't an easy layup.
Again, having to clean up on aisle one.
Underneath the basket.
Which lets everybody catch their breath.
Probably the worst catch in their breath more than anybody's the officials.
They've had to run up and down the floor.
We've given a little hard time.
But I can't imagine keeping up with these two teams.
Florence leads at 49-48.
143 to go over.
A great Pinson Valley team that's come down here.
Up here from the Birmingham area.
Assistant coach Ben Mullins helping out on line.
Aisle one.
Giddy up.
He comes back.
And now free throws coming for Pinson Valley.
JP Pritchett.
Pritchett's the one that really takes his time.
Free throw on the way.
Back rim.
No good.
Neither did that miss.
Pinson Valley doesn't put anybody else on the line.
They bring everybody off the line.
Don't want to step in the lane too soon here.
He's had the ball in his hands about three seconds.
Four seconds.
Five.
Six.
Seven.
Eight.
He's paying none.
I mean it's ten seconds.
I have no doubt.
Second free throw.
Missed on both.
Irons gets the rebound.
And Florence has it.
And a one point lead.
Payne to Pearson.
Here's the double team in the backcourt.
Back to Payne.
Across the midcourt strike with a minute.
30 to go.
Found a lane.
Put it up.
Laid it in.
Payne went to the basket.
Gets it to go.
And the lead's up to three.
Here comes Pinson Valley with it.
Johnson.
Oh, he got away with a walk right there.
He wanted to pass it.
Now he shoots it.
Missed it.
No good.
Rebound.
Knocked out of bounds.
Last touch by Pinson Valley.
Nope.
They're going to give it back to the Indians.
That was the right call.
Absolutely.
The Falcon came in and tipped that one out after a lot of contact.
Luckily, we didn't get the foul there.
1.16 to go in the game.
Florence leaves it by three.
The Indians inbound it.
Florence only has one timeout left, too.
Trying to get inbounds.
Have to lob it way up top to Johnson.
Swings it up top to Thompson.
Green stays on Thompson up there.
Thompson doesn't like to shoot it.
I feel like to drive.
Trying to get a step.
Lost it.
Went right to a teammate, though, and Pritchett put it up.
No good.
Rebound taken down by Johnson.
Johnson kicks it back out.
Pritchett thought about the three.
Won't take it.
We're under a minute to go.
In the corner.
Johnson's three on the way.
Good.
We're tied.
He can shoot it.
His fifth three of the day, or fourth three of the day.
We're tied at 51.
Payne front court.
Three on the way.
Yes, sir.
Timeout taken by Florence.
45 seconds to go.
The Falcons lead it.
54 to 51.
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With 40 seconds to go.
Florence leads it 54-51 after J.C.R. Payne drains the three.
It's been a battle, Mike, no doubt about it.
But give both teams credit.
They have not complained.
They just keep playing.
Maybe the coaches and fans have complained.
But the players have not really complained.
They just keep playing through it.
You know, look, that's a testament to the head coaching jobs of both of these teams.
You know, being able to take the direction of your coach and not worry about the things that you can't control, which is the whistle.
So, you know, that you just continue to play, continue to compete, continue to fight.
That's what both of these teams have done.
It's been an excellent high school basketball game.
And it's coming down to the wire right here.
Irons, Burnett, Green, Payne, and Pearson.
And Payne and Pearson give each other a little slap of hand.
Say, let's play defense one time.
You got to know where Johnson, they got about three shooters.
They got three guys that shoot three as well.
Johnson is the main one.
He averages 15 a game, and he shoots over 50%.
Holyfield can shoot it, too.
We found that out.
They handed it off to Holyfield.
Actually, that's Johnson with it.
Oh, man, a whistle.
Boy, he got a cramp here in the injury.
One of the players got a cramp with the basketball.
And that's good officiating.
I know everybody wants to say that.
When a kid gets hurt, you stop the game.
I don't care what.
And he got a cramp and has to come out.
That's Pritchett.
He's got to absolutely come out.
Or Johnson.
It was Johnson that got it.
Which one was it?
Yeah, it was Pritchett, I think, who got injured.
Whoa.
Oh, and they're letting him back in.
And they're trying to let him back in.
No, no, no.
Nice try.
Nice try.
The old Arkansas play.
And that's technically a technical foul.
He just came in.
On purpose.
He came in without being buzzed in.
And so, that's not.
They'll inbound it with 30 seconds.
And here we go.
Florence up by three.
Thompson trying to get it to Johnson.
Does.
Johnson spins.
Can't get the shot off.
Thompson will step into a three.
Short.
No good.
Rebound chased down in the corner.
Out of bounds.
And I think it's going to be Florence basketball.
I had to look.
I could not see from where I was.
A lot of things on the far corner.
It'll be Florence basketball with 17.6.
The ball went out of bounds last touch by Pinson Valley.
They're trying to say that Pinson Valley called timeout
as that ball was going out of bounds.
However, the player started out of bounds
when his foot over the line.
Pearson to inbound it.
Florence has a timeout.
He's got to get in and does to Payne.
Payne has it in front court.
Payne, they've got a player down on the back side.
Payne keeps the dribble alive and now a whistle and a foul.
And again, the youngster is cramping up really bad for Pinson Valley.
That'll be free throws coming for Payne with 12.3.
And check on Pritchett.
J.P Pritchett's played outstanding.
Listen, I have nothing but respect for this Pinson Valley team.
These kids can play.
They are athletic as can be.
And after getting off a bus for two hours to come here and compete the way they have,
they've done a phenomenal job.
You know, and look, Pritchett's a warrior.
You can see he's, I mean, he's cramping up all over the feet.
He's stretching all that other stuff.
But I will say this.
Free throws good, by the way.
Okay, he's coming out of the game.
They cannot allow that to happen again where they call an injury timeout.
55-51 as Payne drains the first free throw.
So Pritchett will have to come out.
I love Irons going there and checking on to make sure he's okay.
Good sportsmanship.
Second free throw.
Good.
The lead up to five with 12 seconds to go.
Florence going to pick up full court.
And I wish they were going to say he stepped over the line inbound.
They tried to switch who was going to throw it inbounds.
That's a turnover, and it goes back to Florence with 11.6.
That's a tough break.
It was absolutely correct, though.
It's a funky play and just a violation there.
Easy call for the official.
And Florence will throw it to Payne.
Payne is fouled, but no call.
Gets rid of it to Burnett.
Burnett's trying to be fouled, and they call it a 7.4.
I mean, when you put two hands on a guy, it's kind of official.
7.4 on the clock.
Oh, my gosh.
And Burnett, the freshman, will shoot free throws with a five-point lead.
Pinson Valley with 7.4 on the clock has a couple of timeouts left, I believe.
But Dylan Burleson will bring all his players off the line
and let the freshman shoot, too.
After the first shot, they're going to wind up going in.
First one, good.
Which is, I mean, it's just meant to, if there is a rebound situation,
just get an opportunity to slow up this ball going down the court.
Six-point lead.
This will make it a three-possession game and put it away.
The freshman eyes it, tries it, but missed it.
Rebound taken by Pinson Valley.
Up the floor with four seconds, with three.
They let Holyfield go, lays it up, puts it in with one, and that'll do it.
And Florence is going to get away with one here at home,
knocking off a gritty Pinson Valley team by the score of 57-53.
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Kevin Johnson, Mike Albertson with you.
Florence knocks off Pension Valley 57-53.
The TNT Fireworks postgame show.
Going now by the head coach of the Florence Vikings, Coach Dylan Burleson.
Coach, one of the fastest, grittiest teams you'll face this year.
It was up and down the floor.
It was hard fought, but you've got to love what your team did to get a W.
The fight in the heart is what I'm most proud about the most,
and also the resiliency to overcome their run that they had there at the end.
We went on a 7-0 run.
We did not respond well after that run, but when they went on a run,
our response to their run was where it needed to be.
Coach, you had to pick and choose players to get them in the game.
You were buying minutes a few places with your big guys.
It was such a fast-paced game.
You had to give your big guys some breaks and rest.
You were really having to mix and match.
I mean, for them to come in, and that's a tough matchup against guys like J.B. Lewis,
guys like J.N. Irons, guys like Kevante Green, and even J.D. White.
It's a tough matchup for them, but us being able to have the depth at that position
to rotate guys in like that, it's a really good luxury to have,
and I thought all those guys played big minutes for us tonight.
It came down to the last minute and a half of the game,
and J.C. On Payne stepped up and answered a big three from one end to the other
and put you back up by three and then get some steal.
Your team came through where they needed to tonight.
Big-time players made big-time plays, and he stepped up tonight.
Our guys being able to make big-time plays at the end,
I mean, there was a couple loose balls that we got, too,
a couple of them that we didn't get that we want to get, you know, next time,
but really proud of our guys.
We've had a lot of close games, a lot of tight games this year.
Us being able to win, now this is two in a row, close and tight games.
It's something we've practiced, we've watched film on, we've talked about.
It's good to see some of that come into fruition.
Playing Pinson Valley, their quickness, their speed, their confidence.
They had to give your team a lot of confidence to come out with the W tonight.
It is, and, like, all that aside, that's a top-ten team in 6A.
They're really, or, you know, in the talks about going to Birmingham out of the 6A Northwest,
they're really well coached.
Coach Barber does a really good, phenomenal job with them,
but I was proud of our guys for withstanding their run, being tough,
and making winning plays when it mattered most.
Coach, go celebrate with your team, okay?
Congratulations.
Thank you.
The head coach of the Florence Falcons, Coach Dylan Burleson,
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knocking off the Indians of Pinson Valley.
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We're back here at the coffee gym of the TNT Fireworks postgame show.
Kevin Johnson, Mike Albertson, glad to be with you.
Florence pulls off a big win over Pinson Valley, 57-53.
Catch my breath, Mike.
It was a wild up and down the game.
It never stopped from about midway first quarter.
It was as fast paced from start to finish as I've seen in a long time.
Yeah, it certainly was.
You know, this team really and truly faced one of the most athletic teams
you'll see all year, and they were pushed to the limit.
When they started with the diamond press in that second quarter
and made a run at it, this Pinson Valley team told us that they were here to play.
And, you know, hats off to the Falcons.
They answered the call.
You know, being able to really face a tough team
and really get some quality minutes out of guys off the bench
and really mixing and matching and rotating.
Just a total team effort here by the Falcons to come away with this victory.
And those are the things as the season's gone on.
We lost those games earlier in the season where we were really close,
but down the stretch just let it fade away.
Well, the Falcons held home court here, hit some big shots down the stretch,
and came away with a 57-53 victory.
And you've got to be proud of this effort tonight.
Really, it was an amazing game.
It was a hard-fought game.
It was a very physical game.
They let them hand-check a lot.
I mean, they let them both teams do it.
I mean, they didn't call just anything.
I mean, it was just really a physical game.
But both teams adjusted to it, and you didn't see a lot of whining
or complaining.
They just played through it.
If the fouls weren't called, they said, hey, next play, next play.
It just says so much to me about both coaching staffs,
how they got their teams prepared, and they didn't stop playing
and just kept fighting through it.
And good sportsmanship on both sides, too, as physical as it was.
There was no woofing or talking.
There was respect shown by both sides.
It was pretty impressive there by the Florence Falcons, who win it 57-53.
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Thanks, Kevin.
Leading the way for Pinson Valley.
J.P. Pritchett finished with 15 points.
Dave Johnson with 13.
Ty Holyfield with 5.
R.J. Addison with 4.
Jalen Lewis with 5.
D. Thompson with 2.
And Eli Allen finished with 2 points.
Leading the way for the Falcons.
J.C. Ampain with 26 points.
We had Kavante Green with 10 points.
8 from Zylan Burnett.
Jaden Irons with 6.
J.C. Pearson with 3.
And J.B. and Lewis finished with 4 points.
Florence led it 13-7 after 1.
They trailed it 25-23 at the half.
They took the lead back by 3 at the end of 3.
And in the 4th quarter, they win it 57-53.
So the Falcons make a great comeback in the 2nd half.
Big 3 is down the stretch.
Some big free throws by the Falcons down the stretch as well.
Several players including Irons, Burnett.
Obviously, Pearson had a free throw there and played a good game.
But it was J.C. Ampain's not.
He's the one that carried the Falcons scoring-wise.
And the Falcons win it.
Their next game will be Friday evening.
It's going to be an earlier start around 6 p.m.
I think for the boys game maybe.
We will not have that game on 93-9 to score.
We'll have Alabama Crimson Tide football as they're on the road taking on Oklahoma in round 1 of the playoffs.
So this is our final broadcast for the 2025 part of the season.
We'll be back in January with you.
Falcons have a post-season tournament they'll be playing in.
After Christmas, they'll be going, excuse me, post-holiday tournament in the holiday down in Homewood.
They'll be playing in a tournament there.
So you'll have some games there, but we'll start back right up to the New Year's with a lot of games for the Florence Falcons here on 93-9 to score.
Well, that's going to do it for us tonight.
For our good friend Greg Thornton, our station manager, and James Moody, the 93-9 to score studios.
And my good friend Mike Albertson.
I'm Kevin Johnson.
And why don't we wish you a Merry Christmas.
If you don't have a place to go for Christmas Eve, we'd love to have you at my church at First Baptist Church Florence.
Christmas Eve service, 5 p.m.
Come and join us for worship on that very special night.
Merry Christmas to everyone, and I hope that you have a good night.
And we'll see you in church on Sunday.
And now to Jacksonville State.
And Troy, take it away.
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