2013 IHSAA Class 3A State Championship: Greensburg 73, Fort Wayne Concordia 70 (OT)

Описание: Bryant McIntosh, Ryan Welage and Colin Rigney combined for all 12 points in overtime as the Greensburg Pirates pulled out a stirring 73-70 victory over Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran in the Class 3A championship game.

It marked the first state title for Greensburg in any team sport. The triumph will be remembered for the way the Pirates battled against a poised and resolute Concordia club. Greensburg took its first lead of the game with 2:20 remaining in overtime.

Sean Sellers, Greensburg's leading scorer on the season, fouled out with 48.2 seconds left in regulation time. But McIntosh provided some heroics by hitting a 3-pointer with 25 seconds left to tie the game at 61-all.

In overtime, McIntosh and Welage scored their team's first 10 points. With 22 seconds remaining, Rigney drove for a bucket that gave Greensburg its 73-70 edge. Concordia's Ryan Gross missed a 3-point try just before the buzzer.

Coach Stacy Meyer's Pirates, ranked No. 2 in the AP Class 3A poll, finished 26-1. They start five underclassmen and were led in scoring in the title game by the junior McIntosh with 25, the junior Sellers with 19 and the sophomore Welage with 16. Sellers grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds.

Coach Josh Eggold's Concordia team wound up 23-5. The Cadets, using balanced scoring, took their biggest lead of 12 points early in the third quarter before Greensburg started its push. The Cadets shot 50.9 percent from the field and put four players in double-digit scoring -- D.J. McCall with 17, Gross with 14, Thomas Starks with 12 and Brian Gremaux with 11. Starks totaled eight rebounds.

Concordia, ranked No. 7 in the AP poll, was making its first appearance in the boys basketball finals. The Cadets finished 23-5.

Following the game, members of the IHSAA Executive Committee named Thomas Starks, Jr. of Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran High School as the winner of the Arthur L. Trester Mental Attitude Award in Class 3A Boys Basketball.