Griffin Glides Past Defenders; Cathedral Maintains 5-Point Advantage!
Keaton Aldridge scores with 1.9 seconds left to lift Cathedral in Class 3A regional thriller over Brebeuf Jesuit.
MARTINSVILLE – Three-hundred and sixty-five days. Every huddle this season, that total has been reiterated. A mantra of redemption signifying Class 3A Cathedral’s precise postseason calculation toward the program’s goal.
On Saturday night inside John R. Wooden Gymnasium, Cathedral senior Keaton Aldridge pushed the number to 352 during the Martinsville Regional championship with a clutch, last-second bucket to break the sixth and final tie against rival Brebeuf Jesuit. With the third-ranked Irish (22-5) and the 10 th -ranked Braves (18-7) locked at 67-67 and 20.
6 seconds remaining, Aldridge ad-libbed out of necessity and kept the tally going with 1. 9 left on the clock. Surveying the court as time winded down, Aldridge found a crease in the lane and buried the go-ahead and eventual game-winning layup, securing Cathedral’s first regional title since 2022 with a thrilling 69-67 victory.
“The play was, I went to the right side, but I saw I had the 1-on-1, and he hesitated a little, so I came back to the middle, and then the paint was wide open,” Aldridge said. “They all jumped as I went, so I held it for a little bit, and the ball just went in. It was great.
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