A scoreless spell at exactly the wrong time Thursday proved Polk County’s undoing.
Holding a one-point lead with four minutes to go, the Wolverines didn’t score again in their Mountain Foothills 7 Conference junior varsity boys matchup with Brevard. The Blue Devils, meanwhile, added the final five points of the evening to take a 41-37 victory in the regular-season finale for both teams.
Polk County’s defense and rebounding helped preserve that one-point edge for more than three minutes. But Brevard’s Braden Taylor put the Blue Devils (6-13) on top with two free throws with 48 seconds remaining, then hit 3-of-4 foul shots in the final 30 seconds to seal the win.
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The Wolverines (2-13) trailed by nine at halftime. But Khristian Littlejohn and David Duffy each scored five points in the third period, sparking a Polk rally that closed the gap to two entering the fourth quarter.
Three baskets by Duffy, sandwiched around a Taylor 3-pointer, gave the Wolverines a 37-36 lead with 4:09 remaining. But that would be all the scoring for Polk, and Taylor’s effort at the free-throw line secured the final outcome.
Duffy finished with 17 points to lead Polk County, with Littlejohn adding 11. Jonathan Collier had five points and Chase Stansbury finished with four.
