Slocum vs. Lipan - Class A, Division II state semifinal game

End of Game
SLOCUM WINS 59-47 and will play in state title game on Saturday. Jaered Lane led the way with 22 points,

Fourth Quarter
Subs in for both teams with 12 seconds to play. Slocum going to state title game at 7 p.m. Saturday against Nazarath.

Fourth Quarter
39 seconds: Another miss three pointer by Lipan, another rebound by Lane and two more FTS, looks like Slocum going to play for state title. Lane makes one and Slocum leads by 10.

Fourth Quarter
54 seconds - Lipan misses a three pointer and Jared Lane gets rebound and fouled by Ryan Drake, who fouls out. Lane at the line with chance to close out, he makes both and Slocum leads 56-47

Fourth Quarter
1:02 - Slocum breaks press, Logan Foster layup and gets fouled. Makes FT and Slocum leads 54-47
Fourth Quarter
1:08 - Lipan timeout, they have one more, after Seth Riddle gets an offensive rebound, drives baseline and make the shot. He seems to just float up to the basket and has 26 points. Slocum looks to be trying to run time off clock by going four quarters. Look for Lipan to go full court press.

Fourth Quarter
1:23 - Jard Lane finally fouled and makes both and Slocum leads 51-45.

Fourth Quarter
1:42 - Slocum goes into stall mode up by four.

Fourth Quarter
2:16 - Jared Lane fouled in the corner and heads to the line where he makes both and Slocum leads 49-45.

Fourth Quarter
2:45 - Lipan timeout after Seth Riddle gets a steal and goes length of court for basket. Slocum leads 47-45 as Steven Prater hit pair of free throws in one and one situation. Slocum now in double bonus and will shoot two free throws each time.

Fourth Quarter
4:11 - Slocum 30 second timeout after Brody Sizemore gets trapped at mid court. On Lipan's possession, Slocum double teams Riddle, who gets rid of ball and Lane Hedeman misses open three pointer at top of key. See if Slocum continues to double on Riddle and make someone else beat them.

Fourth Quarter
4:31 - Lipan full timeout after fight on the floor leads to jump ball, giving Lipan possession and Slocum leads 45-43. Slocum in the penalty and is 1-for-3 on one-and-one opportunities and is 6-of-12 at the free throw line for the game. Game will come down to wire, Slocum has to find way to stop Lipan's Seth Riddle and then needs to make free throws. Randall Thomason still in game with four fouls, he needs to play smart and stay in there for the rest of the game.

Fourth Quarter
5:25 - Slocum 30 second timeout after Seth Riddle, off a sreen get the pass and hits the floater to cut the lead to 44-43. It was Riddle's first points of the fourth quarter and he has 22 of Lipan's 43 points. He has a knack to find his way into middle of paint and score

Fourth Quarter
6:32 - Randall Thomason picks up his fourth foul and Lipan cuts the lead to 44-41 with two free throws.

Fourth Quarter
6:57 - Logan Foster hits three pointer in corner and Slocum leads 44-39.

End Third Quarter
Jared Lane hits a three pointer in the final minute but Lipan gets a putback and Slocum leads 41-39 with eight minutes to play for a berth in the state championship game against Nazarath, who won the earlier semifinal game against Leggett.

Third Quarter
1:34 - Thomason is fouled while shooting and Slocum will be in the bonus from now on. He makes one FT and Slocum leads 38-37

Third Quarter
2:45 - Slocum still has not found an answer to Seth Riddle who is at the line shooting two and has 19 points. He makes one FT and Lipan leads 35-34

Third Quarter
4:33 - Slocum leads 32-30 in a game that is very methodical.

Halftime
Game tied 27-27 as Lipan erases an eight-point deficit. For Slocum, Jared Lane has eight points as he has two three pointers. Lane started out hot making two three pointers in the first four minutes of the game, but he has cooled down, missing his last three shots from behind the arc and is 3-of-7 shooting. Logan Foster has seven points and Randall Thomason has six points. Lipan's Seth Riddle leads all scorers with 14 points, more than half his team's totals. Slocum needs to find a defensve answer for Riddle, 5-for-7 shooting and 5-for-6 from the free-throw line. On offense, Slocum needs to keep working the ball around, not turn it over - Lipan has six points off turnovers. If they can do that and knock down a couple more shots, the Mustangs will have a chance to win this game.

Second Quarter
2:29 - Brody Sizemore picks up his third foul trying to guard Riddle who gets into the paint and leans into the body to get the foul. Slocum leads 25-24

Second Quarter
Lipan cuts the lead to 25-23 on four straight points by Riddle. He has three steals for layups, stepping in front of the pass each time.

Second Quarter
3:35 _ Steven Prater gets a putback to push the lead to 25-19.

Second Quarter
5:27 - Lipan gets called for its first team foul, a shooting foul sending Thomason to the line. He misses both and Slocum leads 23-17.

End First Quarter
Slocum leads 19-13 as Logan Foster has seven points, including a three pointer with a minute left. Slocum does have six teams fouls while Lipan does not have a foul yet.

First Quarter
3:36 - Jared Lane hits his second three pointer and gives Slocum a 12-6 lead. Lane looks like where he left off in the regional tournament.

First Quarter
4:31 - Lipan 30 second timeout. Randall Thomason feeds Logan Foster on the move for a layup and Slocum leads 9-5. Slocum has scored on four of its six possessions.

First Quarter
519 - Brody Sizemore picks up second foul as Slocum leads 7-5

First Quarter
7:18 - Slocum's Jared Lane hits three pointer to start the game. 3-0 Slocum

Pregame - The Class A, Division II semifinal game between Slocum and Lipan will begin in three minutes. Slocum comes into the game with a record of 27-8 and Lipan has a record of 28-8. Slocum starters are Logan Foster, Steven Prater, Brody Sizemore, Jared Lane and Randall Thomason. Lipan starters are Seth Riddle, Lane Hendeman, Derek Brabson, Bradley Waldrup and Ryan Drake.