March 1 - Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools

"Our game plan was the slow them down," said Ted Schuler, Hayden head coach. "We knew they averaged 77points a game and our kids executed the game plan. It's as good as we have played this season."Sumner was plagued by early foul trouble. Davonte Chaney and Watson were each called for two fouls early inthe game. Early foul trouble took away Sumner's aggressiveness on the defensive side away."We were unable to do some of the things we should have been doing," said Dan Parra, Sumner head coach. "Hayden's a very good team and they executed."Sumner was able to score just eight points in the second quarter, while Hayden scored 17. The Wildcats built a13-point lead during the quarter.Hayden used two key runs during the game to add cushion to their lead. During the first half, the Wildcats wenton a 17-2 run to push their lead to 26-13 after Sumner gained an early 11-9 advantage. To start the second half,Hayden began with a 16-6 run to build a 19-point lead.Holliday led a comeback charge for Sumner in the second half. After the Wildcats padded their lead to 19points, Holliday led the Sabres back and Sumner cut the lead to 10 in the middle of the fourth quarter. Hescored 23 second half points.But Hayden responded with easy buckets in the third quarter, with Walker and McGreevy driving inside duringthe second half.Holliday hit two late three-point shots to cut the lead back down to nine after Hayden led a majority of the halfby double-figures.After shooting well from behind the line this year, Watson shot 1-11 from behind the arc. The Sabres shot just32 percent from the field, including 4-22 from three. Hayden shot nearly 60 percent from the field.