St. John falls to to N.O. in title game
Published 12:00 am Friday, April 14, 2000
L’Observateur / April 14, 2000
WICHITA, Kan. – The St. John Parish Warriors came up just short in their bidto repeat their National Biddy Basketball title this week.
The New Orleans Fire held on for a 53-50 victory over the Warriors Wednesday in the International Biddy Basketball Tournament AA Division championship game.
The Warriors had captured the 11-year-old championship a year ago.
St. John rallied from a 25-17 halftime deficit to pull to within 49-48 on adrive by Demond Carter with 1:49 left. But Carter’s 3-point attempt thatwould have tied the game at 53 bounced off the backboard at the buzzer.
Carter earned All-American honors after scoring a game-high 20 points.
In the A division, the St. Charles Parish All-Stars captured the title with a57-50 victory over Plaquemine. Plaquemine had earlier defeated the All-Stars, 52-51, to force a second championship game.
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