Its OFFICIAL: COMMITTED WINS KINGDOM SUMMER LEAGUE CINCY ON BUZZER BEATER

ITS OFFICIAL: COMMITTED WINS KINGDOM SUMMER LEAGUE CINCY ON BUZZER BEATER

TRICE TO CARTER ALLEY OOP STUNS TOP SEEDED SIMPYS IN CHAMPIONSHIP 102-100

By Deon Cash

The Kingdom Summer League (Cincy) championship game in its' inaugural season was one for the record books as COMMITTED TO MY CRAFT knocked off top seeded SIMPYS in a thriller at Princeton HS Tuesday night. 

In a back and forth affair, SIMPYS started out fast with a 14-0 lead, behind a hot start from elite G Kobe Brown. 

COMMITTED then went on a run of their own, as D'Mitrik Trice got going to get COMMITTED back into the game. The game was tied after the 1st quarter at 20. 

COMMITTED would grab the lead at halftime after a late run in the 2nd quarter with a 55-47 lead. 

After a incredible halftime event where the Kingdom Summer League awarded 5 partial scholarships to the youth, SIMPYS would get back in the game and change the momentum in the 2nd half. 

It's rugged inside players (Terry Durham) started to dominate offensively while Virgil provided the defense and intangibles and Paul Mcmillan IV heated up to push SIMPYS back into the game. 

In the 4th quarter both teams would hold the lead, but late in the game it looked as if SIMPYS would pull it out after a couple of huge 3's to lead 98-92 with less than 2 minutes remaining.

This is when CCOMMITTED took over, as they outscored SIMPYS 10-2 over the last minute plus, sealing the deal with a alley-oop play from D'Mitrik Trice to Trey Carter to send SIMPYS into shock and COMMITTED to their first championship in Cincinnati. 

SIMPYS had a chance to take the lead but Paul McMillan IV was called for a tough

offensive foul, which setup the final play.

This is the 3rd consecutive championship won in the Kingdom Summer League. The first two are in Columbus and they are playing against Aaron Craft team for a 3rd straight in Columbus. 

D'Mitrik Trice on the alley-oop play at the end; 

"It was a last second decision. I saw him and decided to throw it to him. I'm glad we executed on the play." 

When asked why he didn't call a timeout, Xander Smart replied. 

"We knew they would come out strong. I know that we had to settle into the game. It's a long game, so once we got settled in I knew we would be OK for the game." 

With the win it starts to make a case for Committed to My Craft as the premiere Summer league team in not only Ohio, but a top 10 team nationally.

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