Jordan outlasts Middle Creek boys basketball in double overtime

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By J. Mike Blake, mblake@newsobserver.com

DURHAM - The Middle Creek boys’ basketball team had dodged season-ending bullet after bullet on Wednesday night, but host Jordan evenutally made the Mustangs pay.

After putting itself into position to put away visiting Middle Creek in regulation and the first of two overtimes, Jordan finally pulled out a 56-48 win in the second round of the playoffs.

The persistence turned into some key stops and forced turnovers that led the host top-seeded Falcons over the eighth-seeded Mustangs.

“The most important play is the next,” Jordan senior Willie Weeks said.

And the Falcons kept creating that next chance, even when the first ones didn’t work.

Middle Creek (19-9) led 40-38 with 46.5 seconds to go, but Jordan’s Weeks made a putback on an air ball and got fouled.

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Jordan outlasts Middle Creek boys basketball in double overtime