Manhattan High boys\u2019 basketball has made a habit of living on the edge this season.<\/p>\n
Friday night at Washburn Rural was another one \u2014 and this time, Vince Doering made sure it ended on Manhattan\u2019s terms.<\/p>\n
Doering raced baseline to baseline and finished a contested layup at the buzzer in overtime, lifting the Indians to a 60-58 win over the Junior Blues in the regular-season finale.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen he\u2019s hitting perimeter shots, I don\u2019t know how you guard him,\u201d head coach Benji George said. \u201cHe gets downhill so well, and he\u2019s such a good decision maker. But what a play at the end \u2014 we needed that so bad.\u201d<\/p>\n
The senior poured in a career-high 29 points, including eight in overtime, as Manhattan secured the No. 4 seed in Class 6A West and home-court advantage for a potential two sub-state games next week.<\/p>\n
The Indians close the regular season 15-7 overall and 7-3 as outright Centennial League champions, adding a seventh one-possession win to a r\u00e9sum\u00e9 that has been built on late-game composure.<\/p>\n
How it happened<\/p>\n
In a defensive battle from the start, Washburn Rural led 11-7 after the first quarter. Manhattan settled in during the second and edged ahead 21-20 at halftime behind a strong first half from Doering, who reached double figures before the break.<\/p>\n
The Indians began to separate midway through the third quarter, building a 27-22 lead before Will Carpenter drilled a buzzer-beater to end the period and push Manhattan in front 34-29 entering the fourth.<\/p>\n
Carpenter continued to attack early in the final frame, but Rural responded with a 7-0 run to take a 41-40 lead with 3:11 remaining. Doering answered with back-to-back baskets to put Manhattan back in front, but a Junior Blues 3-pointer tied the game at 44-44 with two minutes to go.<\/p>\n
The teams were knotted again at 46-46 with 16 seconds left and Rural in possession. A turnover by the Junior Blues with five seconds remaining gave Manhattan a final shot in regulation, but Henry Witt\u2019s 3-point attempt at the horn missed, sending the rivalry clash to overtime.<\/p>\n
Doering opened overtime with a 3-pointer to give Manhattan the early edge and move into career-high territory. After Rural tied it, Tim Washington delivered an and-one finish to put the Indians up three with just over two minutes to play. Witt followed with a clean 3-pointer to stretch the lead to six.<\/p>\n
Manhattan had chances to put the game away at the free-throw line but couldn\u2019t fully capitalize, and Rural drilled a 3-pointer with five seconds left to tie the game at 58-58.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s when Doering took the inbound, went coast to coast and finished a contested layup as time expired, sealing the win and completing his 29-point night.<\/p>\n
MHS will host Wichita Northwest on Wednesday night in Manhattan.<\/p>\n
MANHATTAN 60,<\/p>\n
WASHBURN RURAL 58<\/p>\n
MHS (15-7, 7-3) \u2014 7; 14; 13; 12; 14 \u2014 60<\/p>\n
W. Rural (11-11, 4-6) \u2014 11; 9; 9; 17; 12 \u2014 58<\/p>\n
INDIVIDUAL SCORING<\/p>\n
MHS \u2014 Carpenter 12, Doering 29, Sawyer Newton 5, Witt 3, Washington 9, Duff 2<\/p>\n
W. Rural \u2014 Hoytal 23, O\u2019Connor 9, Schmidt 7, Ballard 6, Chooncharoen 5, Nimz 4, Wright 2, Jones 2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manhattan High boys\u2019 basketball has made a habit of living on the edge this season. Friday night at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":148138,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[8918,4567,75,84,83,8919,9,24,8920,8917,8921,63,62116,319,4027],"class_list":{"0":"post-148137","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manhattan","8":"tag-american-football","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-manhattan","11":"tag-manhattan-headlines","12":"tag-manhattan-news","13":"tag-national-football-league","14":"tag-new-york","15":"tag-new-york-city","16":"tag-nfl-seasons","17":"tag-nfl-teams","18":"tag-nfl-teams-seasons","19":"tag-nyc","20":"tag-overtime-sports","21":"tag-sports","22":"tag-team-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}