High school boys basketball: Dayon Goodman's monster night powers Kearns past Taylorsville

Freeman scored 15 of his team-high 28 points (five 3-pointers) in the second half and with 4:47 left in the fourth, he dropped a bomb from the Cougars' emblem to cut the deficit to 48-44.

“We just kept our heads up,” Goodman said. “We felt like we could win this game — we can beat any team in our region we feel like.”

On the ensuing possession, Goodman charged the lane and gently lofted a floater that rimmed off, but immediately followed up with a garbage layup. As the Warriors inbounded on auto-pilot, Ebet doubled-back and caught them napping for an uncontested layup to give the Cougars a 52-44 lead.

Freeman kept things interesting with eight points in the final four minutes, including a desperation 3 ball with one second remaining, but the margin proved too steep to overcome.

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