High school boys basketball: Bountiful executes game plan to perfection in win over Roy

Roy (17-7) continued to take the fight to the rim throughout the third quarter, methodically wilding away Bountiful’s narrow advantage.

With 7:11 in the fourth quarter, Roy finally pulled even when Wayment swished a wingside 3-pointer. The following possession, after Seljaas’ connected on a short runner, Daimon Alexander once again tied things at 40-40.

Then, with 5:04 — after holding Bountiful to four points in nearly nine minutes — Roy tasted its first lead when Jackson rattled a 17-foot jumper.

“Just not panic and run our stuff — stay together and get stops,” Maxwell explained when asked what was said during a timeout following the shot.

And with Merrill, frothing at the mouth for an opportunity to deliver a dagger.

“Three or four minutes to go,” Maxwell said, “there was plenty of time.”

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