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Eagles advance to 2A South final on buzzer-beater; Largo wins, Friendly and Surrattsville lose in regional playoffs
To say that the Frederick Douglass High School boys basketball team has been off the radar this season would be an understatement. The Eagles were 9-13 during the regular season, including a 6-12 mark in the Prince George's County 3A/21/1A League.
None of that matters anymore.
On Thursday night in a 2A South Region semifinal game, Douglass stunned top-seeded Gwynn Park as Mike Cunningham hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give the Eagles a 53-52 victory.
Douglass will visit Largo at 2 p.m. Saturday in the region final.
Trailing 52-50, Douglass took a time out to set up a play with four seconds remaining in the game.
"I told them we're good," said Eagles' coach Tyrone Massenburg. "The energy that we had, the way we were playing, I felt confident that we would make a play. I wouldn't predict a win, but I felt like we were going to do something good.
"I didn't think [Gwynn Park] would play us as tight, they didn't want to foul ... we got a big shot from Mike Cunningham that won the game for us."
JaSahn Johnson led Douglass with 17 points, hitting 9 of 11 at the foul line. As a team, the Eagles were 16 of 19 at the line, while Gwynn Park was 9 of 11. Cunningham had 13 points and Jeffrey Calhoun and Montez Lee each had 10. Xavier Richards had 13 points and Ageyi Gregory added 11 for Gwynn Park (19-6).
Calhoun, the Eagles' starting point guard, suffered a broken hand during the fourth game of the season, an 81-66 loss to Gwynn Park. He returned the lineup last week.
"Since he's been back, we haven't lost a game," Massenburg said. "He's elevated everyone else's game and all the pieces are falling in place for us."
Douglass lost both of its regular season games against Largo, 73-54 in the season opener on Dec. 6 and 76-56 on Jan. 20.
"They're a great team," Massenburg said of Largo. "[The Lions] and Gwynn Park are two of the top teams in the county, so we got our hands full."