Gibbs outlasts North Broward Prep in 3 overtimes: Live score updates from the 2024 FHSAA Class 4A boys basketball state semifinals (2/29/2024)
LAKELAND, FLORIDA – The battle is on for a spot in the FHSAA Class 4A boys basketball state championship game as North Broward Prep of Coconut Creek faces Gibbs of St. Petersburg in a state semifinal contest from the RP Funding Center in Lakeland.
The winner advances to the Class 4A state final, on Saturday at 3:00 p.m. against the winner of Thursday's other semifinal contest - Andrew Jackson (Jacksonville) vs. The Villages (Orlando).
FLORIDA BOYS BASKETBALL SCOREBOARD
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Below is our Live Update Feed created and updated as the contest progresses. Read from the bottom up to follow the action chronologically from beginning to end.
Live Updates:
FINAL: GIBBS 58, NORTH BROWARD PREP 55, 3OT
- NBP'S Enrico Borio had a tremendous 30-point, 10-rebound game, but the Gladiators would not be denied.
- Oneal Delancy led Gibbs with 15 points, while Jacob Daniels and Isaiah Medina scored 12 each. Bobby Crawford had 6 points and 8 rebounds.
- Raul Perez Ruiz finished with 11 points and 8 rebounds for North Broward Prep.
3RD OVERTIME
- Raul Perez misses a three point attempt and Gibbs rebounds. The Gladiators win and advance to the 4A state championship game, 58-55.
- NBP fouls in the inbounds play. Isaiah Medina hits two to stretch the Gibbs lead to 58-55. NBP calls timeout. They still have a chance to tie with 3-seconds left.
- Jacob Daniels comes up with a steal on the inbounds play and Gibbs calls timeout. The Gladiators have the ball with five seconds left and a chance to close this out.
- Gibbs holds down to 6 seconds and Borio commits his fourth foul. Jacob Daniels makes one of two free throws and the Gladiators lead 56-55 with six seconds to go. Timeout Gibbs.
- The Eagles turn the ball over and possession goes over to Gibbs with 1:24 to play.
- The clock has quickly wound down to 1:34 to play in the third overtime with NBP hanging onto possession before calling timeout.
2ND OVERTIME
- Delancy missed a three with 1 second left. These two exhausted teams are gearing up for a third overtime.
- Borio turns it over. Gibbs has a chance to hold it for the last shot. 30 seconds left.
- Oneal Delancy makes both to tie the game, 55-55. He has 15 points.
- Borio commits his second foul. Gibbs is back at the line with 1:03 to go.
- Borio has reached the 30-point mark as he gives NBP a 55-53 lead with 1:58 remaining in this OT.
- We've played 1:05 of the second overtime and the score is still tied, 53-53.
- NBP's Enrico Borio leads all scores with 27 points. He also has a game-high 8 rebounds. Oneal Delancy has 13 points to lead Gibbs.
1ST OVERTIME
- Hoffman misses a three with 4 seconds left and Gibbs rebounds. We will have a second overtime.
- Bobby Crawford hits both free throws. 53-53.
- Dylan Hoffman commits his fourth personal foul with 13 seconds. Gibbs is at the line with a chance to tie.
- Borio is fouled and makes both attempts. NBP back on top, 53-51, with 26 seconds left. Timeout.
- Ruiz misses a layup attempt and Crawford clears the rebound for Gibbs. However, Hoffman steals it back for NBP. 45 seconds left.
- The teams trade possessions. NBP calls timeout with 1:01 remaining in this overtime period.
- Jacob Daniels answers for Gibbs. He has 11 points. Tied again, 51-51. 1:21 remaining.
- Borio scores again. He has 26. NBP holds a two-point lead, 51-49, with 1:46 left.
- Enrico Borio gives NBP the lead, but Isaiah Medina counters for Gibbs. It's 49-49 with 2:29 to play in OT.
- 4 minutes for a shot at the state championship game.
4TH QUARTER
- Jacob Daniels misses a 3-point attempt for Gibbs as the fourth quarter clock expires. We're going to overtime.
- We have just four seconds left and Gibbs has call timeout.
- Ruiz ties it for NBP with a layup. 47-47 with 1:04 to go. He now has 11 points.
- Gibbs once trailed by 12. Now, the Gladiators lead 47-45 as Delancy stays hot with a 3-pointer. He has 13. 1:33 to go. Gibbs calls timeout.
- Bobby Crawford scores on a jumper. Gibbs is now down just 1-point. 45-44 with 1:58 to play in regulation.
- Jacob Daniels pulls the Gladiators even closer with a free throw. It's a 3-point game, 45-42. NBP calls timeout with 2:50 left on the clock.
- Maynor hits second consecutive three-points and Daniels follows with two. Gibbs trails 45-41 with 3:08 left in the game.
- Borio is the man. He now has 22 points. NBP up 45-36. 4:25 left.
- Fernando Maynor hits a clutch 3-point for Gibbs. It's 43-36, NBP, with 4:38 left in the fourth quarter. Time out North Broward Prep.
- Enrico Borio adds his 19th and 20th points from the stripe. NBP extends its lead to 10 once again, 43-33.
- Raul Perez Ruiz adds two for the Eagles. NBP up 41-33.
- Mathis Roberts hits a free throw as Gibbs gets back within two possession. It's 39-33 with 6:44 remaining.
- Jacob Daniels starts Gibbs off with a driving score. The Gladiators hanging around. They trail 39-32.
- Here we go. The final quarter is underway.
3RD QUARTER
- Oneal Delancy (10 points) connects for a Gibbs' 3-pointer with 13-seconds left in the quarter, but Sameul Cano adds a basket for NBP just before the horn. NBP leads 39-30 after three quarters.
- Ronald Williams gets up court for a quick layup for Gibbs and the Gladiators call timeout with 1:38 left in the third. They trail by 10, 37-27.
- Enrico Borio having a game, he add two more. The Eagles have their biggest lead at 12, 37-25.
- NBP's Samuel Cano gets his first basket of the contest, as the Eagles lead by 10 for the third time, 35-25.
- Delancy gets the two back with a pair of free throws for Gibbs, which trails 33-25.
- Enrico Borio collects a pair of free throws to push his game-high point total to 16. NBP back up by 10, 33-23. 2:59 left in the quarter.
- Ruiz converts a layup for NBP. There is a timeout with 3:41 to play in the third and the Eagles leading, 31-23.
- Gibbs gets back on the board with a basket by Isaiah Medina. Gladiators trail 29-23.
- Dylan Hoffman now has three fouls for NBP.
- Ruiz gets a free throw for NBP, which continues to lead, 29-21.
- Gibbs gets a much needed 3-pointer, out of a timeout, from Oneal Delancy. It's 28-21 in favor of NBP.
- Enrico Bario adds his second dunk on a feed from Baxley. He has 14 and the Eagles open up a 10-point lead, 28-18. 6:02 to play in the quarter.
- Ryan Baxley nails a three to push NBP's lead to 26-18. 6:46 remaining in the third.
- Francesco Bario just picked up his third personal foul with 7:19 left in the third quarter.
- We're set for the start of the second half.
HALFTIME: NORTH BROWARD PREP 23, GIBBS 18
- Enrico Borio led NBP in the first half with 12 points, 4 rebounds, 2 blocks and an assist. Francesca Borio had 3 points and 3 rebounds, while Raul Perez Ruiz had 3 points and 4 rebounds.
- Isaiah Medina paced Gibbs with six points.
- North Broward Prep shot 44% from the field, while Gibbs only shot 29.6%. The teams combined to go just 1-for-15 from beyond the 3-point arc.
2ND QUARTER
- Bobby Crawford sinks two free throws for Gibbs, but Borio scores again for NBP. Eagles lead 23-18 as the first half ends.
- Enrico Borio is the first player to reach double figures (10 points), scoring on a fast-break dunk off a Ruiz steal. NBP leads 21-16.
- The efficiency of both teams has slowed considerably late in this second quarter. Still 19-16 with 1:18 left in the half.
- Isaiah Medina breaks a little slow patch for Gibbs. He has six points and the Gladiators are back within three. 19-16. There is a timeout with 2:41 remaining the quarter.
- Jacob Daniels gets Gibbs back on the board. It trails, 19-14 with 4:48 left in the second quarter.
- Raul Perez Ruiz nets his second field goal. NBP now up seven, 19-12.
- Borio is heating up. His jumper gives him 8 points and NBP a lead of 17-12. 6:36 left in the first half.
1ST QUARTER
- Another score from Borio pushes the Eagles lead to three, 15-12, as the first quarter comes to a close.
- A 3-pointer by Ryan Baxter gives NBP a 13-12 lead.
- Oneal Delancy has his first basket and Gibbs leads again, 12-10. Under a minute to play in the quarter.
- Dylan Hoffman picks up his second personal foul and goes to the bench.
- Gibbs' Roberts now has four points as does NBP's Borio. Tied again, 10-10.
- Medina with his second basket for Gibbs is countered by two straight from NBP's Francesco Borio. We're tied at 8-8. 3:34 left in the first quarter.
- Jacob Daniels and Isaiah Medina score baskets around one from NBP's Raul Perez Ruiz. Gibbs leads 6-4.
- NBP gets on the board first with a jumper from Enrico Borio and Gibbs counters with a hoop from Mathis Roberts. Tied 2-2 with 6:24 to play in the first.
- We're underway on time and have played more than a minute with no score.
NORTH BROWARD PREP VS. GIBBS
- Tip-off is scheduled for 11:00 a.m.
