Williston beats Hilliard for 1A title: Live score updates from the 2024 FHSAA Class 1A boys basketball state championship game (3/1/2024)
LAKELAND, FLORIDA – The state title is on the line as Williston and Hilliard clash for the FHSAA Class 1A boys basketball state championship this evening at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland.
Williston advanced with a 63-30 rout of Chipley and Hilliard reached the final with a 49-36 win over Crossroad Academy in Friday’s semifinal contests.
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:
4TH QUARTER
- FINAL: Williston 61, Hilliard 53
- Rodriguez scores the layup and is fouled, makes free throw, 59-50
- White scores on a layup plus is fouled, 54-49 with 1:29 left
- Warthen makes the layup and gets fouled, 52-49 with 2:16 left
- Brown with a put back, 52-46
- Quincy Parker with the floater, 50-46
- Williston leads 48-46 with 3:49 left
- Hilliard calls a full timeout, 4:34 remaining
- Hall makes both free throws, Hilliard 46-44
- Game tied at 44-all, 6:09 remaining
- Hilliard takes the lead at 44-43
- Brown with a layup, Williston 43-41
- Thomas with the free throw line jumper, tied game at 41-41
3RD QUARTER
- end of the third quarter: Williston 41, Hilliard 39
- Hall knocks down a 3-pointer, 39-37
- Malcolm Warthen gets the layup, Williston up 39-34
- Harvey makes a 3-pointer and then gets a steal, layup, 39-30
- 3-pointer made by Bradyn Seldomridge, 34-30
- White makes a strong drive to the rim and gets the layup, 34-27
- Deandre Harvey slams home a dunk, 32-25
- Kevin Thomas steps to the line and makes 1-of-2 free throws, 30-25
2ND QUARTER
- HALFTIME: Williston 28, Hilliard 24
- Hall knocks down a 3-pointer, 26-24
- Hall makes a difficult reverse layup, 24-21
- Hall hits on a short jumper, 24-19
- Its Lamb for another layup, 24-17
- Lamb with a layup, Williston ahead 22-17
- Hall with a bank shot basket, 18-15
- Hall with the spin and the layup, 18-13
- Rodriguez makes two free throws, lead now 18-11
- White with a layup to extend Williston's lead to 14-9
1ST QUARTER
- end of the quarter: Williston 12, Hilliard 9
- Javon Brown with the alley-oop dunk followed by Kyler Lamb slam, Williston 10-6
-Aramys Rodriguez with the layup, 6-6
- CJ Hall with the basket, Hilliard 6-4
- Reggie White scores on a layup, 4-4
- Hilliard leads 4-2, 5:20 left in the quarter
- Brown scores for Williston, 2-2
- Anthony Thomas with the bucket, Hilliard 2-0
- Hilliard wins the opening tip and we are underway
WILLISTON VS. HILLIARD
- Tip-off is scheduled for 8:00 p.m.
