FULTON Castons boys basketball team rallied for a big win over Class 3A Maconaquah on Thursday night.

Dustin Offenberger knocked down the game-winning shot with 17 seconds left to go to lift the Comets to a 53-52 win over the Braves.

The Comets improved to 10-7 and they are 9-1 on their home court. The Braves dropped to 4-10.

With the Comets trailing by one, Quentin Douglass drove and found Offenberger open from 16 feet for the game-winner.

Quentin made a great pass and I was just feeling it and shot it and it went in, said Offenberger, who scored a game-high 22 points in the win. Its definitely a key victory for us because we havent played a lot of great teams. Theyre a really good team and that was just a big win for us.

Following Offenbergers basket, Wyatt Hughes, the Braves 6-foot-6 freshman center, got the ball on the right block but his shot attempt went halfway down before bouncing out. Douglass got the rebound and was fouled with 1.7 seconds left. He missed the front end of a 1-and-1. K.J. Walton rebounded and called timeout with 0.8 seconds left for the Braves. Walton caught an inbounds pass near the top of the key and his turnaround 3-point attempt bounced off the backboard and rim as time expired.

The Braves led throughout the entire first three quarters but never by more than nine points. They led 31-25 at halftime before Caston cut the lead to 42-41 after three.

The Comets took their first lead, 47-44, on Offenbergers fourth 3 of the game with 5:50 remaining. The rest of the game was back and forth until Offenbergers game-winner.

Brayton Jellison had 15 points and five rebounds, and Douglass added nine points, seven rebounds and seven assists.

None of Douglass assists were bigger than on the game-winning shot.

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