FAIRFIELD, Ohio On Tuesday night, Fairfields boys basketball team was trailing Middletown by a point. <\/p>\n
It was 56-55 with four seconds on the clock. <\/p>\n
Lucas Davids prepared to inbound the ball for Fairfield on their final possession of the night the full court ahead of him. <\/p>\n
There was little doubt who would be taking the last shot of the night. <\/p>\n
Junior guard, Kameron Sanders is a top-5 scorer in the Greater Miami Conference this season, and already has a history of game-winning shots. <\/p>\n
Last season, Sanders drained a buzzer-beater on the road at Lakota West, to break a tie game and lift Fairfield to victory. <\/p>\n
Sure enough, Davids passed the ball to Sanders, who dribbled it up the sideline, past one defender, and across the midcourt stripe. <\/p>\n
Middletown had a foul to give, and Fairfield had a timeout to take but both teams allowed the final possession play-out. <\/p>\n
I had to speed-dribble fast, recalled Sanders. I knew I had to get down the court. <\/p>\n
Sanders considered passing to a teammate, but the clock was ticking. <\/p>\n
Dave (Daviawne Crim) was wide open. But there was 1.4 seconds left. So I knew this had to go up, and I had to make it, said Sanders. <\/p>\n
Sanders stopped his feet, and pulled-up from beyond what would be beyond NBA range. <\/p>\n
With the running shot, people would say thats luck, said Sanders. That was going in from the start. <\/p>\n
Sure enough, the ball deflected off the backboard, and fell through the net as the buzzer sounded. <\/p>\n
Everybody rushed me, said Sanders. <\/p>\n
After his buzzer-beater at Lakota West last year, Sanders got knocked-down before his team piled-on in celebration. <\/p>\n
My one objective was not to get knocked down, and stay on my feet, laughed Sanders. <\/p>\n
His prior buzzer-beating experience paid off. Sanders stayed on his feet by leaning against the railing at the front of the bleachers, as his teammates ambushed him. <\/p>\n
When asked if he called bank as he shot the ball (a well-known phrase and custom in basketball) Sanders said, \"No, I didn't call bank. But the bank was open, so I'll take it.\" <\/p>\n
So what's the secret? If anyone understands the anatomy of a buzzer-beater, Sanders does, by now. <\/p>\n
\"It's being prepared for the moment; being able to take the shot. Live with the results the miss or make and having a coach that trusts you,\" said Sanders. <\/p>\n
His teammate, Crim who was wide-open on the play was one of the first players to storm across the court and celebrate with Sanders. <\/p>\n
That just shows what kind of team we have. Everybody rushing over, coach is happy. It doesnt get better than that. <\/p>\n
With the win, Fairfield improved to 5-5 in GMC play; just two games out of second place in the conference. <\/p>\n
Sanders is a junior with several division one college basketball scholarship offers, and plans to study engineering in college. <\/p>\n
He's already got a knack for engineering some epic finishes to high school basketball games. <\/p>\n
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