Inside the home locker room at Upper Arlington High School, Dane Goodwin was surrounded by nearly every local media member in attendance Tuesday night and the 2018 Ohio State commit took a deep breath and leaned back against the wall.
"That was a long game," he said.
Goodwin certainly earned the right to be exhausted. He never checked out of the game and scored 35 points to help Upper Arlington knock off defending state champion Westerville South — led by another future Buckeye, 2017 signee Kaleb Wesson — in thrilling fashion, 68-67.
And while it was Goodwin's teammate, sophomore Max Martz, who hit the buzzer-beating 3-pointer to win the game, Tuesday was more about the show put on between the two players headed to Ohio State.