Five seconds remained on the clock. Federal Way High School trailed by one in the Washington state championship game. Ferron Flavors Jr. told the coaches he wanted the ball, picked the play he wanted and was ready to take the game-winning jump shot.
But instead of coming off the screen then taking the shot, Flavors went off-script and drove straight to the rim — something no one expected.
“Obviously, in the state, in our area, everyone knows who Ferron was, that he’s a shooter,” Federal Way coach Yattah Reed said. “So they ran out on him, so he put the ball on the ground, attacked the basket and shot a floater to hit the game-winner.