Historic Moments - Omaha Bryan vs Fremont 2019

Late in the 4th quarter of this game, you can hear on the film a fan yelling "You gotta get a stop and play defense! Play defense!"

Nobody listened.

Coming into the game, this wasn't expected to be such a historic game. Neither team's stats were impressive. Both teams were winless coming into the game. Omaha Bryan had losses to Omaha North, Omaha Northwest, and Creighton Prep. They were only averaging 51 points a game through their 1st 3 games. Fremont had losses to Bellevue West, Lincoln Northeast, and Grand Island. They were only scoring 46.6 points a game. On paper, neither offense was very high-powered. Fremont shot at around 37%, while Omaha Bryan shot a decent 48%. But there was something about the matchup of these two teams that just clicked that day.

Fremont won the tip, and was called for a travel after just 6 dribbles. Not the dream start to any game. Omaha Bryan would come down court with their first possession. Jay'lin Spears had a nice left-handed hesitation dribble that opened up the lane for him. He drove in, took the layup, the shot hung on the rim for a few seconds, and rolled off. De'Andre Clayton was there for the offensive board, and he put it right back in for the game's first basket. Fremont would score on their next possession with a Massimo Lojing layup. Then Jai'lyn Spears came down and had his first points of the game on a lefty layup. That would be the first of many baskets for Spears. The teams would go back and forth for the first quarter, and at the end of the first, it was 26-17 Fremont.

Omaha Bryan got out to a fast 2nd quarter start. With a Darwin Lofton 3, a Jay'lin Spears layup, a Lam Kuany 3, and a Darwin Lofton layup, Bryan took a 27-26 lead less than 2 minutes into the 2nd quarter. Fremont would quickly retake the lead with a Carter Sintek 3. Omaha Bryan would score 30 points in the 2nd quarter, compared to Fremont's 18. The halftime score was 47-44. A high-scoring game so far, but nothing jaw-dropping. Fremont shot 4/6 from 3 in the second quarter, and Omaha Bryan was 4/5 from 3. The difference was the 2 point field goals. Omaha Bryan shot 7/10 from 2, while Fremont was 0/9 in the quarter. The 3 leading scorers at halftime were Jai'lyn Spears (14), Lam Kuang (13) and Darwin Lofton/Carter Sintek (11).

The 3rd quarter was very similar to the 1st quarter. Bryan scored the 1st 2 baskets, with 2 layups coming from De'Andre Clayton. Fremont responded with a corner 3 from Connor Richmond. Those 3 baskets were a part of a stretch where the teams had 7 possessions in a row that lasted under 15 seconds and ended with a made basket. It was now 56-51 Omaha Bryan ahead. Fremont would then retake the lead after 2 Carter Sintek layups. A 3 from Caden Curry (Fremont), a Carter Sintek 3, and a 3 from Tywon Terrell (Omaha Bryan) made the score 63-62 Fremont. By the end of the 3rd quarter, it was 69-66 Fremont. Both teams had already reached their season high of points through only 24 minutes of play. And the scoring was far from over.

To start off the scoring barrage in the 4th, Omaha Bryan senior Guanahar Nhial hit a nice kick-out 3 from the top of the key to tie it up at 69. Fremont would answer with a 3 of its own, courtesy of Carter Sintek. The game would continue its back-and-forth pace until about 3 and a half minutes left in the game. This is where everything would accelerate. Fast.

The score was 84-78, Omaha Bryan with the lead and the ball off of a missed Fremont free throw. Tywon Terrel threw the ball from the opposite 3 point line to a wide open Darwin Lofton for an easy layup to make it 86-78. Then this took place.

3:06 - Caden Curry (Fremont) layup (86-80)

2:58 - Jai'lyn Spears layup (88-80)

2:47 - Caden Curry layup (88-82)

2:39 - Jai'lyn Spears layup (90-82)

2:28 - Micah Moore (Fremont) layup (90-84)

2:18 - Jaylin Spears layup (92-84)

2:12 - Massimo Lojing 3pt (92-87)

This was a stretch of 15 points in :54 seconds. Almost Tracy McGrady-esque. This means a basket was scored about once every 7.5 seconds. If you kept that pace up for a whole game, the score would be somewhere around the 270's for both teams. That may seem like fake math, but it's real. It just shows how mind blowingly fast that stretch was.

1:44 - Micah Moore 2/2 Free Throws (92-89)

1:34 - Jai'lyn Spears layup (94-89)

1:20 - Abdi Bashir 2/2 Free Throws (96-89)

1:10 - Darwin Lofton 2/2 Free Throws (98-89)

:55.2 - Darwin Lofton 1/2 Free Throws (99-89)

:45.5 - Carter Sintek 3pt (99-92)

:33.7 - Micah Moore layup (99-94)

:25.5 - Lam Kuang 2/2 Free throws (101-94)

:17.9 - Caden Curry layup (101-96)

:8.2 - Carter Sintek 3pt (101-99)

:3.3 - Jai'lyn Spears 2/2 Free Throws (103-99)

:0.0 - Massimo Lojing - 3pt (103-102)

The teams combined for 70 4th quarter points. Omaha Bryan with 37, Fremont with 33. A halfcourt shot at the buzzer made it so both teams finished over the century mark. When the shot went in, Fremont coach Joe Tynon smiled and shook his head. “It’s the first time we executed offensively for four quarters,” He said after the game. And boy did they execute, as did Omaha Bryan.

Both teams shot 61% from the floor. Fremont hit 15 3-pointers, tied for 7th most in a single game in state history, 3, including 7/14 from sophomore Carter Sintek. He finished with 33 points, a career high for him. Omaha Bryan had a star of their own. Junior guard Jai'lyn Spears set a new school record with 42 points. He was 16/23 from 2, 2/3 from 3, and 6/8 from the line. Darwin Lofton had 19 points on 63% shooting. Fremont senior Massimo Lojing finished 1 assist shy of a triple-double (17 points, 10 rebounds, 9 assists). Fremont had 5 players in double figures, while Omaha Bryan had 4. The teams combined for 205 points, 10th-most in a single non-OT game in state history, and the highest-scoring regulation game in Class A History. This game will for sure go down in the history books.