Florida high school boys basketball Class 1A semifinal: Victory Christian vs. North Tampa Christian

Follow along with the live updates from the Class 1A boys basketball semifinal live from the RP Funding Center in Lakeland.

Victory Christian Academy 2028 CG Quinton Wilson / Ross Van Griek

Lakeland Victory Christian will face North Florida Christian in the second 1A boys semifinal of the day. The winner will square off against the winner of the Jacksonville Impact Christian vs Weston Sagemont class for the 1A state championship Thursday at 7 p.m.

Teams	1	2	3	4	1 OT	2 OT	3 OT	4 OT	Final
Victory	8	7	6	18	5	6	9	6	65
N. Tampa	16	8	9	6	5	6	9	4	63

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Welcome. Victory Christian and North Tampa are off and running in the boys Class 1A semifinal. North Tampa converts and opens up the scoring with a 2-0 lead.

Caleb Sanders cans a 3-pointer and North Tampa opens up a 10-2 first quarter lead at the 3 minute mark.

The first quarter went very quickly and North Tampa wasted no time jumping out to a 16-8 lead.

North Tampa was 4-of-8 from 3-point land in the first quarter, getting 3-pointers from AJ Jones, Caleb Sanders, Brodey Cuffle and Nathan Earl.

HALFTIME

North Tampa heads to the halftime lockerroom with a 24-15 lead.

Toni Bryant led North Tampa with six points in the first half. He shot 50 percent from the field but was 0-2 from behin the 3-point arc.

Tucker Fox led Victory with six points in the first half. He also dished out two assists.

THIRD QUARTER

North Tampa calls a 30 second timeout, leading 25-17 with 5:29 remaining in the third quarter.

Caleb Sanders cans back-to-back 2-point buckets to give North Tampa a 12-point lead, 29-17, with 4:10 remaining in the third quarter.

Earlier today, two-time defending state champions Weston Sagemont defeated Jacksonvile Impact Christian, 66-53. The winner of this game will face Sagmeont for the 1A state title at 7 p.m. Thursday.

Toni Bryant just canned a pair of three throws to give North Tampa a 33-19 lead with two minutes remaining in the third quarter.

That's the end of the third quarter and North Tampa increases its lead to 33-21 over Victory Christian.

FOURTH QUARTER

Victory Christian guard Jozia Scott explodes with two buckets, the second off a steal to cut the North Tampa lead to 33-26 with 7 minutes remaining in the game.

Victory Christian guard Quinton Wilson scores on a nifty reverse layup to narrow the North Tampa lead to 33-28 with 5:31 remaining. North Tampa calls for a timeout.

Third period stats are in. McCalla led Victory Christian with 11 points and five rebounds while Toni Bryant led North Tampa with 11 points and one assist.

AJ Cunningham just canned a 3-pointer for Victory Christian with 4:01 left in the game to pull the Storm witin four at 35-31.

Victory guard Jozia Scott hits a pair of free throws to narrow the North Tampa lead to 37-33 with 2:42 left in the game.

Victory is sizzling now. Quinton Wilson cans a 3-pointer from the corner to pull the Storm within a point at 37-36 with 2:22 left in the game.

Victory Christian takes its first lead of the game on a 3-pointer by Tucker Fox, 39-37 with 1:31 left in the game.

There's a timeout on the court with the score tied 39-39. North Tampa has the ball when play resumes with 20.4 seconds left in the game.

Unreal: North Tampa accidentally threw the ball out of bounds with four seconds remaining and the score tied 39-39. Victory will get a chance at a last shot.

Victory's buzzer beater shot attempt clanged off the rim and this game is going to overtime., tied 39-39.

OVERTIME

Victory trakes an early overtime lead 40-39 after a free throw.

Victory outscored North Tampa 18-6 in the fourth quarter.

North Tampa opened up a 44-40 lead but Quition Wilson canned a 3-pointer to narrow the lead back down to 44-43 with 1:10 left in overtime.

Victory gard Tucker Fox hit one of two free throws to tie the game 44-44 with 54 seconds left. North Tampa played for a final shot but it banged off the rim and the game is headed to a second overtime.

SECOND OVERTIME

46-46 with 2:52 left.

North Tampa Christian calls timeout leading 50-48 with 1:06 left in the second overtime.

North Tampa Christian calls timeout with the game knotted 50-50 with 11.8 seconds left.

North Tampa's shot at the buzzer misses and this game is headed to a third overtime session, tied 50-50.

THIRD OVERTIME

Victory Christian guard Jozia Scott hits two free throws to give the Storm a 56-52 lead with 1:30 left.

Trailing 59-57 with four seconds left, Victory Christian stole the inbounds pass and converted a layup to tie the score 59-59 at the buzzer. We are going to a fourth overtime.

FOURTH OVERTIME

AJ Cunningham connects on a long-range 3-pointer wtih 53 seconds left to pull Victory Christian with one point. North Tampa leads 63-62.

Tucker Fox cans a long-range 3-point shot at the buzzer to deliver Victory Christian a thrilling 65-63 fourth overtime win over North Tampa Christian.

Victory Christian will face two-time defending state champion 2A Weston Sagemont in the 1A state championship game Thursday at 7 p.m.

WRAP UP

Victory Christian was led by Tucker Fox with 17 points and five 3-point buckets. McCalla added 16 points and Quinton Wilson scored 13.

North Tampa was led by Caleb Sanders with 19 points while Toni Bryant scored 14.

Victory Christian will be making its first appearance in a state championship basketball game.