Duncanville gets late bucket to break tie, hold on to beat Allen in Class 6A DI semifinal game: Live updates recap

Duncanville advances to the state title game on Saturday after 77-74 win over Allen

Duncanville's Kaden Harris goes up for a layup during the first quarter of a Class 6A Division I state semifinal game in Coppell. | Cody Thorn / Cody Thorn

HOW TO WATCH ALLEN (34-1) vs. DUNCANVILLE (25-7)

What: UIL Class 6A Division I semifinal game

When: 7 p.m., March 4

Where: Coppell High School (sold out)

How to watch the live stream online: You can watch this game live on the NFHS Network.

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PREGAME PREVIEW

This game guarantees a Dallas-area team will be in the first-ever Class 6A Division I finals.

No. 2-ranked Allen will play No. 6-ranked Duncanville for a right to go to San Antonio for the finals on Saturday.

Allen is chasing it second state title after winning in the 2017-18 season. Duncanville has five recognized titles by UIL but was stripped of the 2021-22 title after winning due to use of an ineligible player.

Allen enters winners of 26 in a row and the only loss is to San Antonio Brennan on Nov. 22. Brennan and Bellaire play in the other semifinal tonight.

The Eagles have a balanced attack with four players scoring 10 points per game or more:

Antoine Shannon, 13.8

Trent Pane, 12.0

Deandre Thomas, 10.9

Antonio Shannon, 10.2

Five of Duncanville’s losses this season came against teams outside of Texas. Lancaster and Dallas Justin F. Kimball were the only losses to in-state foes. 

The Panthers have won 9 in a row entering this game. 

TCU signee Kayden ‘Bug’ Edwards is scoring 25.9 points per game for Duncanville. Christopher Hunt Jr. is averaging 13.6 points, while Beckham Black is next at 9.3 points per game. 

Black’s brother, Anthony, is a point guard for the Orlando Magic and his dad, Terry, is part of the Baylor Sports Hall of Fame and was an All-Big 12 pick in his two years playing basketball.

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Allen vs. Duncanville, Texas UIL girls 6A-I state semifinal; scoring, updates

We are 16 minutes from tip off. Crowd is filling in. All 2,000 seats sold out in less than a hour when they went on sale.

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FIRST QUARTER

Antoine Shannon with back to back 3s. Allen up 6-0 less than a minute into the game.

Deandre Thomas with a putup to make it 12-4

Duncanville with back-to-back 3s to make it 15-12. 2:26 left.

Antoine Shannon with a 3 for Allen. 18-12 with 2

Christopher Hunt Jr. with back-to-back baskets for Duncanville. Allen is now up 18-16

TCU pledge Kayden Edwards scores for Duncanville. 1:30 left. Allen up 21-18

A big 3 by Nmadi Ubawike for Allen; Khalil Walker follows with another next time down the court. It is quickly 27-18.

Beckham Black going to the line to shoot 2 for Duncanville. 6.2 left in 1st.

Actually he will get 3 due to a line violation on the second, which he initially missed. He made the do-over.

End of 1st: Allen 29, Duncanville 19

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SECOND QUARTER

Gary Jones nails a 3-pointer for the Panthers. Allen up 31-22 with 7:30. After Allen scores, Edwards hit a 3 from the top of the key. 33-25. 6:31 in 2Q

Hunt Jr. with a 3 for D'Ville. 33-30 with 4:45 left

Hunt going to the line to complete a 3-point play. He hits it. Allen 35, Duncanville 33, 4:30

Black hits a 3 and D'Ville leads for the firsti. 36-35. 2:33 left

Kaden Harris with putback on offensive rebound. That extends D'Ville lead to 38-35. Timeout by Allen. 2:24 in 2Q

Nemehia Lawrence with a steal and score for Allen. He draws a foul on the play too. He missed the FT though. Duncanville up 38-37 with 1:32 left

Deandre Thomas with the turnaround shot to give Allen the lead back 39-38. Duncanville answers on the other end with Edwards scoring.

Lawrence with a falling down bucket to help given Allen lead with 2 seconds left.

End of 2nd: Allen 41, Duncanville 40

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Black with a 3 for D'Ville. Panthers up 45-43 with 6:23 to go

Edwards follows with a 3 and the Panthers are up 48-43. The largest lead for them so far

Turnover by the Eagles and coach calls a timeout. Duncanville ball with 5:46 to go

Black with another basket for the Panthers. 50-43.

Allen turns the ball over and Hunt is fouled shooting a 3-pointer. 5:16 to go.

Hunt makes all 3. It's 53-43 now in favor of D'Ville.

Antoine Shannon hits a 3-pointer to stop the run for Allen. Duncanville 53-46. 4:31

Gary Jones grabbed a missed 3 and scores; draws a foul. He converts. 56-48. 3:54 to play in 3Q

Hunt Jr. comes out of game with an ankle injury.

Harris with an alley-oop dunk. Duncanville up 61-50 with 2:07 left.

Black drains a 3 from the corner with 1:19 left. Panthers are now up 14 with 1:13 left in 3Q

End of 3rd: Duncanville 65, Allen 55

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FOURTH QUARTER

Allen pulled within 67-64 but Black hits 1 of 2 FT on other end. 4:04 left

Foul on Allen. 3:31 left. Panthers up 68-66

Gary Jones draws 3rd foul for D'Ville. 3:06 left

Kaden Harris scored for Duncanville to make it 70-66. Panthers call a timeout

Thomas with a bucket in the paint for Allen 70-68: 2:30 left

What looks to have been a travel on Duncanville is negated. Refs says D'Ville bench calls timeout. Still 70-68. 1:48 to play

Off in bound plays, Edwards scores for Duncanville. 72-68. 1:45 to play

Allen turns it over and a timeout is called on the floor. 1:32 to play

Antoine Shannon for 3 with 1:21 left. Allen within 1, 72-71

Antonio Shanon with a 3. 55 seconds left. Eagles 74, Panthers 72

Duncanville just turns it over with 46.1 left. This place is getting loud

Duncanville going to the line with 41.8 seconds left. Jirehn Mitchell shooting one on a block call, though Allen bench seems to think it was a charge.

He makes it. Duncanville up 75-74

Allen misses a 3 with and Duncanville ball with the lead

12.7 left coming out of the break

Foul on Allen with 10 seconds left. That was the 5th foul on Allen.

Black hits the first to make it 76-74. He makes the second.

Foul on D'Vill with 7.1 left. They have three more to give

Allen calls a timeout with 3.9 left. Gotta thing this will be the game or it will extend the game.

A 3-pointer misses and Duncanville survives

Final: Duncanville 77, Allen 74

First loss for Allen since Nov. 22. No. 2 goes down.

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POSTGAME RECAP

Jirehn Mitchell made two of his biggest shots of the season for Duncanville.

The junior guard scored a layup and drew the foul with less than a minute left.

His free-throw conversion broke a tie for the final time and lifted Duncanville to a 77-74 win over Allen in front of a sellout crowd at Coppell High School. That was the only points form the Mitchell but they were big.

The No. 6-ranked Panthers got two additional free throws from Beckham Black with 10 seconds left to ice the win and a trip to San Antonio.

The Panthers (26-7) snapped Allen’s 26-game winning streak that dated back to Nov. 22 against No. 1 San Antonio Brennan.

Bellaire took care of Brennan in the other semifinal game to set up the first-ever Class 6A Division I finals. 

UIL switched to two divisions per class this season. 

Allen (34-2) had a chance for a game-tying three coming out of a timeout with 3.9 seconds left but the shot came up short.

Black grabbed the rebound to seal the win and gave Duncanville a trip back to San Antonio. The last time the Panthers were there, they won a state title, but it was later vacated by UIL.

The contest featured a hot start by Allen hitting five 3-pointers in the opening quarter. The Eagles led 29-19 after the first quarter but the lead was cut to 41-40 at halftime after Black and Christopher Hunt Jr. got hot for the Panthers in the second.

Duncanville went up by as much as 14 points in the third quarter and led by 10 going into the fourth.

Allen surged back and behind back-to-back 3s, first from Antoine Shannon and then Antonio Shannon, took a 74-72 lead with 55 seconds left.

The Eagles didn’t score again.

Mitchell’s three-point in the paint, which Allen argued was a charge and not a block, made the difference.

Allen missed a 3-pointer after Mitchell’s bucket and free throw and Duncanville ran the clock. Allen had to foul and Black hit both to make it a 3-point lead.

Black and Hunt each had 19. Edwards had 15 and Cam Smith scored 13 for the Panthers.

Antoine Shannon scored a game-high 28 for Allen. Thomas added 12.