Georgetown boys basketball captured its first district championship in 15 years Saturday afternoon with a 58-49 win over Versailles at Fifth Third Arena.
It was Georgetown's first-ever Division III district title and its first appearance since 2015. Georgetown won a Division IV state championship in 2017. Versailles was making its fifth consecutive district finals appearance.
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Versailles (22-2) had won eight straight games since suffering its only loss of the regular season.
"It feel great," Georgetown head coach Cory Copas said. "I told them at the start of the fourth quarter that we've been through a lot of adversity. I said, 'I don't know how we're gonna do it, but we're gonna find a way,' and we did. I'm just so proud of them."
Georgetown committed four turnovers on its first six possessions of the game and trailed out of the gates, 7-0. The G-Men climbed out of that early hole and took a 24-21 lead midway through the second quarter on a 3-pointer from Aiden McGinnis.
The game featured 11 total lead changes, with Versailles leading by as many as eight (41-33) in the third quarter after senior guard Noah McEldowney hit his third triple of the game.
Georgetown responded with a 9-0 run that stretched into the fourth quarter, then took the lead for good on senior Blaise Burrow's lay-up to make it 46-45. McGinnis and senior forward Nate Kratzer followed with consecutive three-pointers consecutive three-pointers to make it 52-45 with 2:18 to play.
The G-Men were led by junior guard Carson Miles, a third-team all-district selection who scored a game-high 28 points and was 6-for-6 from the foul line down the stretch.
"Any time you make a tournament run you have to have good guard play," Copas said. "I think he (Miles) is extremely underrated, he plays his butt off and we ask him to do a lot. He's a great kid, a great leader and I'm proud of him and what these guys have accomplished."
Georgetown 58, Versailles 49
Georgetown (21-3): Miles 9 10 28, Burrows 2 1 5, McGinnis 4 0 11, Malott 1 0 2, Kratzer 5 0 12. Totals: 21 11 58.
Versailles (22-2): N. McEldowney 5 0 14, E. McEldowney 3 0 6, Ruhenkamp 2 2 7, Litten 3 6 14, Stonebraker 2 4 8. Totals: 15 12 49.
Halftime: V 31-25. 3-pointers: G 5 (McGinnis 3, Kratzer 2), V 7 (N. McEldowney 4, Litten 2, Ruhenkamp)
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