Team of the Week: East Lansing boys basketball wins state championship
EAST LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – A magical season ended with a state championship for the East Lansing boys basketball team.
The Trojans took down Wayne Memorial, 66-44, on Saturday to win the Division 1 state championship and the program’s first since 1958.
After having the last two seasons end in the state quarterfinals, seventh-year head coach Ray Mitchell knew this year had a chance to be special.
“When I took the job,” Mitchell said. “I knew Cam (Hutson) and JL (Branson) was coming. Then I looked down the line and knew Kingston (Thomas) was coming, and luckily, we got KJ (Torbert) and that was like the icing on the cake.”
“I felt like my group of seniors was the most talented age group since we were freshmen, and we just needed the experience,” Hutson said. “After our sophomore and junior years, I knew this was going to be the year. We had the pieces, we have the talent, we just had to get it done and we did this year.”
While players like Hutson, Branson and point guard BJ Windham are set to graduate, the Trojans will return Torbert for his senior season and Thomas for his junior season.
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