Photos: Greenforest's guards are the difference in beating King's Ridge for the Class A Private state championship

Jalen Forrest and Florian Tenebay combine for 43 of Greenforest's 61 points.

Author:
Mike Swanson, SBLive Sports
Updated:
Mar 12, 2022 9:54 PM EST
Original:
Mar 12, 2022

Photos by Ed Turlington

Greenforest is known best for its twin 7-foot towers, but its guards came up big Saturday to score the fourth Class A Private state championship for the Eagles.

Jalen Forrest scored 26 points and Florian Tenebay added 17 to lead Greenforest to a 61-52 win over King's Ridge Christian.

Isaac Martin was lethal from 3-point range for King's Ridge, leading the Tigers with 18 points on 6-for-10 shooting from beyond the arc.

Micah Hoover added 16 points and seven rebounds, and the 6-foot-6 junior did an admirable job battling Greenforest 7-footers Gai Chol and DK Manyiel inside.

Greenforest won the rebounding battle 35-20, including 19 offensive boards, but the Eagles went 0-for-9 from 3-point range while the Tigers shot 10-for-23 from distance.