After missing the entire season with an ankle injury, ballyhooed prep phenom Baba Oladotun returned in dramatic fashion for James Hubert Blake.
Oladotun’s go-ahead layup with six seconds left lifted the Bengals to a 66-64 overtime win over Meade in the Maryland Class 4A boys basketball semifinals. Oladotun, who is committed to play for Maryland next year, scored 11 points in his first appearance of the season.
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Blake will now face Walt Whitman for the state championship March 12 at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Whitman edged C.H. Flowers 69-62 to set up the all Montgomery County final. The two teams met in the regular season, with Blake getting a 67-55 win.
In the Class 3A semifinal, Magruder defeated Frederick 60-57 in overtime. The Colonels forced the extra period with a 3-pointer at the buzzer from sophomore Alan Burt. Magruder will play South River for the state championship March 12 at UMBC.
