Despite a valiant effort, the San Quentin Warriors basketball fell 98-97 in overtime to the outside team Imago Dei.
The Warriors nearly pulled off another in a string of victories over the visitors until Imago Dei rallied back for a fourth quarter tie.
The San Quentin Warriors played a tense game of score for score full court basketball. The game started at a quick pace that did not let up throughout four quarters. Even though the players of Imago Dei found themselves down and surely beaten by the Warriors by 11 points late in the fourth quarter, they dug deep and rallied, hitting back to back three-pointers and came within two points.
As Imago Dei (Latin for Image of God) regained possession of the basketball with seconds left. Steve Diekman of Imago Dei was fouled and dropped in two clutch free throws that tied the game, sending it into overtime.
With the game tied at three seconds left in overtime, a Warriors player committed another crucial foul on Diekman and he came through in the clutch again, making one out of two free throws. The Warriors then heaved up a desperation shot from half court just to watch the shot fall short as Imago Dei won 98-97.
Steve Diekman finished with 31 points for Imago Dei and Delvone “Chiccen” Winfrey finished with 34 points for the Warriors.
During half time a player of Imago Dei shared a Bible scripture, John 3:16, and talked about the love of God to both teams and the crowd.
