Philadelphia: Only four teams remained for a chance to win $1 million and they would make their way to the City of Philadelphia to see who would be the champions. The games would take place on the campus of Drexel University between Eberlein Drive, Forever Coogs, LaFamilla and Carmen’s Crew.
In the first semifinal, the featured teams were the Eberlein Drive against the Forever Coogs
How the game went:
In the first half, Forever Coogs would jump out early and would take control most of the half. At times, Eberlein Drive would go a couple scoring runs to cut into the lead.
One of the plays from the first half was this monster dunk:
NO HOLDING BACK HERE 💪 @taethomas35 x @ForeverCoogsTBT x @thetournament pic.twitter.com/PPk384kfkZ
— FOX College Hoops (@CBBonFOX) August 3, 2024
Forever Coogs would take a 40-37 lead into halftime. Based on how things went, could Eberlein Drive make the changes to get back into the game?
In the second half, the Coogs would keep the pressure on but Eberlein would go on a big run and cut the lead to 2 at 68-66.
It was at the point where it went to target score to win the game. The target score for this game was 76 points.
The drive would have their Sportscenter Top 10 Moment with this Massive Dunk
OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG
THROW THAT SH** DOWN NATE ROBERTS!!!
WHAT A PLAY!! WHAT A GAME! pic.twitter.com/fp08kHB1Di
— TBT (@thetournament) August 3, 2024
Houston would go on to win the game 76-73 with the winning shot coming from Rob Gray.
IT’S THE COOOOOOGS!!! 🐾 ‼️ THEY ARE GOING TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP! @ForeverCoogsTBT x @thetournament x @UHCougarMBK pic.twitter.com/MRfv5onRR9
— FOX College Hoops (@CBBonFOX) August 3, 2024
Postgame:
Houston’s Rob Gray on hitting the game-winner to make the finals:
In the other semifinal, Carmen’s Crew, which is a team of Ohio State alumni would take down La Familia, who are the Kentucky alumni.
After the game, Carmen’s Crew’s Jamel Morris opens up about hitting the game-winner to be one win from $1 million:
