Carmel Christian beat rival Providence Day to advance to Saturday’s state final. Hear what Khamani Wertz, Bryce Cash and coach Joe Badgett had to say.

By Langston Wertz Jr. / The Charlotte Observer

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Uh coach just talked to talk a lot about Kind of the rotations and uh I think Jaden and Bryce did a really good job Finding me finding it open and I was Able to make shots tonight so it's your Senior year you advance to the state Championship you know what's your Emotions like right now uh I mean I'm Excited for sure but you know can't get Too high can get too low because we know We got one more and that's our goal yeah It's been a long journey I mean it's a Freshman year to now man I mean I just Been blessed to be able to play here at Carmel and it's been fun man yes sir Um [Applause] Well game of running so we knew they're Gonna give us their best shot so we got To come back and stay poised and play Our defense I mean that's what we that's Really what it came down to once we did That we were good we let them get a run And then at the end of the second Quarter where it could have been 20 and It goes in at 12 you know and then they Come back out and they swing it in the Third momentum ships and you know it's Just a game of basketball and you just Have to figure out okay how tough is Your team when it's adversity uh time And we suck it up the kids locked back In defensively you know and then Jayden And Jaden and Bryce did a great job I

Thought they were pressing offensively Early Um trying to trying to go against that Gap man and we were telling them you Know at halftime we talked about it Again like dude you're not going to get The first one there's somebody waiting So you gotta look opposite and in most Cases opposite was in the first quarter Opposite was Jackson Burnham who was on Fire and kamani was making shots as well And then needed the stretch in the Second half opposite happened to be Commanding and he's one of the best Shooters I've ever seen and he just kept Knocking him down and then they say you Know Mike Marcus makes a big one Bryce Cash makes a big one Jade mustache makes A big one and at the same time our Defense is still locked in which is what We're about anyway and uh you know they Just turn it and so it was all the kids Man they just they just locked in and They won the game and you know they want To get to this point and then we just Got to prepare and get ready for a great Price

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