Benjamin Russell held the ball with 55 seconds remaining.
Held in a literal sense, because with the score knotted at 65-65 between the Wildcats and Sylacauga in boys basketball action, Benjamin Russell was passing around the perimeter, trying to drain out the clock so it got the last shot as the Aggies flung themselves at every pass.
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