Adding to the biggest game in Tucson High School’s history since the 1969 Class AAA championship over Tempe was the appearance of Arizona’s Koa Peat, Brayden Burries, Bryce James, Tobe Awaka, Ivan Kharchenkov and Jaden Bradley to watch the Badgers play Peat’s alma mater Gilbert Perry in the 6A semifinal game on Wednesday night.
Tucson’s gym had an overflow crowd and it was a raucous scene when the Badgers went from a 14-point deficit with 6:08 remaining to only two points with 27 seconds left.
The seventh-seeded Pumas prevailed 69-64 over the No. 6 Badgers in a memorable night for Southern Arizona high school basketball…