Tonganoxie ? With clutch plays on both ends of the floor in the final seconds, the Tonganoxie High boys basketball team pulled off a 57-56 victory over Metro Academy on Monday.

The Chieftains trailed by one in the final minute after the Mavericks’ Dalton Hardage buried a three-pointer with 27 seconds left, but THS junior center Dane Erickson grabbed an offensive rebound and was fouled 12 seconds later, sending him to the charity stripe, where he collected himself and drained a pair of free throws.

Metro worked the ball around in the final seconds looking for an open shot, and when it appeared the road team had found one, Tonganoxie senior Jeremy Carlisle swatted a potential go-ahead jumper in the left corner and time expired.

Erickson led Tonganoxie (2-2) with 19 points.

Metro Academy girls 50, Tonganoxie 47

Tonganoxie — The Chieftains went scoreless in the final two minutes.

Chieftains senior forward Danielle Miller stole the ball near mid-court and put in a layup with just more than two minutes left to give her a team-high 18 points, but THS couldn’t score for the remainder of the game.