FACS boys beat Goodpasture for first Division II-A TSSAA basketball state title

COOKEVILLE – First Assembly Christian School made school history Saturday night with its first TSSAA boys basketball state championship.

FACS beat Goodpasture 48-42 in the Division II Class A title game at Tennessee Tech's Hooper Eblen Center to avenge a loss to the Cougars in last year's state quarterfinals. It came two years after the Crusaders' runner-up finish in their only other championship-game appearance.

Mr. Basketball finalist Daniel Egbuniwe led all scorers with 22 points and grabbed nine rebounds to pace FACS (30-2). Jayden Jones had 14 to lead the Cougars (29-5).

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Goodpasture beat FACS 55-52 a year ago in the DII-A state quarterfinals en route to the program's first state championship.

The Cougars' runner-up finish came without Isaiah West, the top college basketball prospect in Tennessee for the Class of 2023 according to the 247Sports Composite. West missed the second half of the season after he sustained a knee injury in December. 

Timothy Thomas had nine points for FACS and Kobe Wilkes added eight points.

Reach Tom Kreager at 615-259-8089 or tkreager@tennessean.com and on Twitter @Kreager.