Junior twin Jared Embry off-balance shot in the paint bounced three times off the rim before rattling home Tuesday night at the final buzzer to beat the Kilgore Bulldogs, 51-49, and send the Paris Wildcats boys basketball team back to the regional tournament for the first time since 2009.
Paris, now 35-0, will face Wednesday’s survivor of the all-Dallas regional quarterfinal between Madison and Lincoln in a Friday night semifinal at the Texas A&M-Commerce Fieldhouse. That semifinal will be played at either 6 or 8 p.m. Winners of Friday’s semifinals moved into Saturday’s Region 2-4A Championship with a ticket on the line to the next week’s state tournament.