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Originally published Friday, March 1, 2013 at 6:14 PM

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Curtis rallies to stun top-ranked Garfield in OT

Dominic Robinson and the Curtis Vikings rallied from an 11-point deficit to force overtime, then extended Garfield's state tournament woes with a 70-66 win in a 4A boys basketball semifinal Friday.

The Associated Press

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TACOMA, Wash. —

Dominic Robinson and the Curtis Vikings rallied from an 11-point deficit to force overtime, then extended Garfield's state tournament woes with a 70-66 win in a 4A boys basketball semifinal Friday.

Robinson scored a game-high 25 points, including five in overtime, to lead Curtis (26-2) to its first championship-game appearance since 1986.

The Vikings trailed by 11 points in the third quarter but rallied back to eventually tie the score at 52 on a Tory Causey layup with 5:30 remaining in regulation. The lead changed three more times before Garfield's Demario Hall hit a free throw with 30.6 seconds left to tie the score at 60 and eventually send it into overtime.

Robinson scored five points in the first 2:17 of overtime to give Curtis a 67-64 lead, and Garfield trailed 68-66 with 5.7 seconds left in overtime when the Vikings' Andre Lewis broke up an inbounds pass and hit a pair of free throws to clinch the victory.

Perennial power Garfield (24-2) has not won a state title since 1998. Trevaunte' Williams led the Bulldogs with 20 points, while Tucker Haymond scored all 16 of his points after halftime.

After the final buzzer, a distraught Haymond fell into the arms of Garfield coach Ed Haskins, who carried him off the court while Curtis celebrated.

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