BOYS BASKETBALL: Cold shooting dooms Columbia as Leon pulls away late in District 2-5A semis

  • Columbia guard Shaheed White is fouled by Leon guard Elijah Knight while driving to the basket during Thursday's District 2-5A semifinal. (BRENT KUYKENDALL/Lake City Reporter)
    Columbia guard Shaheed White is fouled by Leon guard Elijah Knight while driving to the basket during Thursday's District 2-5A semifinal. (BRENT KUYKENDALL/Lake City Reporter)

    It was almost cruel.

    Shots, left and right, rolled off the rim from the opening tip-off for Columbia. Defense kept things close until the fourth quarter, but one last stretch of missed shots finally di…