BOYS BASKETBALL: Columbia falls to Dillard in double overtime in 6A state semis following controversial buzzer-beater

  • Columbia’s Charleston Ponds (3) and Darrien Jones (5), right, show their emotion after their double overtime loss to Dillard in the Class 6A semifinals at The RP Funding Center on Thursday, in Lakeland. (MICHAEL WILSON/Special to the Reporter)
    Columbia’s Charleston Ponds (3) and Darrien Jones (5), right, show their emotion after their double overtime loss to Dillard in the Class 6A semifinals at The RP Funding Center on Thursday, in Lakeland. (MICHAEL WILSON/Special to the Reporter)

    LAKELAND — Dillard believes the shot was good.

    Columbia coach Steve Faulkner says otherwise.

    The result led to a heartbreaking 71-66 loss for the Tigers in double overtime in the Class 6A state semifina…