Brogan Howell made a fadeaway jumper from the baseline with 2.2 seconds left, lifting Gonzaga Prep to a 57-55 victory over Puyallup on Saturday night in the 4A boys title game.

Puyallup’s Drew Jones was so good in the tournament that he was named the tournament MVP, despite Gonzaga Prep winning the title.

They take a poll of the gathered media at Tacoma Dome during championship Saturday to decide the all-tournament team. It’s usually a fairly easy question to come up with the five most impactful players of the tournament.

Gonzaga Prep senior Brogan Howell must’ve thought that the Tacoma Dome hadn’t seen enough excitement for the week. The final shot made in the state tournament this year was perhaps the most meaningful.

Puyallup, a 53-46 winner in Friday's semifinals, will be trying to win the school's first boys basketball title since 1971 when it plays Gonzaga Prep Saturday night.

The Gonzaga Prep boys basketball program has won three state championship games in coach Matty McIntyre’s first 15 years as the head coach, in 2011 and with Anton Watson in 2018 and ’19.

Drew Jones had a quiet first half in Puyallup’s Class 4A state tournament semifinal game against West Valley (Yakima) on Friday night at the Tacoma Dome.