Watch: Zoom Diallo's passing, Devin Whitten's shooting on display in No. 2 Curtis boys' Class 4A state semifinal win over No. 3 Union

Highlights from the WIAA Class 4A boys showdown: Devin Whitten, Zoom Diallo, Tyce Paulsen power hot-shooting Viking into championship.

Andy Buhler, SBLive Sports | Mar 5, 2022

Watch: Zoom Diallo's passing, Devin Whitten's shooting on display in No. 2 Curtis boys' Class 4A state semifinal win over No. 3 Union /

TACOMA, Wash. — No. 2 Curtis needed all five of Devin Whitten's five 3-pointers on Friday night, though none were more timely than his fifth.

Whitten pulled up from eight feet beyond the 3-point arc and drilled a 3, and was fouled as he came down to push the Vikings' lead to seven with 1:23 left.

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Whitten hit 5 of 7 3-point attempts and finished with a team-high 16 points and standout 6-foot-4 sophomore point guard Zoom Diallo, a high-major Division I prospect, added 12 rebounds and a game-high five assists to his four points for the Vikings, who play top-ranked Mount Si in Saturday's state championship game.

Union was paced by junior big Yanni Fassilis' 16

Watch the highlights from the game at the top of the post.

Read the full game story here.

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(All photos by Vince Miller)

Published Mar 5, 2022

ANDY BUHLER, SBLIVE SPORTS

Andy Buhler is a Regional Editor of Texas and the national breaking news desk. He brings more than five years of experience covering high school sports across the state of Washington and beyond, where he covered the likes of Paolo Banchero and Tari Eason served on state tournament seeding committees. He works on the SBLive/Sports Illustrated Power 25 national boys basketball rankings. He has covered everything from the Final Four, MLS in Atlanta to local velodrome before diving into the world of preps. His bylines can be found in The News Tribune (Tacoma, Washington), The Associated Press, The Columbian (Vancouver, Washington), The Oregonian and more. He holds a degree from Gonzaga and is based out of Portland, Oregon.