Koa Peat Shakes Off Broken Hand, leads Perry to Arizona -Title Games

Perry Star that was last year Arizona High School Sports Awards Boys Basketball Player of the Year And was named a McDonald’s All-American last month, was expected to miss the rest of the season after breaking his shooting hand last week.

Someone must have forgotten to tell the 6-foot-8 superstar. Wednesday, with his team in a match against No. 5 Phoenix Sandra Day O’Connor in a state semi-final game, Peat went into the game and scored 16 points to lead a 76-57 win.

Perry plays for the state title on Saturday against No. 2 Phoenix Sunnyslope. Perry plays for his fourth straight state crown.

Perry -coach Sam Duane Jr., who last week said the Peat was finished for the season, said Wednesday that the senior told him he would not end his career on the bench.