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Richfield • Manti had all the momentum, charging to pull within two points of Emery late in the fourth quarter when Connor Bolles mishandled a breakaway pass underneath the basket.

Gazing into the hardwood, resting his hands on his knees, Bolles shook his head in disbelief. Seconds later, Emery punished him for the blunder with a three-point play to gain a seven-point edge in the Class 2A boys' state championship.

First-year coach Devin Shakespear immediately called timeout.

"It took us a second to regain composure," he said. "They were looking down a little bit — we're down [seven]. I said, 'Look. You guys stopped them four times in a row, and we didn't convert. You convert on those, and we're up.' "

So the Templars "hammered" down — their nickname for full-court pressure — to force five fourth-quarter turnovers to fuel a chaotic 20-4 run in the final four minutes to dramatically capture their first state title since 2008 with a 60-51 win.

"Resiliency," Shakespear said in the middle of the postgame madhouse formed at midcourt. "The first of the year, people tried to say that we couldn't get there because there were things that held us back. I knew it wouldn't be a problem, and we would get through everything. They worked, and it paid off."

Manti (20-6) trailed by nine with 2:39 remaining, and ultimately won by nine. Emery finished with 15 turnovers, with 11 in the second half.

"We had a chance to win it and just too many turnovers," Emery coach Todd Jeffs said. "Great season — take second, but it doesn't feel good right now."

Emery won 88-87 in a mid-December meeting, edging the Templars by one point in the fourth frame after ending the first three quarters deadlocked. At halftime Saturday, it was knotted again, at 29 apiece.

The Spartans (17-8) opened an 11-point lead after closing the third quarter on a 12-0 burst. Bowdie Jacobson hit a 3-pointer, and on the following possession, he penetrated the paint before kicking it to Tyson Roper (17 points, 10 rebounds) for consecutive triples, and a 36-33 advantage. Dillon Wilstead (20 points) added six straight afterward.

With an increasing deficit, Shakespear had to reach into his pocket.

"We held off early on our full-court, I wasn't ready to use it because we wanted them in a situation where [there] was more pressure," he said.

The defensive switch bodied up Emery, and after Manti missed seven straight attempts from the perimeter, the majority of which hugged the rim before ultimately falling wayward, Stuart Lott connected from the wing. He added a short-range jumper the following trip to slice the deficit to 44-40 right before Bolles' fumble.

Trailing 49-46 with 1:42 remaining, Lott delivered again from beyond the arc before Emery coughed another turnover, allowing Derek Wright (18 points, 6 assists) to freely layup a 51-49 lead.

"When it left my hands, I was a little nervous," said Lott, who finished with 19 points. "I'm not going to lie, but it found the bottom of the net."

Manti fans lingered on the court, buzzing with the team from the improbable turnaround, when they spontaneously broke into a flash mob.

Like the final four minutes, the Templars are full of surprises.

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Manti 60, Emery 51

• Manti closes final four minutes on 20-4 run.

• The Templars forced 15 Emery turnovers, 11 in the second half.

• Manti's Stuart Lott (19), Derek Wright (18), and Thomas Allred (10) all reached double figures.