The Macon County High School Tigers learned the meaning of prayer shot Saturday night as they won the right to advance in the District 8AA tournament when a three-point shot was thrown up by Junior Nathan Harris with 1.1 seconds on the clock.

When the ball dropped, MCHS broke a 49 - 49 tie and claimed their first win in the District8AA tournament.

MCHS went up early in the game, going ahead 21 - 9 in the first quarter.

The second quarter was Station Camp's chance to catch up as they outscored the Tigers 15 - 8.

At the half, MCHS went into the locker room with a 29 - 24 lead.

After the break, Station Camp came back out to outscore MCHS 15 - 12. The Tigers went into the fourth quarter with a narrow lead, 41 - 39.

With seconds left on the clock, the score was tied 49 - 49. When Harris sank his sixth 3-pointer in the game, the Tigers moved ahead to win the game by a final of 52 - 49.

This game set a career high mark for Nathan Harris, who put 30 points on the scoreboard for MCHS.

Other Tigers scoring in the game included James Law with 8 points, Nick Howser with 5 points, Johnathan West with 4 points, Jarrod Williamson with 3 points and Josh Kirts adding 2 points.

This win advanced MCHS to the next round of the District 8 AA tournament.

The Tigers are scheduled to travel to Nashville on Tuesday night to face off against David Lipscomb in a 6:30 0.m. match-up.

The winner of this game will advance to the semi-final round scheduled for Thursday, February 27 at 5:30 p.m. at MCHS.

The winner of the Thursday 5:30 p.m. game will advance to the Championship game on Friday, February 28th, at 8:30 p.m. The loser of the Thursday 5:30 p.m. game will play in the consolation game set for 5:30 p.m. on Friday.