Trailing by three points with less than 10 second left in regulation San Benito High’s Hyram Miskin had control of the ball. Playing for the Seaside’s Finest under-16 Amateur Athletic Union basketball team in the AAU West Coast National Championship game Sunday in Las Vegas, the game fell on Miskin’s shoulders.
For 25 games, the San Benito boys basketball team lived and died on strong, aggressive defense and 3-point shooting. In the team’s biggest game of the year - the Central Coast Section Division I semifinals - one piece of that winning formula went missing.