PRINCETON — The Blair School boys’ basketball team reinserted its starting five with 36.5 seconds left.

That was the extent of Hun’s 63-32 handling of Blair (10-4), the team that beat the Raiders in last year’s Mid-Atlantic League Prep final.

Blair couldn’t take another half-minute with its reserves in the game.

The last Hun (11-4) starters toed to the bench with 4:04 to go in regulation, leading 56-27. Senior guard Fergus Duke led with a game-high 16 points off four 3-pointers, while senior forward Hashim Moore (committed to Princeton) held Blair’s Marial Shayok to 12 points.

Then came Taylor Heilman, Isaiah West and Jason Applegate — who had seven points off an 18-footer, a step-back jumper and an and-one drive — junior varsity players stealing the show late on the stage Hun’s starters set with a 24-4 run through the first 11 minutes of play.

Each time, the crowd exploded.

Then, finally, Blair re-inserted its starters.

“It wasn’t a big difference,” said Heilman of Blair’s starters.

“My eyes opened up, I wanted No. 3,” said Applegate of Shayok.

“Coach always tells us to be ready,” said West.

HUN 63, BLAIR 32

BLAIR: Mike Silverthorn 1-2-0-8, David George 1-0-3-5, Marial Shayok 4-0-4-12, Brett Lubreski 1-0-0-2, Chris Mezzanatte 0-1-2-5.
HUN: Fergus Duke 1-4-2-16, Hashim Moore 2-0-0-4, Jason Geter 0-0-1-1, Jake Newman 4-1-0-11, Joshua McGilvar 6-0-0-12, Grant Mackay 2-0-0-4, Michael Bourke 0-1-5-8, Isaiah West 1-0-0-2, Taylor Heilman 1-0-1-3, Jason Applegate 1-0-0-2.
Blair (10-4) 4 7 14 7—32
Hun (11-3) 16 14 19 14—63