Overland’s De’Ron Davis, left, and ThunderRidge’s Zach Pirog will face off in the 2015 Colorado 5A boys state basketball final. (Denver Post file)
When Overland meets ThunderRidge for the Class 5A state title on Saturday night, it will pit two of the state’s top big men against one another.
Overland junior De’Ron Davis and ThunderRidge senior Zach Pirog are the two 6-foot-10 centers who led their respective teams to the championship game. After ThunderRidge beat Eaglecrest to get a place in the finals, Pirog said he welcomed a meeting with Davis in the big game.
“It would be awesome. I haven’t had a chance to play him yet this season, but it would be a challenge for me and a challenge for him,” Pirog said after the ThunderRidge-Eaglecrest game on Friday. “It would be a great grudge match, for sure.”
The two have met once before in the high school level, but the matchup was much more subdued. In 2003, ThunderRidge topped Overland 67-57 in the second round of the playoffs. A freshman Davis scored 11 points and grabbed just three rebounds. Pirog sat on the bench.
Saturday night should be much different for the two players.
Tale of the tape
A look at how two of Colorado’s top big men compare:
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