On March 7th, Turnage and Wings finally broke their playoffs jinx by beating Brooklyn’s top-seeded Thomas Jefferson, behind the performances of the team’s two leaders, senior point guard Desure Buie and senior center Jessie Govan. Next up: Madison Square Garden and the city championship. In their way, one last hurdle: defending city champions Benjamin Cardozo, who’d previously handed Wings its only loss of the season. And for glory to finally be theirs, the team would have to band together like never before.

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