The walls were beginning to close in on the Roosevelt boys basketball team late Tuesday night. The 13-point lead the Mustangs held when the fourth quarter started had been trimmed to a single point with 3 1/2 minutes remaining on the clock.

Brayden Burries sank the decisive free throws with 12.2 seconds remaining, and the Mustangs got a defensive stop at the other end to hold on for victory.

Putting his team on his back, Brayden Burries made sure St. John Bosco was not going to be a roadblock to Eastvale Roosevelt making it to the Southern Section Open Division championship basketball game.

The Roosevelt boys basketball team’s road to a second straight appearance in the CIF Southern Section Open Division championship game has been filled with obstacles. The Mustangs have navigated their way past three of those roadblocks,