Watch Top Basketball Plays 2016-17, Episode 6

B.J. Koubaroulis counts down the Top Plays from Week 6

Watch to find out which plays cracked the Top 10 and to see who earned the top spot. (Video by Nick Plum for Synthesis/Koubaroulis LLC / The Washington Post)

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January 16th, 2016, 12:00 p.m. –High school basketball is just getting started here in the Washington, D.C. region. Week 6 saw a slew of fantastic plays, including great passes, big dunks and game-winners.

Here are the Top plays from the weekend:

No. 10South Lakes forward Andrew Powers finds Cameron Savage on the wing for a crucial three-pointer in the 4th. The Seahawks wouldn’t look back as they beat the Warharwks 56-51

No. 9: West Potomac Sophomore Daryl Mackey rises up to throw it down with authority in the third quarter of the 63-56 win over Annandale.

No. 8: DeMatha senior guard Ryan Allen ends a great scoring half by hitting the step back buzzer beater with the foul. He would go on to hit the extra point attempt helping the Stags defeat the Knights 73-71.

No. 7Duval’s Darren Rivers throws the outlet to a streaking Kenyon Stone who flushes down the fast break dunk in the Tigers’ 74-54 victory over the Eagles

No. 6: Wise forward Darron Barnes takes the ball up the court and crosses his  defender with a beautiful behind the back pass to himself and takes it to the rim for the lay up in the fourth quarter of the Pumas’ 70-50 win

No. 5Champe’s Dom Fragala puts up a circus shot that goes over the backboard and through the hoop for 2 of his 31 points.  Despite the performance the Knights fell to the Phoenix 70-57.

No. 4With the game tied at 83, Panthers guard Richard Dudley drives to the rim, gets the bucket and the foul to give Paint Branch the 86-83 victory over the Blake.

No. 3With the game tied at 44, Seahawks guard Tia Benvenuti drives to the hoop and dishes to Kendra Williams who makes the game-winning layup to give South Lakes the victory over Washington Lee!

No. 2After Chase Cook hit the game-tying three for the Mountain View, Bruins guard Jackson Johnson responds with his own 3 at the buzzer to give Forest Park the 38-35 victory!

No. 1With Chantilly trailing by 3, Chargers guard Mary Clougherty nails a deep 3-pointer and gets fouled! Clougherty made the free-throw to complete the four-point play as the Chargers stun the Hornets 57-56. Congrats to my main man Kurt Sporkmann and the Chantilly Chargers for pulling off the rare four-point play.