If that’s the case, two Free State High products might need to prepare for fame.

Firebirds Dain Dillingham and Brady Morningstar each helped their respective Kansas City Pump ‘N’ Run teams reach Sunday’s championships.

Each scored 11 points in the finals, but Morningstar had a better Sunday — when his 16-and-under Pump ‘N’ Run team held off Friends of Jefferson of Portland, Ore., 80-79, to win the title.

“It felt real good,” Morningstar said of knocking off the Jefferson High team that counts Kansas University sophomore basketball players Aaron Miles and Michael Lee among its alumni.

The two Jayhawks were in attendance Sunday and definitely were biased. They rooted for the freshmen and sophomores from Oregon and also offered suggestions with a few X’s and O’s from the bench.

“I’m out here strictly as a fan,” said a grinning Lee. “It’s a lot of fun being able to watch these guys from back home.

“They fought back hard, too, but they couldn’t quite get it done.”

Neither could Dillingham and the 17-and-under Pump ‘N’ Run team, which fell, 59-54, to Texas Top Prospects.

“Yeah, definitely, it’s disappointing,” Dillingham said. “It’s tough because we had the home crowd on our side, also.

“But it was a good tournament,” Dillingham continued, saying it was just the second tourney the team made of Kansas City-area players had played in together this spring. “We came close.”

That’s an understatement.

Texas held a two-point lead with 20 seconds left, but a turnover on a rebounds off a missed free throw gave the Prospects the ball back.

After another miss from the line on a one-and-one opportunity, the ball bounced out of bounds off a KC player’s leg, and possession remained with Texas.

However, this time, Texas would seal things, nailing two free throws.

In the 16-and-under final, Miles and Lee didn’t need to do too much coaching early because Jefferson was raining threes.

“They were hitting all the big shots early,” Morningstar said of the 15 three-pointers Friends drilled. “But we hung in there.”

Kansas City Washington sophomore Leo Criswell’s dunk in the late minutes tied the game, but Pump ‘N’ Run hit free throws to ensure its lead.

“I just had to try and do something,” the 6-foot-7 Criswell said of his big-time bang.

And if that wasn’t enough, Morningstar said there was a little incentive with the KU players watching.

“Yeah, we just wanted to prove that KC boys can play, too,” Morningstar said. “It was exciting for us because that was their high school team.

“We just wanted to kind of prove ourselves.”