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Last update: 02/03/08 |
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Game Summary: Admiral King 01/29 |
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Avon Lake Shoremen
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Admiral King |
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Admiral King “Rumbles” w/ JV Shoremen This game should have started with Michael Buffer’s famous, “Let’s get ready to rumble!”
Avon Lake started, T.J. Thompson, Trent Toy, Brandon Muck, Dom Whitfield and Greg Stephens. The Admirals’ starters were good size, quick and to say aggressive would be an understatement. It was apparent early, that Admiral King was not going to allow any “uncontested” shots. Whitfield and Muck both experienced this first hand when they were “hammered” going to the hoop. The Shoremen showed patience on offense and did not get flustered. Stephens scored on the inside, to get the Shoremen started from the field. Coach Fitch went to the bench when play started to get sloppy. Mike Magyar, Dan Ohlemacher and Trent Toy worked extremely hard underneath, with absolutely no help from the officiating. King hit a 3 point shot and had a few fast break baskets. The Shoremen beautifully executed a play to end the quarter, with Ben O’Connor cutting inside and laying it in, as the buzzer went off. Avon Lake had numerous drives inside, but they were unable to finish with baskets. The score after the first quarter was Avon Lake 10 and King 8. King started the second quarter with a turnover and immediately called a timeout with only 18 seconds off the clock. The sloppy play continued from the first quarter and it became clear that King’s “reaching in” was going to be allowed. King hit a 3 pointer and had an impressive drive to the hoop for 2. These were their only points of the quarter. The Shoremen did not score from the field the whole quarter. They were able to hit 5 free throws for their only points. Again, Avon Lake had opportunities and drove to the basket but they could not finish. The score at the half had Avon Lake up by 2, at 15-13. The third quarter started where the first half ended, very physical and very rough. King dropped a quick jumper and tried to push the tempo a bit. While the inside play was punishing, Avon Lake began to have some success. Magyar hit two in a row and Whitfield drove hard to the basket for another score. Stephens added a jumper and the Shoremen executed a long inbounds pass and shot, for their final score of the quarter. While the scoring increased, King matched the Shoremen, point for point. At the end of three the Shoremen held onto their 2 point lead 27-25. Nothing but net, as King started the quarter with a 3 pointer. TJ countered with a beautiful drive to the hoop and finish for 2. Dom added another basket on the inside and then things dried up for the Shoremen. King hit a couple of jumpers and then went inside to their big man. He was not able to make his shots, but went to the charity stripe and made 3 of 4 down the stretch. Avon Lake converted on an inbounds play to Whitfield for 2. Then after getting the ball back, set up a final play with 5.5 seconds left in the game and down by 3 points. The final 3 point shot was just short, we got the rebound and put it back up on the inside and missed as the buzzer sounded. The Shoremen had multiple opportunities throughout the game, but had trouble “finishing” on the inside. The defense did a good job holding King to just 36 points. The game appeared to be the most physical of the year, with the Shoremen coming up just short at 33-36.
The next game is the anticipated re-match against Midpark where the Shoremen suffered a last second shot loss…Go Shoremen!
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Junior Varsity Recap: |
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Varsity Recap: |
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Team |
1st |
2nd |
Total |
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Avon Lake |
22 |
19 |
41 |
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Admiral King |
34 |
25 |
59 |
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Team |
1st |
2nd |
Total |
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Avon Lake |
15 |
18 |
33 |
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Admiral King |
13 |
23 |
36 |