Our staff feel that Sockwell and Peterson are both "coaches on the floor" now!
After a few lackluster games, Peterson comes out strong to start this game. We are up 14-11 with 12 minutes to go in the half primarily due to his play.
We are up 16-13 with 10:40 left as our starters get a break.
We are up 22-21 with 4 minutes to go in the half as our starters return. Nice stretch by Gardner for us.
We were tied at 27 with 2 minutes to go, but a bad last 2 minutes has us down 35-30 at the half.
Kemp is the player of the half with 11 points, 3 boards, and 1 assist.
We quickly take a 40-38 lead, but they respond with 2 3's and then a breakaway dunk after a steal.
Eventually, we fight back to take a 51-50 lead with 10:30 to go in the game. Our starters rest for a few minutes starting now.
Down 60-56 with 5:32 to go, we bring back our subs.
Peterson is tired, but I'm keeping him in the game. He just hit 2 big FT's to make it so we are only down 63-60. Kemp has been playing SF and torching Pardon. Kemp leads them with 19 and he hit their last big 3.
Singleton has it stolen and they get a fastbreak. They get a stop and get another quick basket. Down 67-60 with 1:45 to go.
They steal it from Singleton again and get another fast break
With under a minute to go, we go to our 3 point shooting lineup.
We miss our first 2 3's. We hit a last second 3, but we lose 69-63.
Kemp was the player of the game with 21 points, 5 boards, 3 assists, 3 steals, and a block. He shot 9 of 15, 3 of 5 from the arc.
We held their two PG's to 7 points each. Bady had 5 assists, the other one had 3.
Singleton with 2 points and 6 assists. He shot 1 of 5.
Chancler with 13 points, 2 boards, and 2 steals. He shot 5 of 9, 1 of 2, and 2 of 3.
Pardon with 5 points, 5 boards, 2 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. He was held to 2 of 8 shooting, 1 of 1, and 0 of 0 from the line.
Sockwell with 11 points, 5 boards, and 2 assists. He shot 5 of 8.
Oeterson with 19 points, 6 boards, 1 assist, and 1 block. He also had 4 turnovers. He shot 7 of 14, 0 of 0, and 5 of 6.
Gardner led the bench with 7 points, 4 boards, and 1 assist.
Bruce had 4 and Henning had 2.
A disappointing loss but I knew we were eventually going to lose.