Games, games and more games
Great ball games tonight.The first one I called was an 87-78 overtime thriller. The HC women blew an 18 point lead in the second half. I supressed the urge to scream "DAMMIT JOEL!! TAKE A TIME OUT!!" over the air. What possesses a coach to watch his team just have their commanding like sliced and diced like that knife salesman on those informercials, when he can call a time out and stop some momentum? Someone explain that to me. Finally C-jack knocked down a HUGE three with just over a minute to go and the Larks never looked back.
I thought that there couldn't be a better game than the first one. Wow. I was mistaken. The men's game was even better. Hillsdale jumped out to a ten point lead at one point but the Larks had a furious comeback to tie it at 19. From that point on, the most either team lead by was five. Back and forth, back and fourth, it was wild. There were two technical fouls called. The Saints scored on a three point play to take a 73-71 lead. After a Lark turnover, I thought all hope was lost as the saints had the rock with about 25 on the clock. Somehow, the Larks forced a turnover and had the ball with 19 ticks on the clock.
Larks started working their offense trying to run a clear out for Camden to get the ball to the Big Kid. However, Devin stopped instead of cutting to the hoop like the play called for. With Devin's cut that would leave the Big Kid open to take the last shot. By stopping, Devin made the offense grind to a halt. Camden fires up a three from a LONG way that was nothing but net with 1.4 seconds to go, and the Larks lead 74-73. A desperation heave was well short and the Larks escaped with a one point win.
You ended up with the feeling that these two teams could play 20 times and they would split all the way down. It was a great night of hoops.
posted by Rusty @ 10:29 PM
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