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March 19, 2010 Since 1922 |
3rd-quarter run boosts BH playoff hopes
By Dave Rogers
The Baytown Sun Published February 6, 2010 It was a statement game for teams aspiring to make the playoffs and Barbers Hill put forth the best argument Friday night on the Goose Creek Memorial campus.
After Eagles Coach Nathan Toon called timeout with 6:30 left in the half, after GCM had finished a 6-0 run to tie the proceedings at 21-all, Barbers Hill went on a 20-3 run of its own to close the period and, basically, the game.
The night ended with the Eagles 60-42 winners and alone in fourth place of District 19-4A with a 5-6 league record.
The Patriots of GCM, who began the game in a tie for fourth with Barbers Hill, are now 4-7 and, for all practical purposes, two games behind the Eagles, by virtue of BH holding a season sweep of the Pats which would give them the edge if they wound up tied.
“I said ‘let’s not lose our composure. We know what offense and press break we need to be in,’”Toon said of the third-period timeout. “We just needed to spread the floor out and execute. And that’s what we did.”
The Patriots, who got a game-high 19 points from Jeremy Johnson, had used a tenacious full-court press to rally from a 21-15 halftime deficit to tie the game in the first 90 seconds of the second half.
And though the press continued to give Eagles guards Austin Crawley and Jesse Morton a full night’s workout, BH’s other players found themselves wide open under the bucket and took advantage.
“We didn’t compete for four quarters,” GCM coach Jeff Keener said. “We didn’t compete as hard as they did.
“I thought we did a good job of getting ball pressure, but I thought there were too many defensive lapses. We got undisciplined.”
Carson Asbury, the main recipient of those inlet passes under the basket, led the Eagles with 18 points and Crawley added 14 with many of those points coming on free throws.
Barbers Hill shot 38 free throws but only made 19 – an even 50 percent -- even after hitting 9 of 12 in the final 1:30 of the game.
“This was a big win for us,” Toon said. “We needed that for us to get in the playoffs. We’ve got to still win some games, but at least we’ve got some ground on Goose Creek now.”
Keener isn’t in give-up mood yet for his Patriots.
“We still have a chance,” he said. “I told our kids a long time ago we needed seven wins (to reach the playoffs). We still have a chance to get seven wins.”
Bad news is that means the Patriots have to beat all three of 19-4A’s top three teams, Galena Park, C.E. King and Kingwood Park.
“We competed with all three of those teams the first time around,” Keener said. “Now we’ve got to be able to compete with them for three quarters.”
Johnson scored 10 of GCM’s 13 first-quarter points in a period that ended with a 13-13 tie. Crawley scored six first-period points and Asbury had six in the second quarter, when Barbers Hill outscored GCM 8-2 to go in with a six-point halftime lead.
Asbury scored seven points and Daniel Mitchell five in the Eagles’ 20-point third quarter. Mitchell finished with 10 points.
The Baytown Sun Published February 6, 2010 It was a statement game for teams aspiring to make the playoffs and Barbers Hill put forth the best argument Friday night on the Goose Creek Memorial campus.
After Eagles Coach Nathan Toon called timeout with 6:30 left in the half, after GCM had finished a 6-0 run to tie the proceedings at 21-all, Barbers Hill went on a 20-3 run of its own to close the period and, basically, the game.
The night ended with the Eagles 60-42 winners and alone in fourth place of District 19-4A with a 5-6 league record.
The Patriots of GCM, who began the game in a tie for fourth with Barbers Hill, are now 4-7 and, for all practical purposes, two games behind the Eagles, by virtue of BH holding a season sweep of the Pats which would give them the edge if they wound up tied.
“I said ‘let’s not lose our composure. We know what offense and press break we need to be in,’”Toon said of the third-period timeout. “We just needed to spread the floor out and execute. And that’s what we did.”
The Patriots, who got a game-high 19 points from Jeremy Johnson, had used a tenacious full-court press to rally from a 21-15 halftime deficit to tie the game in the first 90 seconds of the second half.
And though the press continued to give Eagles guards Austin Crawley and Jesse Morton a full night’s workout, BH’s other players found themselves wide open under the bucket and took advantage.
“We didn’t compete for four quarters,” GCM coach Jeff Keener said. “We didn’t compete as hard as they did.
“I thought we did a good job of getting ball pressure, but I thought there were too many defensive lapses. We got undisciplined.”
Carson Asbury, the main recipient of those inlet passes under the basket, led the Eagles with 18 points and Crawley added 14 with many of those points coming on free throws.
Barbers Hill shot 38 free throws but only made 19 – an even 50 percent -- even after hitting 9 of 12 in the final 1:30 of the game.
“This was a big win for us,” Toon said. “We needed that for us to get in the playoffs. We’ve got to still win some games, but at least we’ve got some ground on Goose Creek now.”
Keener isn’t in give-up mood yet for his Patriots.
“We still have a chance,” he said. “I told our kids a long time ago we needed seven wins (to reach the playoffs). We still have a chance to get seven wins.”
Bad news is that means the Patriots have to beat all three of 19-4A’s top three teams, Galena Park, C.E. King and Kingwood Park.
“We competed with all three of those teams the first time around,” Keener said. “Now we’ve got to be able to compete with them for three quarters.”
Johnson scored 10 of GCM’s 13 first-quarter points in a period that ended with a 13-13 tie. Crawley scored six first-period points and Asbury had six in the second quarter, when Barbers Hill outscored GCM 8-2 to go in with a six-point halftime lead.
Asbury scored seven points and Daniel Mitchell five in the Eagles’ 20-point third quarter. Mitchell finished with 10 points.