Both teams are doing their pre-game circle chants and we should be underway soon! Both teams come out tight, some ugly shots on both sides. St. Benedict gets on the board first with a bucket from Corey Stokes, answered with one for Taft by Carter. The Gray Bees big wide bodies are giving Taft some trouble early. Stokes with a couple of nice short jumpers and Benedict is up by eight. Zach Rosen's three puts Benedict up 13, 17-4. A four point first quarter is rough for Taft.
2nd quarter opens with a 11-0 run for Taft punctuated with Garrett Green, Larry Drew and Justin Hawkins back to back to back three-pointers. NBA three for Corey Stokes ends that Gray Bees scoring drought. Another three from Rosen and TWO back to back from Tamir Jackson, extending the Benedict lead to 15. Just tons of threes being shot - lots of misses too. Taft is struggling right now. Rosen steals a bad pass and lays it up. a 15-0 run for St. Benedict makes it 32-12 with 2:29 before halftime. Another three from Stokes and a huge slam by Samardo Samuels makes it a 20-0 run, 37-15. Rosen layup and Samuel layup, 24-0 run. Last possession Rosen takes the inbounds, runs down the clock and drains a leaner, 43-15 at the half. Stokes has 14, Rosen 12 and Samuels 10 at the half. Justin Hawkins leads Taft with five.
The game is a bit more even so far in the second half but at 50-24, Taft has dug themselves a huge hole. The dunk-fest has started for the Gray Bees with about four to go as the lead extends to 27.
Taft 4 11 14 14 -43
St. Benedict 17 26 14 12 - 69
Taft - T. Carter 10, J. Hawkins 10, L. Drew 9, B. Smith 6, G. Green 3, D. Brumfield 2, S. Fowler 2, B. Kamwa 1. Leading rebounders - T. Carter 8, J. Hawkins 5. Assist leaders - Drew 1.
St. Benedict - C. Stokes 16, S. Samuel 15, Z. Rosen 14, T. Jackson 13, G. Echenique 7, D. McMillan 4. Leading rebounders - C. Stokes 7, S. Samuel 7. Assist leaders - Z. Rosen 5.
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9 comments:
Hi M,
Great Play by Play, keep it up
I think the real championship game should have been between St. benedicts and St. Raymonds, the game which was played last night!?
Taft really struggled at the opening of this game and at the same time, the Gray Bees got en fuego from three point land. Bad combination.
Anonymous, it isn't that simple. Taft is a really excellent team that just had a horrible first quarter and Benedict has just been playing lights out ball. They are playing far better than they played last night to beat St. Raymonds
I can see where you are coming from, plus you have the front row seat to the action! Thanks for the updates. Will there be any other stats or pics of the tourney being posted later or tomorrow!
Oh gosh yes! We'll have about 10-20 photos from each game posted on the site. I'll get them up as soon as I can after everything ends.
Hi M,
All I can say is Taft had a double Loss Tonite in North Carlina. Jordan Farmar (Taft High '04) and the Los Angeles Lakers lost also in Triple Overtime to the Carlotte Bobcats 133-124. Your Play by Play was Great.
From: Woodland Hills, Ca
Hi M,
All I can say is Taft had a double Loss Tonite in North Carlina. Jordan Farmar (Taft High '04) and the Los Angeles Lakers lost also in Triple Overtime to the Carlotte Bobcats 133-124. Your Play by Play was Great.
From: Woodland Hills, Ca
Thanks so much for reading!
I just chatted with Larry Drew's lovely mom and showed her some of the cool photos we'll post. She said they all had a great time. Eventho they didn't win, they made the championship game and the trip has been wonderful she told us.
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