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PAGE 16—THE CITIZEN-TIMES, Scottsville, Ky., Thursday, February 9, 2012
Boys Basketball
Patriots Down Grayson, Todd; Fall to Monroe County
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from Hunt, a fi eld goal and a three from Holder enabled the Patriots to cling to a 32-30 lead at halftime.
Grayson County—winners of last month’s South Cen-tral Bank/Halton Classic at Patriot Gym—used a 21-12 third period to take a 51-44 lead. Ollie Roberts’ 10 third-period points led a Grayson run that appeared to turn the game. However, Jones would have something to say about that.
The senior’s play was piv-otal as AC-S erased the sev-en-point defi cit. Two threes from Jones, a Thaxton Spears three and two-point baskets by Connor Ross, Holder and Hunt helped the Patriots charge from behind. Free throws from Jones and Spears pushed the Patriots to the three-point win.
Tuesday’s win over the 19-4 Cougars left AC-S Coach James Willett opti-mistic about the rest of the week and the season.
“I really felt like that game (Grayson County) was go-ing to be a big ‘springboard’ game and get us ready for tournament time,” he said. “But Monroe County hap-pened.”
Monroe CountyThe “happened” Coach
Willett referred to was AC-S’s lack-luster performance at the Falcons Gym Friday, was in some ways a major step back for the Patriots. Instead of building on their win against Grayson Coun-ty, AC-S imploded at Mon-roe County.
“We were outplayed and outworked all night long,” Coach Willett added. “It’s hard to explain what hap-pened in this game from a tactical standpoint. Mon-roe’s kids just wanted it a little more I think.”
Taking advantage of sev-en offensive rebounds in the fi rst eight minutes, the Fal-cons built an 8-3 lead by the 3:34 mark of the fi rst period. The Patriots stormed back. A Spears’ lay-in and a pair of three-point buckets from Holder capped an 8-2 AC-S run, giving the Patriots an 11-10 lead at the end of the
fi rst period.The Falcons took fl ight
in the second frame. On the strength of seven-of-10 shooting from the fl oor and three of fi ve at the line, the Falcons out-scored the Patri-ots 18-10. AC-S fi red blanks for the most part—evident by their four-of-14 shooting from the fi eld and two of six free throws.
AC-S started the third with an 8-0 run. After Spears drained a jumper, a pair of Ross free throws, a Holder hoop and additional free throws from Ross and York put AC-S ahead 29-28. Defensively, the Patriots nested the Falcons until the fi nal two minutes before the hosts put together an 11-6 run to lead 39-35.
Free throws from Falcons Garret Crowe and Keaton Graves and a jumper from Dillon Geralds stretched Monroe County’s lead to 11, 46-35, at the 5:15 point. AC-S answered as Jones took a pass from Spears and drilled a three less than a minute later. After the Fal-cons misfi red on free throws, Jones sank another three at the 4:11 mark to close the Falcons’ lead to fi ve, 46-41.
The Falcons went into a slow down pattern, forcing AC-S—already in serious foul trouble—to foul and put the hosts at the line. The Falcons pushed the lead back to nine after Short and Geralds made critical foul shots in the next two min-utes.
Down seven, AC-S Spears sank a three at the 51-sec-ond mark to pull the Patri-ots within four. After Short made one of two free throws at the 41-second mark, Jones took a kick-out pass from Jarrod Walden and buried
a three to pull the Patriots within two, 54-52. Seconds later, Graves was fouled and missed both free throws. On their end of the court, Hunt drew a foul with 20 seconds left. The junior missed the fi rst but made the second to pull AC-S within one.
Short was quickly fouled. After making one of two free throws, Jones took a poten-tial game-winning three at the 10-second mark. His shot glanced off the rim and into the hands of the Falcons. Geralds’ two free throws with just under three sec-onds left, gave the Falcons (6-15) the win.
Coach Willett recognized that AC-S was their own worst enemy in the game.
“We didn’t do as good of a job getting points in the paint as we had been,” Coach Willett noted. “We missed some open looks and didn’t attack their defense until it was too late. We shot poor-ly from the fl oor and from the free throw line. Monroe County really attacked us and we didn’t do a good job of guarding the ball. That’s why they shot a ton of free throws.”
The Patriots were 18-49
By Don MeadorC-T Sports Editor
The Wabash Cannon-ball Roller coaster at the now-closed Opryland USA Theme Park in Nashville took riders on a twisting and turning jaunt. The trip started with an uphill climb to grand heights, followed by a downhill plunge and culminating with a pair of loops.
For the Allen County-Scottsville Patriots, last week was a “Wabash Can-nonball” experience. First, AC-S soared to new heights, knocking off Grayson Coun-ty—one of the Third Re-gion favorites—65-62 last Tuesday. Friday, the team plunged, dropping a 57-53 decision to district cellar-dweller Monroe County. Saturday, after being turned upside down for much of the game, the Patriots rallied to narrowly escape Todd County Central’s upset bid, 64-63.
Grayson CountyAC-S’s efforts against
Grayson County were keyed by the play of senior Josh Jones. Coming off consecu-tive games of scoring 10 points or less, Jones erupted for 26 points, with 12 points coming on three point shots. Jones’ play was supple-mented by solid games from juniors Caleb Hunt and Matthew Holder. Hunt had a career-high eight points while Holder added seven points.
“We had a great game out of Josh (Jones) but Caleb Hunt and Matthew Holder both had great games for us as well,” Coach James Wil-lett said. “Caleb did all he could do on the defensive end and Matthew helped keep Grayson’s defense “honest” by making some shots and being aggressive on the of-fensive end.”
Led by Jones’ nine points, the Patriots raced to an 18-12 lead after the fi rst period. The visitors stopped Jones in the second but a balanced Patriot attack managed to put points on the board. Five points from junior guard Austin Napier, four points
(C-T Photo by Matt Pedigo)
AC-S junior Matthew Holder (35) launches a jumper in action against Monroe County. Holder scored 13 points and grabbed fi ve rebounds in the Patriots’ loss to the Falcons.
(C-T Photo by Matt Pedigo)
Patriot guard Austin Napier (1) gets caught in a trap applied by Falcons Keaton Graves (3) and Luke Short (22). Monroe County’s defense plagued the Patriots last Friday, forcing AC-S into 15 turn-overs. The Falcons won 57-53.
(C-T Photo by Matt Pedigo)
AC-S’s Thaxton Spears (23) converts a steal into a lay-up. Spears led the Patriots with a game high 20 points while grabbing seven rebounds. The Fal-cons upset the Patriots by four in Tompkinsville, Friday.