Miami Trace 44 a final
... Game 2 of opening night of the 3 Weeks of the Convo had the MSL Fairfield Union Falcons taking on Miami Trace out of the SCOL ... Miami Trace showed the more athletic of the 2 teams with the quickness of Pettiford "squared" Deandre Pettiford & Tyrae Pettiford ... both appeared able to get to the rim vs the FU defensive players, add to the mix PG Blake Pittser knocking down 2 triples in the opening period ... FU looked to have the decided advantage in the paint with 6-5 strong man in the middle Colin Woodside ... slow starts by both teams ... Miami Trace 12 Fairfield Union 8 end of one ... Quarter 2 was a wash as both teams tallied 11 points apiece ... MT split the scoring just like in quarter one between 3 players - Deandre Pettiford 7 points/ 2 triples in the qtr (11 for the half), Tyrae Pettiford 2 pts in the qtr (4 for the half), Blake Pittser 2 in the qtr (8 in the half) as a team MT was 4/10 from behind the arc in the first half ... for Fairfield Union Colin Woodside led the scoring in the qtr. with 4 pts/ Brad Miller added 2, Luke Thompson gave FU their only 3 pointer in the half and Hayden Price added 2 pts ... Miami Trace 23 Fairfield Union 19 at the half ...
... FU has been known for the 3 point shooting of Lucas Thompson, Hayden Price, Thomas Green ... thru 16 minutes the trio were 1/7, hardly "on fire" ... the 3rd quarter saw FU losing ground on the scoreboard as the Falcons could muster only 5 points ... having as many turnovers (5) as points ... Miami Trace hardly ran away and hid as they hit for an anemic 9 points including a two-handed dunk by Tyrae Pettiford and 6-5 Darby Tyree hitting a triple to extend the MT lead ... Miami Trace 32 Fairfield Union 24 end of three ...
... it was looking like a Vinton County vs Miami Trace District final ... FU came to life as the Falcons at the 4:30 mark of the 4th made a run that started with a 3 pointer , followed by Miami Traces' only turnover of the qtr. which ended with another triple for FU to tie the score at 34-34 at the 4 minute mark ... at 3 minutes on the clock another FU three ball ... in total during the final 4:30 FU knocked down 4 triples a regular 2 point bucket by Price ... add in 9/13 from the FT line it totaled too much for the 8 points by MT Pittser's in the final 4 minutes to keep MT close ... in the end FU outscored Miami Trace 25-12 in the final quarter the majority of which were tallied in the last 4 and a half minutes ... Fairfield Union 49 Miami Trace 44 a final ...
... Pfloyd's Official "unofficial" Napkin Stats - Miami Trace
Scoring ... Blake Pittser 16, Deandre Pettiford 15, Tyrae Pettiford 5
3 Pointers ... 5/17 ... Deandre Pettiford 2, Blake Pittser 2, Darby Tyree 1
FT's ... 5/6
TO's ... 9
... Pfloyd's Official "unofficial" Napkin Stats - Fairfield Union
Scoring ... Colin Woodside 17, Hayden Price 15, Lucas Thompson 9, Thomas Green 4, Brad Miller 4
3 Pointers ... 5/14 ... Lucas Thompson 3, Hayden Price 1, Thomas Green 1
FT's ... 16/22
TO's ... 13
... Fairfield Union hung around and hung around looking like it was out ... then as if Coach Eversole and Coach Helber "flipped the switch" to the on position ... a 25 point final quarter with 4/4 shooting from behind the 3 point line ... the Falcons got to the line for 13 FTs with 9 finding the bottom of the net ... congratulations to the Falcons best of luck Friday night vs the Vinton County Vikings ... tip off at 7 pm ... the only game of the evening at the Convo next Friday night ...
