Circleville 58
New Lexington 57 a final ...
... Excellent "play in" game last night !!! Coach Cassidy's Tigers came from behind TWICE to beat the MVL New Lex Panthers in overtime to survive & advance in the Logan D2 Sectional ... Roundtown 58 New Lex 57 OT final ...
A tale of 2 halves of action - as the first quarter was the New Lex "underclassmen" - Brady Hanson(so) 4pts/Logyn Ratliff(so) 2pts/Will Stenson(jr)3 pts vs C'ville (sr) Darcell Pickett 5 pts with a a supporting deuce by sophomore guard Riley Gibson (2pts) ... neither team was able to get much started from behind arc as the Tigers went 0/4 from downtown, New Lex was not much better at 1/6 ... New Lex 9 Circleville 7 after 1 ... the 2nd quarter belonged to CHS's Jay Styers (sr) as he was the lone scorer for Coach Cassidy in the quarter dropping 4 fgs from inside the paint (8pts)... NL was held to 1 fg in the period a triple by Trey Givens (3pts) ... the Panthers went 1/7 from the 3 point line on the qtr ... Circleville 15 New Lex 14 at the half ... Quarter 3 had both teams trading baskets with NL led by their sophomore duo of Hanson & Ratliff ... Brady Hanson went off for 12 points in the quarter on 3 straight three pointers, getting in on the 3 point party Ratliff added his own triple to make it 4 straight treys from downtown for the Panthers ... the Tigers countered with put back baskets by the seniors Pickett & Styers before a time out at the 3:15 mark showed NL up 28-23 ... CHS closed the gap on NL the Tiger's own soph's (Gibson/Justice) added a pair of 3's ... New Lex 31 Circleville 29 end of 3 ... New Lex kept the lead the entire 4th period on the strength of 4 pts from Logyn Ratliff, a couple fgs from Ben Stenson and 10/12 from the FT line shooting as a team ... the last 9 points of the 4th for NL were all from the line ... the Tigers chasing for 8 minutes in the 4th were paced by senior big man Jay Styers 15 points ... 3 triples with the final three ball from behind the arc on the right wing ... trailing 48-51 ... :04 seconds on the clock ... in bounds pass to Styers, back to the bucket, turned/squared up with defender in his face (HOF Coach Matt Hoops sitting beside me called the shot good as it left Styers' hands) - the senior hit nothing but net as the buzzer sounded ... Circleville 51 New Lex 51 ... end of regulation ... OT , New Lex vs Circleville , MVL vs MSL ... in crunch time you want to believe that your go to guy(s) are going to be your senior - Jay Styers (nails the triple to tie the game in regulation) ... overtime/survive and advance season/ a one and done game - New Lex went 4/6 from the line while CHS senior Darcel Pickett was fouled, drained 2 FTs ... 55-53 Panthers ... senior Jay Styers for CHS already with 25 points and the tying bucket finishing up 4 qtrs of action drained another 3 ball with :28.4 on the clock ! Circleville with lead 56-55 ... New Lex senior Ben Stenson with a put back bucket for the Panthers! NL on top 57-56 :05.8 on the clock time out Round Town boyz ... the theme down the stretch has been seniors - seniors stepping up - CHS Styers 28 points ( a triple to send it OT)/a big 3 IN overtime ... New Lexington's Ben Stenson - a senior - with the big put back basket to give New Lex the lead with under 6 seconds on the play clock ... enter CHS senior Darcel Pickett - takes the inbound pass, drives to the right elbow, hits a contested medium range shot for the win as the buzzer went off ... Circleville 58 New Lexington 57 in OT a final ...
Pfloyd's Official "unofficial" Napkin Stats - New Lexington
Scoring ... Brady Hanson 25, Logyn Ratliff 13, Ben Stenson 11, Trey Givens 3, Will Stenson 3, Braden Agriesti 2
3 Pointers ... 5/23 ... Brady Hanson 3, Logyn Ratliff 1, Trey Givens 1
FTs ... 17/24
TOs .... 7
PnP ... 10 fgs/20 points in the paint
PnT ... 1 fg/2 points in transition
... New Lex is a YOUNG ball club , physical with excellent sophomore guards - Hanson/Ratliff (38 pts combined) ... return sophomore 6-6 or 6-7 big man in Agriesti ... lots of things to be positive about for the Panthers who return next season ... nice ball club coming back for 2019-20 ...
Pfloyd's Official "unofficial" Napkin Stats - Circleville
Scoring ... Jay Styers 28, Darcell Pickett 11, Riley Gibson 9, Evan Justice 8, Connor Jones 2
3 Pointers ... 7/22 ... Jay Styers 4, Evan Justice 2, Riley Gibson 1
FTs ..... 7/7
TOs .... 13
PnP .... 14 fgs/ 28 points in the paint
PnT ... 1 fg/ 2 points in transition
... great to visit with Coach Cassidy, Coach Sims, Coach Elswick before and after this one ... they were all proud of their seniors who stepped up in crunch time and got it done for the Tiger TEAM ... the seniors don't want it to end while CHS has a couple very good perimeter players in sophomores Riley Gibson/Evan Justice who want to keep the ride going ... good things happening in Roundtown ! the Tigers with the "W" get #1 Seed- Sheridan Saturday @ 3pm for the chance to win the last golden ticket to Basketball Thirty at the Convo ... best of luck to the Tigers ...
Circleville 58 New Lexington 57 a final ...
Circleville 58 New Lexington 57 a final ...
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Re: Circleville 58 New Lexington 57 a final ...
... quite a few coaches in the stands last night ! as there is a Freshmen Tourney going on as well ! ... the freshmen games brought Coach Matt Hoops/Coach John Bruce from Unioto - both popped up to the Cheap Seats for a chat , Coach Jerry Mitchem (Warren) stopped by asking about my prediction for the Athens vs Logan Elm game Friday night LOL ... the Logan Elm coaching staff of Coach Stiverson, Coach Holbert, Coach Dropsey were in the house along with Coach Stiverson's Dad - who made it up to the Cheap Seats before the opening tip ... the Fairfield Union coaching staff did some scouting - Coach Eversole, Coach Goodyear, Coach Helber ... Coach Warner (past coach for Marietta) in the house last night to see the Tigers vs Westfall ... great to see all of these great teachers/coaches of the game at Jim's Gym last night !