Bloom Carroll 55
Logan 42 a final
… Logan hosting MSL’s Bloom Carroll Bulldogs at Jim’s Gym … Coach Rider again looking to pick up win #400 … BC under new Head Coach Ryan Davis formerly the successful Head Coach at Chesapeake High School out of the OVC … talking to Coach Davis prior to the varsity contest - Coach said the Bulldogs should have only lost 3 games this season … as his Bulldogs have played solid basketball this season - Coach said that he had over 50 players compete for spots on the freshmen/jv and varsity teams back in October - from the looks of tonight’s results Bloom Carroll basketball is in good hands as BC swept the Chieftains in all 3 contests … picking up the trifecta with a 55-42 win in the varsity matchup …
… Logan started the game with a lot of intensity on both ends of the floor - taking advantage of size inside as the Logan BIGS accounted for all of the LHS points in the opening quarter led by sr 6-6 post player Cayden Alford’s 8 points in the paint /fellow big, Simon Pierce, added a putback bucket on the blocks (2 pts) … for Bloom Carroll - the Bulldogs turned Logan over 4 times in the qtr. picking up a transition bucket from Owen Conrad (2pts) … BC was led by sr Michael Whitcraft’s 6 pts … with 2 pointers each by Chase Chapman & jr Jayse Rockwood … Bloom Carroll 12 Logan 10 after 1 … Logan actually took a 21-20 lead on back to back triples by Kohen Maynard (6pts) - that was it for Logan’ bid to keep this one in reach as 6 more Chieftain turnovers ended any hopes of a 2 game win streak for the home standing Chiefs … BC had too many weapons, 5 players helped take back the lead for BC … the Bulldogs matched the Logan 3 three pointers and raised the Purple & White 1 … Logan went 3/5 from behind arc in the 2nd while BC went 4 for 6 … led by Whitcraft’s 2 triples and 2/2 from th FT line (8pts) …Coach Davis, substituting freely all game,got long range support from his bench - Jett Jones adding a 3 ball (3pts) … Michael Malone with a triple (5pts) … Owen Conrad adding 2 pts/Chase Chapman 3pt gave the Bulldogs 21 pts in the period allowing BC to outdistance LHS 21-15 in the qtr. ( Logan , besides Maynard’s 2 treys/6pts, got support from freshman Owen Bell 5pts including a 3 pointer/ sr Jacob Burke 2/2 from the line/ and a Simon Pierce 2 pointer rounded out the Chiefs scoring in the quarter) … Bloom Carroll 33 Logan 25 at the half … Coach Davis for BC played 10 in the Bulldog rotation … lots of athleticism for BC including 6-6 freshman Carson Davis (Coach Davis’ son) … Coach Davis has put his mark on an already good BC program - the crisp passing on the perimeter and in the paint/ good ball movement/ solid guard play … good fundamental basketball which is what he had at Chesapeake … with the athletes that BC has and the solid group of sophomores - Tryce Chaffin/Markus Roberson/Park Truex to go with juniors Jett Jones/Jayse Rockwood and 6-6 Freshman Carson Davis - the cupboard is full for BC to be successful in the MSL for years to come …quarter 3 saw Logan implode with 5 more turnovers (15 in the first 3 qtrs) to go with at least 4 at the rim shots that wouldn’t go down … the BC defense held the LHS offense to 4 fgs/8 points … all 8 coming in the paint - Pierce 4pts and Alford 4 pts … Malone for BC added another 3 pointer (5 pts) … Owen Conrad 4pts/Jayse Rockwood 4pts off the bench along with 2 pts from Markus Roberson … Bloom Carroll 48 Logan 33 after 3 … the 15 point margin was more than enough to stop the Logan win streak at 1 game … as Logan outscored BC 9-7 in the period … the game was already in the books for BC … scoring for Logan sr Jacob Burke knocked down the Chiefs 4th triple of the game (3pts)/Max Black 2pts on a floater in the paint/Pierce & Alford added 2 points each …for BC Jackson Wyant added 4pts and a 3 pointer from Park Truex wrapped the W up for the Bulldogs and Coach Davis’ first trip down Rte 33 to Jim’s Gym in Logan … a rotation of 10 with 9 different players contributing on the score sheet … Bloom Carroll 55 Logan 42 a final …
… Pfloyd’s official “Un-official” Napkin Stats - Logan
Scoring … Cayden Alford 14, Simon Pierce 10, Kohen Maynard 6, Jacob Burke 5, Owen Bell 5, Max Black 2
3 Pointers … 4/12 … Kohen Maynard 2, Jacob Burke 1, Owen Bell 1
FTs … 2/6
TOs … 19
PnP … 13 fgs/ 26 points in the paint
PnT … 1 fg / 2 points in transition
Pbk … 2 fgs/ 4 points on putback buckets
… Pfloyd’s official “UN-official” Napkin Stats - Bloom Carroll
Scoring … Michael Whitcraft 14, Michael Malone 10, Owen Conrad 8, Jayse Rockwood 6, Chase Chapman 5, Jackson Wyant 4, Jett Jones 3, Park Truex 3, Markus Roberson 2
3 Pointers … 6/21 … Michael Malone 2, Michael Whitcraft 2, Jett Jones 1, Park Truex 1
FTs … 5/9
TOs … 11
PnP …10 fgs/ 20 points in the paint
PnT … 3 fgs/ 6 points in transition
Pbk … 1 fg/ 2 points on putback buckets
… it was great getting to talk hoops with Coach Davis for a few before the varsity game tonight - Coach is one of the best , BC is in good hands at the top of their basketball program … going to have to make sure I get up the highway to keep in touch with Coach Davis and his family - good people …