Miami Trace 52 Fairfield Leesburg 42 a final

[pfloyd]

Miami Trace 52
Fairfield Leesburg 42 a final

...Miami Trace entered the contest with Fairfield Leesburg with the only unblemished record in the Southeast District no-matter the division ... the Panthers have had some close calls - as recently as Saturday's 44-42 W over FAC foe the Jackson Ironmen ... D7 Fairfield came into the game not playing it's best basketball of late having lost 3 of their last 5 games coming off a 4 point win on the road Saturday @ Manchester 46-42 ... Miami Trace 52 Fairfield Leesburg 42 a final ...

... this one looked like it was going to be all Miami Trace as the Panthers ran out to a 15-1 lead as 5 of the 6 Panthers that entered the game dented the napkin stat sheet putting points on the board ... 6-7 jr big man in the post Adam Guthrie had a putback bucket & 2/2 from the line 4pts ... 6-4 sr. Skye Salyers added a trey from the right corner 3pts ... his running mate at the forward position 6-4 Trey Robinette scoring in the paint 2pts but missed on the "and 1" FT .. off of the Panther bench 6-2 jr. Cade Whitaker scored on a pair of shots from down on the blocks 4pts ... through the first 6 minutes and change of the first period the Lions of Fairfield were held in check trailing 15-1 ... the lone points coming on soph Caleb Berrera's 1/2 from the free throw line ... 6-1 soph Griffin Friend took the lid off the basket at the Lion's end of the floor draining a 3 ball from behind the arc ... 6-4 sr. Logan McIntosh added a drive to the rim for 2pts ... Miami Trace 15 Fairfield Leesburg 6 after 1 ... the Lions closed out the 1st quarter with a 6-0 run , then opened the 2nd with back to back to back threes as soph Brody Smith drained a trey on the first shot of the quarter ... Griffin Friend followed suit knocking down a deep triple to pull Fairfield to within 3 pts at 12-15 ... 6-4 sr Logan McIntosh got open at the top of the key for trey #3 in the qtr for the Lions ... tying the score at 15-15 ... coming out the Panther timeout ... Julian Baker for MT was fouled in the paint 1/2 from the line ... when the opposition has gotten back in the game by burning the nets from downtown, it's nice to have an equalizer, a player who when he is "on fire" is shooting the ball from 3 ft away - the odds of scoring go way up from that distance ... 6-7 Adam Guthrie is a man in the paint ... the Panther big ... got the ball down low, scored at the rim plus the "and one" 3pts, on successive MT misses Guthrie grabbed the boards and had stickbacks for 4pts ... the final points for Miami Trace had the ball come into the low post & Guthrie finished at the rim 2 pts / 9pts in the quarter/13 in the half ... Fairfield matched the shots of Guthrie down low as Friend added a drive baseline 2pts ... Smith & Logan McIntosh each added a midrange jumper 2pts each ... McIntosh finished the Lions scoring with 2/2 from the FT line ... Miami Trace 25 Fairfield Leesburg 23 at the half ... through 2 qtrs Miami Trace was 1 for 6 from behind the arc ... noting that one of the best 3 point scorers in the SE district Trey Robinette was held to 2 pts and scoreless from three point land ... for Fairfield the Lions were 4/7 from three however only getting 2 fgs in the paint with the 6-7 Guthrie stopping FHS penetration into the paint ... Trace was living in the paint as the Panthers had 9 of 10 fgs on shots at the rim ... tougher to keep knocking down 3's than it is to keep making shots at the rim ... advantage Miami Trace ... Fairfield opened the 3rd with Griffin Friend hitting a midrange jumper 2pts ... Brody Smith hit a trey 3pts ... Quentin McIntosh the 6-4 jr. went to the line for 2 FTs making good on one ... for MT, if it works don't change it - Guthrie continued to get his shot at the rim to open the Trace scoring 2pts ... Baker was fouled in the paint 1/2 at the line, Guthrie took the ball in the high post, showed his agility by dribbling down the right side of the lane finishing with a shot at the rim 2pts ... 5-10 soph Caleb Rice for FHS took a Miami Trace turnover to the house for 2pts ... Fairfield with the lead 31-30 with 5 mins and change on the clock in the 3rd ... so far through 2 1/2 qtrs the Lions of Coach Williams had taken care of the ball showing only 3 turnovers on the napkin stat sheet while turning MT over 7 times ... the strip, steal & score giving the Lions the 1 point advantage ... for the last 5 minutes of the 3rd defense was the name of the game as each team scored 5 points to close out the period ... for Miami Trace Cade Whitaker knocked down a corner three 3pts and Baker took a rare FHS turnover coast to coast for 2pts ... Fairfield got something even rarer than a turnover - a bucket in the paint - this one by jr Quentin McIntosh 2pts ... which was followed by Brody Smith's 2nd trey of the quarter ... Fairfield Leesburg 36 Miami Trace 35 after 3 ... Miami Trace has good size beyond the 6-7, lineman build, Guthrie ... the swing forwards of Robinette 6-4/ Salyers 6-4 both seniors ... Whitaker 6-2/Baker 6-3 both strong football builds ... Bowers checks in at 6-1 on the perimeter ... by the end of 3 quarter the Lions for Fairfield had been battling the "bigs" in the paint for MT ... as the 4th quarter progressed the wear and tear looked to take its' toll on the Lions as shots were coming up short, shot selection wasn't what it had been through 3 qtrs and decision making wasn't as sharp as the Lions turned the ball over 4 times and probably most important the Lions were now controlling the boards at both ends of the floor ... FHS was held scoreless the first 3 minutes of the 4th qtr as the Panthers got points in the paint from Whitaker 2pts down low ... Guthrie added another drive to the rim 2pts following it up with an offensive rebound and putback 2pts ... Miami Trace 41-36 with 4:55 on the clock ... Friend for Fairfield scored with a shot in the paint over the 6-7 Guthrie 2pts and went 1/2 from the FT line ... at 2:30 to play MT controlled the paint, the boards and was up 46-39 ... the final points for Fairfield came on a transition bucket by Caleb Barrera 2pts and Smith 1/2 from the line ... for Miami Trace Guthrie had 6pt all in the paint in the 4th /23 for the game ... Skye Salyers a three ball and transition bucket 5pts ... Cade Whitaker scored 2 more buckets on the blocks 4pts/11 points for the game off the MT bench ... Bowers added 2/2 from the line ... the Lions kept the slate clean picking up W number 17 on the season ... Miami Trace 52 Fairfield Leesburg 42 a final ...

Pfloyd's official "UN-official" Napkin Stats - Fairfield Leesburg

Scoring ... Griffin Friend 13, Brody Smith 12, Logan McIntosh 9, Quentin McIntosh 3, Caleb Barrera 3, Caleb Rice 2
3 Pointers ... 6/17 … Brody Smith 3, Griffin Friend 2, Logan McIntosh 1
FTs ... 6/10
TOs ... 7
PnP ... 4 fgs/ 8 points in the paint
PnT ... 2 fgs/ 4 points in transition
Pbk ... 0 fgs/ 0 points on putback buckets

Pfloyd's official "UN-official" Napkin Stats - Miami Trace

Scoring ... Adam Guthrie 23, Cade Whitaker 11, Skye Salyers 8, Julian Baker 6, Gage Bowers 2, Trey Robinette 2
3 Pointers ... 2/10 ... Skye Salyers 1, Cade Whitaker 1
FTs ... 7/15
TOs ... 9
PnP ... 18 fgs/ 36 points in the paint
PnT ... 2 fgs/4 points in transition
Pbk ... 5 fgs/10 points on putback buckets

[Whs95fan]

Watched some of the game and Guthrie is definitely a forced to be reckoned with. I posted this in another thread but with Trace's win, it all but locks up the #1 seed for them which likely means we'll see Warren/Marietta for a third time.

[Hookshot]

Watched some of the game and Guthrie is definitely a forced to be reckoned with. I posted this in another thread but with Trace's win, it all but locks up the #1 seed for them which likely means we'll see Warren/Marietta for a third time.

I'd have Warren a 12-point favorite over Miami Trace.

[TheOHIOBully]

Excellent post!!!!

[SoutheastHoopsWizard]

Excellent write up.

Thanks Pfloyd for all that you do!