WESTMINISTER AT FRANCIS HOWELL (BOYS)

15-16 HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
DATE:  02-23-16 TEAM: WESTMINISTER
STARTERS: 5, 10, 20, 22, 24
TIME: 7:00PM AT
B/G: BOYS TEAM: FRANCIS HOWELL
STARTERS: 10, 20, 23, 24, 30
JV/V: VARSITY
STARTERS:
LOCATION: FRANCIS HOWELL ** FRESHMAN
*    SOPHOMORE
TOURNEY/SHOOTOUTS:
ROUND:
SCORE: 1 2 3 4 OT FINAL
WESTMINISTER 17 15 14 10 18 74
FRANCIS HOWELL 7 9 16 24 9 65
COMMENTS:
FRANCIS HOWELL GOT OFF TO A SLOW START AND WAS DOWN 17-7 AFTER THE FIRST QUARTER. THE SECOND QUARTER WASN’T MUCH BETTER WITH POOR SHOOTING, WERE 3 FOR 10 FROM THE FREE THROW LINE AND 10 TURNOVERS AND WERE DOUBLED AT THE BREAK 32-16. THE ONLY THING IN THE FIRST HALF THAT KEPT THE GAME UNDER A 20 POINT DEFICIT WAS HOWELL’S OFFENSIVE REBOUNDING. THE SECOND HALF THE SHOOTING GOT BETTER AND WAS  OUT SCORED WESTMINISTER IN THE THIRD QUARTER 16-14 AND WAS DOWN BY 14 AFTER THE THIRD. THEY STARTED OFF THE FOURTH QUARTER WITH A 7-0 RUN TO GET THE LEAD DOWN TO 7 POINTS. THEN KEPT THE RUN GOING TO A 17-2 RUN TO GET A POINT LEAD. THE STOPPER OF THE RUN WAS FREE THROW SHOOTING IN WHICH THEY SHOT 3 FOR 9 AND ONE FRONT END OF A 1+1 IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. THEY ENDED REGULATION AT A 56-56 SCORE. THE START OF THE OVERTIME CLIFF DEROOT FROM WESTMINISTER HIT A THREE IN WHICH HE WAS 0 FOR 8 FROM THE ARC TILL THEN. WESTMINISTER HIT THEIR FREE THROWS AND DEGROOT HIT ANOTHER 3 POINTER AND ENDED LOSING BY A 74-65 SCORE.
#23) BRETT ELFRITZ 6’5″ SR. HAD 14 POINTS BUT WAS 2 FOR 10 FROM THE FREE THROW LINE INCLUDING 3 FRONT ENDS OF 1+1’S. HE HAD 15 REBOUNDS 4 ASSISTS, 4 STEALS, AND 5 TURNOVERS. HE GAVE HIS USUAL PERFORMANCE OF A 100% EFFORT TILL THE END. FREE THROWS?
#20) COLTON WHITE 6’2″ SR. HAD A TOUGH NIGHT SHOOTING TILL THE FOURTH QUARTER TILL HIT THREE BIG THREE POINTERS IN A ROW AND KEPT THEM IN THE GAME AND THEY ACTUALLY TOOK A LEAD IN THE FOURTH. HE HAD 13 POINTS FOR THE GAME. HE WAS 5 FOR 15 FROM THE FIELD AND 3 FOR 10 FROM THE ARC.
#24) CLAYTON AMBROSE  5’10”  SR. HAD 14 POINTS THAT INCLUDED TWO THREE POINTERS. HE GOT MORE INVOLVED IN THE 2ND HALF AND 8 POINTS AND ADDED A 3 IN OVERTIME. THEY PLAYED GOOD DEFENSE AGAINST HIM MOST OF THE GAME. HE WAS 5 FOR 10 FROM THE FIELD AND 2 FOR 5 FROM THE 3 POINT ARC.
#10) ZACH READER  6’6″  SR. DIDN’T SCORE IN THE FIRST HALF BUT GOT MORE ASSERTIVE IN THE 2ND HALF AND SCORED 9 POINTS INCLUDING 3 IN THE OVERTIME PERIOD. ZACH HAS LIMITED RANGE. HE HAD 7 REBOUNDS BUT HAD 5 TURNOVERS.
WESTMINISTER STARTED OFF FAST AND WAS LEADING 17-7 AFTER THE FIRST AND DOUBLED HOWELL AT HALF 32-16. THE THIRD QUARTER THEY WERE OUTSCORED IN THE THIRD 16-14 AND HAD A 14 POINT LEAD AND IT COULD BE MORE BUT THEY SHOT 4 FOR 7 AT THE LINE. THEY HAD A 11-0 RUN TO GET THE THIRD QUARTER LEAD UP TO 18 POINTS. THE FOURTH QUARTER THE LEAD SLIPPED THROUGH THE HANDS WITH A HOWELL RUN OF 17-2 TO BE DOWN 1 POINT. NOBODY WANTED TO WIN THIS GAME WITH BOTH TEAMS SHOOTING 3 FOR 9 AT THE FREE THROW LINE IN THE FOURTH. WESTMINISTER ONLY SCORED 10 POINTS IN THE FOURTH AND IT ENDED REGULATION AT 56-56. THE START OF THE OVERTIME STARTED WITH A 3 POINTER BY CLIFF DEGROOT. DEGROOT WAS 0 FOR 8 FROM 3 POINT LAND TILL THEN. WESTMINISTER FOUND THEIR STROKE FROM THE FREE THROW LINE IN OVERTIME 8 FOR 11. DEGROOT HIT ANOTHER BIG 3 AND WESTMINISTER NEVER LOOKED BACK
#10) AARON COOK 6’2″ SR. HAD A GAME HIGH 21 POINTS. HE WAS 7 FOR 14 FROM THE FIELD, 6 FOR 9 FROM THE FREE THROW LINE AND WAS 3 FOR 3 FROM THE LINE IN OVERTIME. HE HAD 10 REBOUNDS, 2 STEALS, AND 3 ASSISTS. HE IS STILL NOT A 100% .
#5) CLIFF DEGROOT 6’3″ JR HAD A TOUGH NIGHT FROM THE FIELD TILL IT COUNTED. HE HIT HIS FIRST THREE IN OVERTIME AND IT WAS THE FIRST POINTS IN OVERTIME. BEFORE THAT HE WAS 0 FOR 8 FROM THE ARC. HE HIT ANOTHER BIG 3 LATER IN OVERTIME. HE WAS 3 FOR 12 FROM THE FIELD AND 2 FOR 10 FROM THE 3 POINT ARC.HE HAD 9 POINTS FOR THE GAME AND HAD 5 REBOUNDS.
#24) STEVE WEBB  6’1″ JR. HAD 15 POINTS, WAS 6 FOR 10 FROM THE FIELD. HE WAS HORRIBLE FROM THE FREE THROW LINE 3 FOR 9 INCLUDING 0 FOR 2 IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. HE IS AN ATHLETE.HE HAD 6 STEALS AND 9 REBOUNDS. HE WAS IN FOUL TROUBLE IN THE 4TH QUARTER WHEN HE PICKED UP HIS 4TH FOUL WITH 7:07 LEFT.
#20) JORDAN HAWKINS  6’2″  SR. HAD A QUIET 11 POINTS INCLUDING 6 POINTS IN THE 1ST QUARTER AND WAS 3 FOR 4 FROM THE FREE THROW LINE IN OVERTIME. HE WAS 4 FOR 5 FROM THE FIELD, 3 FOR 5 FREE THROW LINE, AND 7 REBOUNDS.
#25) DREW MELARAGNO 6’1″ SR. WAS 4 FOR 8 FROM THE FIELD AND ALL HIS SHOTS WERE FROM 3 POINT LAND. HE HAD 12 POINTS.

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