BOYS IL CLASS 3A HIGHLAND SECTIONAL FINAL ALTHOFF VS CENTRALIA

15-16 HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
IL BOYS HIGHLAND SECTIONAL FINAL
DATE: 03-11-16 TEAM: CENTRALIA
STARTERS: 3, 5, 22, 24, 25
TIME: 7:00PM VS
B/G: BOYS TEAM: 1, 4, 12, 22, 23
STARTERS:
JV/V: VARSITY
STARTERS:
LOCATION: HIGHLAND IL HIGH SCHOOL ** FRESHMAN
*    SOPHOMORE
TOURNEY/SHOOTOUTS: IL BOYS 3A STATE
ROUND: HIGHLAND SECTIONAL FINAL
SCORE: 1 2 3 4 OT FINAL
CENTRALIA IL 9 13 19 12 53
ALTHOFF 19 11 19 16 65
COMMENTS:
CENTRALIA GOT OFF TO A SLOW START AND WAS DOWN 19-9 AFTER THE FIRST QUARTER. THE SECOND QUARTER WAS A LITTLE CLOSER BECAUSE OF BAD FREE THROW SHOOTING AND FROM THE FIELD. CENTRALIA FORCED FIVE TURNOVERS AND ALTHOFF WAS 3 FOR 8 FROM THE LINE. CENTRALIA WAS ONE AND DONE AND COULDNT GET A REBOUND. THE SCORE AT THE HALF WAS 30-22 IN ALTHOFF’S FAVOR. THE THIRD QUARTER WAS DUEL BETWEEN THE BEST PLAYERS ON BOTH TEAMS WITH BOTH TEAMS SCORING 19 POINTS A PIECE. ALTHOFF’S  #23) GOODWIN HAD 15 POINTS IN THE QUARTER AND CENTRALIA’S #3) D’AARON OWENS HAD 10 POINTS IN THE QUARTER. THE SCORE AFTER THE THIRD QUARTER WAS ALTHOFF WITH A 49-41 LEAD. THE FOURTH QUARTER CENTRALIA AND #25) BILLBERRY HAD A 6-0 RUN TO GET THE LEAD DOWN TO A 53-47 SCORE WITH ABOUT FOUR MINUTES LEFT IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. THEN ALTHOFF WENT ON A 7-2 RUN MOSTLY BY FREE THROWS TO GET 60-49 SCORE WITH A LITTLE LESS THAN THREE MINUTES LEFT. CENTRALIA WENT TO FOULING AND ALTHOFF WAS UP TO THE TASK WITH A 13 FOR 20 FROM THE LINE IN THE FOURTH. CENTRALIA WAS BEATEN BAD ON THE BOARDS BADLY AND WAS INTIMINATED INSIDE. THEY FOUGHT HARD BUT SECOND BEST TODAY.
#3) D’AARON OWENS 5’10”  SR. HAD A TEAM HIGH 20 POINTS. HE HAD FOUR POINTS IN THE FIRST HALF AND REALLY GOT GOING IN THE THIRD QUARTER AND ADDED TEN MORE. HE WAS A LOT MORE EFFECTIVE WHEN ALTHOFF’S #4) FERGUSON WAS OUT OF THE GAME. OWENS IS REALLY QUICK AND ABOVE AVERAGE GUARD AND CAN REALLY GET UP.
#25) TYRIQ BILLBERRY  6’0″  SR WAS ONE OF THE ORPHANS THAT WASN’T INTIMINATED INSIDE BY ALTHOFF’S SIZE. HE HAD 18 POINTS INCLUDING HAVING FIVE OF THE FIRST QUARTERS NINE THAT CENTRALIA SCORED. HE HAD A THREE AND WAS 5 FOR 6 FROM THE FREE THROW LINE. HE ALSO HAD A 6-0 RUN IN THE FOURTH TO GET CENTRALIA WITHIN SIX OF THE LEAD.
#33) JAVON WILLIAMS  6’1″ SR ADDED NINE POINTS WHICH INCLUDED SIX IN THE SECOND QUARTER AND ADDED A THREE IN THE THIRD
ALTHOFF WAS 28-2 COMING INTO THIS GAME. ALTHOFF STARTED OFF FAST WITH A 19 POINT FIRST QUARTER AND WAS WINNING 19-9 AFTER ONE. THE SECOND QUARTER WAS PRETTY EVEN . ALTHOFF COMMITTED FIVE TURNOVERS AND WAS 3 FOR 8 FROM THE LINE. THE SCORE AT THE BREAK WAS 30-22 IN ALTHOFF’S FAVOR. THE THIRD QUARTER WAS PRETTY ENTERTAINING WITH #23) GOODWIN  SCORING 15 OUT OF THE TEAMS 19 POINTS. CENTRALIA DIDNT QUIT WITH THEIR BEST PLAYER #3) OWENS SCORED TEN OF THE THEIR 19 POINTS. #4) TARKUS FERGUSON GOT HIS FOURTH FOUL 6:04 LEFT IN THE THIRD AND DIDN’T COME BACK TILL 3:35 LEFT IN THE FOURTH. FERGUSON WASN’T A FACTOR AND ONLY HAD THREE POINTS BUT GOODWIN CARRIED THE LOAD TODAY WITH 32 POINTS. THE SCORE AFTER THE THIRD QUARTER WAS ALTHOFF 49-41. CENTRALIA HAD A 6-0 RUN AND GOT IN WITHIN 6 POINTS AND THAT WAS THE CLOSEST THAT THEY EVER GOT. ALTHOFF CONTROLLED THE BOARDS AND CONTROLLED THE INSIDE WITH INTIMINATION. THEN FINAL SCORE WAS ALTHOFF 67 AND CENTRALIA 53.
#23) JORDAN GOODWIN  6’3″ JR. HAD A GAME HIGH 32 POINTS. HE WAS UNSTOPPABLE AT TIMES AND IT INCLUDED 15 POINTS IN THE THIRD QUARTER. HE WAS 11 FOR FOR 15 FROM THE FREE THROW LINE. HE LIVED UP TO HIS ALL STATE BILLING TONIGHT.
#4) TARKUS FERGUSON  6’4″  SR A ILLINOIS/ CHICAGO RECRUIT WAS IN FOUL TROUBLE MOST OF THE NIGHT. HE COMMINTTED HIS THIRD FOUL WITH 4:22 LEFT IN THE SECOND AND HIS FOURTH WITH 6:04 LEFT IN THE THIRD. HE WAS OUT OF THE GAME FROM 6:04 LEFT IN THE THIRD AND WENT BACK IN WITH 3:35 LEFT IN THE FOURTH. HE HAD ONLY THREE POINTS.
#1) KEENEN YOUNG 6’1″SR  HAD A GOOD GAME WITH A 16 POINT GAME. HE STARTED THE GAME WITH TWO THREES IN THE FIRST QUARTER. HE WAS 4 FOR 7 FROM THE LINE AND 3 FOR 6 IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.
#12) CJ COLDON  6’1″  JR. HAD EIGHT POINTS ALL IN THE FOURTH QUARTER WITH TWO TRADITIONAL THREE POINT PLAYS AND TWO FREE THROWS. HE WAS 4 FOR 4 FROM THE LINE.

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