IRONTON 69 VS Peebles 68 - 2 OT - FINAL

[Hoggy]

A real Slobber Knocker!

This is the kind of game that a District Championship is supposed to be like!

[osnn]

Thanks Caglewis for the updates. You called a great game.

[jottings]

Congrats, Ironton. Carry the SEOAL banner further up the road. Wow! Who were the officials tonight?

[Hitchbone64]

Congrats to Coach Lafon and the Ironton Tigers. Truly a no-quit team. I watched it twice this year against my Cavs. Nothing like the Sweet 16. Maybe Coach Lafon starts getting the credit he deserves.

Kudos to Peebles for a great season. What a heart breaking way to lose.

[kyle.brewer]

Great season to the kids at Peebles. You guys were definately fun to watch and very fun to coach against this year. As a team you have all fought through adversity in one way or another. Keep your heads up and continue working hard.

[bman]

LE-Warren, Peake-ZT and Ironton-Peebles. Some darn fine basketball at the Convo this weekend.

[ohbuckeye2]

Way to go Tigers.........What a great day for Ironton Basketball.

Girls = Regional Champions
Boys = District Champions

[Tiger Man]

This was a great win for the Fighting Tigers!!!! I will not be able to talk tomorrow.

GO TIGERS GO!!!!!!!!

[TribeManiac10]

This was a great win for the Fighting Tigers!!!! I will not be able to talk tomorrow.

GO TIGERS GO!!!!!!!!

My throat is a little raw as well.

[freethrow25]

Definately saved the best game for last and what a game!! Sorry it ended in such a way that the questionable officiating will remain in everyones memory. Fuzz Meister asked in another thread a question that I'm sure the great minds on Southernohiopreps can answer. When Malcom Morton #10 got fouled and taken out of the game a replacement took his shots. After he didn't take those shots due to injury is he allowed to return to the game? Please enlighten me?

[CarmenOhio]

Definately saved the best game for last and what a game!! Sorry it ended in such a way that the questionable officiating will remain in everyones memory. Fuzz Meister asked in another thread a question that I'm sure the great minds on Southernohiopreps can answer. When Malcom Morton #10 got fouled and taken out of the game a replacement took his shots. After he didn't take those shots due to injury is he allowed to return to the game? Please enlighten me?

A player is allowed to return after the ball is put into play. It is no different than when an injury occurs and there are no free throws. Regardless of whether a foul is associated, if play is stopped as a result of the injury, the injured played must sit out until the next dead ball. What if it happened on the first play of the game? Would a player really have to sit out the rest of the game if he started to feel better? Players get stitched up all the time and are able to return to the game whether someone had to shoot free throws for them or not.

[blockcharge]

If a player is replaced (injury or not) time must run off the clock before that player can return

[Ball4]

What a game!!! Congrats Tigers and Coach Lafon!!

[TheDarkKnight]

Wow.
Sounded like a great game.
Great job tigers.

[SickRick]

Congrats

[60ft.6in.]

The officiating was a little crazy but it didn't decide the game...The only question I have is, what the hell was the call when justice got an and 1 and then they called a double foul so he charged also, what do you call this, a Blarge? "block and charge"? Then peebles never shot free throws, they counted the bucket and gave ironton the ball...Something I have never heard of...

[caglewis]

From the Ironton Tribune:
http://www.irontontribune.com/news/2010 ... e-peebles/

Working overtime: Tigers edge Peebles
By Jim Walker | The Tribune

Published Sunday, March 14, 2010

ATHENS — Coach Mark LaFon told Malcolm Morton to create.

And, boy did he ever.

Trailing 68-66 with 11 seconds to play in the second overtime, Morton pushed the ball down the floor, stopped 30 feet from the basket and launched a 3-point attempt that found nothing but the bottom of the net.

The trifecta gave Ironton a 69-68 win over the fifth-ranked Peebles Indians and the Division III district championship Saturday night at Ohio University.

“I told J.P. (Taylor) I was going to hit one,” said Morton. “Coach called the play for me and I took it.”

LaFon said the shot by Morton exemplified the attitude of his team throughout the game.

“We never quit and just kept trying to make plays,” said LaFon. “I made a lot of calls for different players because no one was afraid.

“Not one guy was the key. Everyone made plays. J.P. had three steals in the first half that were big. Timmy hit some big shots. Travis Elliott and Trey Fletcher hit big shots. It was just everyone making plays.”

Elliott led Ironton’s balanced offense with 18 points. Timmy Kochendoerfer scored 15 while Morton and Fletcher had 11 each.

Blake Justice finished with 23 points but struggled from the perimeter. He hit two 3-pointers and his five two-point goals were all layups.

Andrew Seaman scored 20 points, Eric Collier 12 and Andy Countryman 11 for the Indians (23-2).

Ironton took an 8-2 lead to start the game before a layup by Collier got Peebles within 8-7.

The Fighting Tigers opened up a 16-9 lead on a putback by Kochendoerfer with 53 seconds left in the quarter. Another layup by Collier cut the deficit to 16-11.

A trifecta by Kochendoerfer staked Ironton to a 19-13 at the start of the second quarter, but he was whistled for his second foul moments later and sat out the rest of the half.

Fletcher made a layup to give Ironton a 23-17 lead and his layup with 1:56 in the half made it 25-19. But Seaman hit a 3-pointer with 1:43 on the clock and the Indians trailed 25-22 at the break.

Ironton took its biggest lead at 31-24 on a layup by Elliott with 5:53 in the third quarter only to have Peebles rally to tie the game at 31-31 on a layup by Seaman.

Seaman and Taylor traded 3-pointers before Countryman hit a trey for Peebles and Ironton led 44-41 at the end of the quarter.

Ironton maintained a slim led throughout the fourth quarter but a key play came early when a charge and blocking foul were called on the same play and Justice was still awarded the basket.

Kochendoerfer hit two keys shots including a layup with 47 seconds left that put Ironton up 58-53. But Seaman made a 12-footer and then hit a 3-pointer from the corner that tied the game with 11 seconds left.

Ironton missed two shots in the final four seconds and the game went to overtime.

Each team made a foul shot in overtime and the second extra period started at 59-59.

Peebles took a 66-61 lead in overtime with 1:52 left only to have Ironton battle back on a triple by Morton and two foul shots by Elliott with 1:11 left. Ironton forced a turnover but missed a shot and Justice scored on a runout layup with 11 seconds to go.

But then came Morton’s long 3-pointer with four seconds on the clock and Ironton had claimed the district championship.

Ironton will play Eastern Brown at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Ohio University in the regional semifinals.

Ironton 16 9 19 14 1 10 = 69

Peebles 11 11 19 17 1 9 = 68

IRONTON (19-3): Malcolm Morton 2 2 1-2 11, Travis Elliot 7 0 4-5 18, Tim Kochendoerfer 4 1 4-6 15, Erin Edens 0 0 0-0 0, Trey Fletcher 5 0 1-1 11, Zac Carter 0 1 2-2 5, J.P. Taylor 2 1 2-4 9, Josh Murphy 0 0 0-0 0.Totals: 25-68 14-20 69. 3-point goals: 5-15. Fouls: 13. Fouled out: None. Rebounds: 22 offense, 29 defense = 51 (Fletcher 10, Elliott 9, Edens 9). Team rebounds: 5. Assists: 7 (Taylor 3, Morton 2). Steals: 13 (Taylor 4, Carter 4, Elliott 3). Blocked shots: 6 (Fletcher 2).

PEEBLES (21-1): Nathan Stephens 0 0 0-0 0, Blake Justice 5 2 7-8 23, Eric Collier 6 0 0-0 12, Andy Countrymen 1 2 3-5 11, Andrew Seaman 4 4 0-0 20, Tyler McFarland 0 0 0-0 0, Trent Arey 1 0 0-0 2. Totals: 26-64 10-13 68. 3-point goals: 7-26. Fouls: 15. Fouled out: None. Rebounds: 10 offense, 23 defense = 33 (Seaman 11, Countryman 5, Collier 4). Team rebounds: 4. Assists: 7 (Justice 2, Seaman 2). Steals: 11 (Justice 4, Seaman 3, Arey 2). Blocked shots: 3 (Seaman 2, Collier 1).

[Ironman92]

thanks for stats

[sneaky1]

Great season to the kids at Peebles. You guys were definately fun to watch and very fun to coach against this year. As a team you have all fought through adversity in one way or another. Keep your heads up and continue working hard.

Did you forget your password for Mrhoops2u?...Fairly sure you can reset it under "forgot password".

[YC08]

Great season to the kids at Peebles. You guys were definately fun to watch and very fun to coach against this year. As a team you have all fought through adversity in one way or another. Keep your heads up and continue working hard.

Did you forget your password for Mrhoops2u?...Fairly sure you can reset it under "forgot password".

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