WARREN@MARIETTA 1/18

[Etta34]

Just trying to help hype up the game rickoshay its gonna be a big one.
GO TIGERS!!!!!!!

[Excoach78]

This is a tripleheader, Freshmen game starts at 5:oo. Come early and stay late. Should be three hard fought games. If you want a good seat you better come early, the place will be packed for (THE GAME)!!!! GO TEAM WARREN WARRIORS!!!!!!!!!!

[Mr. Irrelevent]

Warren 59 Marietta 56

Marietta led 15 - 9 after 1, 23 - 16 at half, and 36 - 34 after 3.

Marietta JV won by 10 or 12

Warren Freshmen won by 12 or 14.

[Schnellfritz]

Great win tonite Warren! Keep up the good work!

[mhs95_06]

Warren... 9 7 18 25 -- 59
Marietta 15 8 13 20 -- 56

Basically the deciding factor in this game was the Warren pressure defense, which was available to them whenever they needed it. Amazingly they didn't need it that much even though they trailed most of the game. Warren forced Marietta into 3 held balls in the first 55 sec of the game. Marietta played great except for handling the pressure.

Marietta made 9 treys, six by Kriechbaum on what was 10 or fewer attempts. With the 23-16 halftime lead quickly evaporating to a 25-24 Warren lead, Marietta got it back up to 35-28 and 44-34 leads. Warren didn't need to sustain the high pressure defense as much as they otherwise would have due to 4th qtr free throw shooting(Warren 13/18 and Marietta 3/8). If the team's FT shooting would have been even in the 4th, I would have liked to see how it turned out, but I think it would have still resulted in a Warren win, just would have had to have sustained the killer defense longer. Warren got a 3 point lead with just over 3 minutes left and were able to sustain it to the end, and the majority of the FTs Warren missed in the 4th were in the last minute.

[EasternDspy]

Nice game Marietta I give you props.

[mhs95_06]

JV score was 55-43, Marietta, their only win of the 3 games tonight.

[mhs95_06]

Marietta had a five point lead when Venham fouled out with 5:50 left. I had the game FTs at 24/33 for Warren and 6/16 for Marietta with Warren committing 13 fouls and Marietta 21. I thought it was a very well officiated game. Two of the fouls on Marietta resulted in Hastie getting 6 FT attempts -- they were both well after he let go of the missed trey attempts, but were obvious fouls when the Tiger defenders lost their balance and knocked him down.

[dennisdrinksbud]

Venham fouled out with about 6 minutes? left in the fourth (correct me if I'm wrong) with the Tigers leading by 6 or 7 I believe. Cunningham put the team on his back from there, hit a couple 3's and took the ball to the hole extremely well and gave Warren only their second lead of the game with 4 minutes left. For the rest of the game, the scoring difference was < 3 points. Down by 3 with about 25 seconds to go, the Tigers got the ball, and with 2 timeouts left, Secrest neglected to stop the clock to talk it over, and Riley took it to the hole and it rimmed out, Warriors grabbed the board and got fouled, Hastie (I think) knocked down both the freebies, basically ending Marietta's chances.

Great game like many thought, in my opinion, Marietta played a better game, but Warren hit their free throws and Marietta did not, I don't know the exact stat, but I'm gonna guess they were sub-50% from the line, while it seemed like Warren couldn't miss.

[mhs95_06]

Venham fouled out with about 6 minutes? left in the fourth (correct me if I'm wrong) with the Tigers leading by 6 or 7 I believe. Cunningham put the team on his back from there, hit a couple 3's and took the ball to the hole extremely well and gave Warren only their second lead of the game with 4 minutes left. For the rest of the game, the scoring difference was < 3 points. Down by 3 with about 25 seconds to go, the Tigers got the ball, and with 2 timeouts left, Secrest neglected to stop the clock to talk it over, and Riley took it to the hole and it rimmed out, Warriors grabbed the board and got fouled, Hastie (I think) knocked down both the freebies, basically ending Marietta's chances.

Great game like many thought, in my opinion, Marietta played a better game, but Warren hit their free throws and Marietta did not, I don't know the exact stat, but I'm gonna guess they were sub-50% from the line, while it seemed like Warren couldn't miss.

Yes that was a critical play with 20-25 sec left when Secrest and the Tigers eschewed the timeout and I think the srtategy, which I thought was a good one was to get a quick two, call time-out, try to get a steal and if not foul, and if one is missed they could tie with a two or win with a trey. But the premise for all that is to get the two, and Riley missed the bunny. I think it was Cunningham who made the first FT at 18 sec to make it a two possession game, then missed the 2nd.

[Tim Hardaway Jr.]

Many more fouls on Marietta than Warren. Warren got away with hand checks and pushes all night. I can think of one play where Lenington was dribbling the ball across half court and THE GREAT AC$ basically threw his body at Eli. Marietta should've made more free throws and held the lead better. Props to Warren. In the JV game Marietta played brilliantly. Shut down the most hyped player in the area in French.

[Tim Hardaway Jr.]

Venham fouled out with about 6 minutes? left in the fourth (correct me if I'm wrong) with the Tigers leading by 6 or 7 I believe. Cunningham put the team on his back from there, hit a couple 3's and took the ball to the hole extremely well and gave Warren only their second lead of the game with 4 minutes left. For the rest of the game, the scoring difference was < 3 points. Down by 3 with about 25 seconds to go, the Tigers got the ball, and with 2 timeouts left, Secrest neglected to stop the clock to talk it over, and Riley took it to the hole and it rimmed out, Warriors grabbed the board and got fouled, Hastie (I think) knocked down both the freebies, basically ending Marietta's chances.

Great game like many thought, in my opinion, Marietta played a better game, but Warren hit their free throws and Marietta did not, I don't know the exact stat, but I'm gonna guess they were sub-50% from the line, while it seemed like Warren couldn't miss.

Yes that was a critical play with 20-25 sec left when Secrest and the Tigers eschewed the timeout and I think the srtategy, which I thought was a good one was to get a quick two, call time-out, try to get a steal and if not foul, and if one is missed they could tie with a two or win with a trey. But the premise for all that is to get the two, and Riley missed the bunny. I think it was Cunningham who made the first FT at 18 sec to make it a two possession game, then missed the 2nd.

Mhs95_06: you honestly can not tell me that Secrest should not have called a time out when they got the ball across half court to set something up for Kriech who shot lights out all night! Or even one of the guards for three. He had two to's left.

[mhs95_06]

Venham fouled out with about 6 minutes? left in the fourth (correct me if I'm wrong) with the Tigers leading by 6 or 7 I believe. Cunningham put the team on his back from there, hit a couple 3's and took the ball to the hole extremely well and gave Warren only their second lead of the game with 4 minutes left. For the rest of the game, the scoring difference was < 3 points. Down by 3 with about 25 seconds to go, the Tigers got the ball, and with 2 timeouts left, Secrest neglected to stop the clock to talk it over, and Riley took it to the hole and it rimmed out, Warriors grabbed the board and got fouled, Hastie (I think) knocked down both the freebies, basically ending Marietta's chances.

Great game like many thought, in my opinion, Marietta played a better game, but Warren hit their free throws and Marietta did not, I don't know the exact stat, but I'm gonna guess they were sub-50% from the line, while it seemed like Warren couldn't miss.

Yes that was a critical play with 20-25 sec left when Secrest and the Tigers eschewed the timeout and I think the srtategy, which I thought was a good one was to get a quick two, call time-out, try to get a steal and if not foul, and if one is missed they could tie with a two or win with a trey. But the premise for all that is to get the two, and Riley missed the bunny. I think it was Cunningham who made the first FT at 18 sec to make it a two possession game, then missed the 2nd.

Mhs95_06: you honestly can not tell me that Secrest should not have called a time out when they got the ball across half court to set something up for Kriech who shot lights out all night! Or even one of the guards for three. He had two to's left.

Yes, I honestly feel that what they did was the correct thing. I want the trey attempt to win the game, not tie. If you call time out they can set their defense the same as you can set the offense, and who are they going to look for the most on a trey? The guy who has made six so far! So you drive and make the duece, or if they play it poorly they foul as you make it. Then you are down one, and steal or foul the within 3 sec of it coming in. Even if they make two, you are not worse off, and you can call time-out then if you want. No amount of time outs the Tigers could have taken would have given them a better chance to win the game. They had the right shot, the right guy, and the right strategy, just have to make the deuce as the first step! You've got a time out to use before the inbounds, and a time-out to use, if needed, when you get the ball back.

[Excoach78]

A Great barn burner at Marietta tonight!! Both crowds were into the game from the get go!! I thought the Marietta student section was the best I've seen. The only problem I saw with them was when Warren got the lead with 3:00 to go some started to leave, and the rest sort of quit. The game was far from over by no means.

The game was as expected, hard fought, Clean, with no easy shot to be had. I give credit were credit is do (Kreichbaum) that was the best I ever saw you play. Even hit some 3s on the move. Good game!! The whole Marietta team played hard but I thought the Tigers ran out of gas at the end.

The Warriors hung in there long enough to pull this one out. CLUTCH foul shooting late in the 4th was just that CLUTCH! Henthorn, Knost, Hastie and Cunningham all hit big foul shot at the end of the game. When the Warriors finally got over that huge hump and got the lead the air came out of the Tigers. Pressure Defense, What can you say. It got it done again!!! The Warriors missed a lot of shots, but this team will find a way to win!!!!! As I say a WIN is a WIN and the Warriors are 10-1, I'll take that thank you!!! Big game Friday night, Warren will have to play better. GO TEAM WARREN WARRIORS!!!!!!!!!!

[Excoach78]

ohiobaseball25, do not take this wrong, I am not crying. Marietta JVS did play a very good game. French has not played well the last 3 game. He has just lost his stroke. Matter of fact, I have never seen him play this bad. He is not caught up in the hype or have the big head. He just needs to relax and play his game. The only way for a good shooter to get out of a slump is to keep shooting. He will find his stroke ( I hope soon) and when he is on he is fun to watch. He is only a freshman. He will be back, you can count on that.

[Tim Hardaway Jr.]

ohiobaseball25, do not take this wrong, I am not crying. Marietta JVS did play a very good game. French has not played well the last 3 game. He has just lost his stroke. Matter of fact, I have never seen him play this bad. He is not caught up in the hype or have the big head. He just needs to relax and play his game. The only way for a good shooter to get out of a slump is to keep shooting. He will find his stroke ( I hope soon) and when he is on he is fun to watch. He is only a freshman. He will be back, you can count on that.

Excoach78: Yeah it was definitely not their best game. But he (French) did not miss in warmups and Marietta's D shut him down. I have no doubt he will be a great player. You can say that warmups do not matter but Kriech was hitting his shots in warmups and obviously he had a great game. He's one of the best shooters I've ever seen.

[Xtiger]

I don't attend too many high school games, but thought I would go last night. I was thoroughly entertained. I thought it was a great HS atmosphere and all students, fans and players should be commended on a very fun,feisty evening of basketball.
From my standpoint (and again I have not seen either team more than a handful of times over a number of years) I thought Marietta's failure to enter another guard into the lineup, when Warren starting pressing, was the key to Marietta's demise. One other observation----I really liked the court demeanor of #23 from Warren. Very composed under pressure for a HS player with all the hoopla in the building. He made some nice plays down the stretch and kept his teammates involved and carried them when needed. Enjoyed his play.

[warriorfrosh]

From a Warrior fans perspective any win over Marietta is a great win! I am impressed with the progress Marietta has made in one short year. I know several of their players and it's good to see them being more competitive. Really enjoyed the game last night, but only because we were able to come back to win a thriller. I am concerned that we continue to start slowly from an offensive standpoint. Of course the H Prep game was a different story as we were ON from the opening tap. I hope we can do the same against Portsmouth as we will not likely recover as we did down there with the addition of their new player. But I like our chances, the boys in Blue will be ready. Great to see Jace banging around again and also that we didn't miss a beat when Grant fouled out. Good team win with many of the boys contributing as always. We need everybody! Ten wins and counting......