Akron SVSM 70
Warren 51
... Great season/post season Coach Maddox, the Warren coaching staff and of course the Warrior TEAM ! thank you for allowing the rest of us hoops fans in Southern/Southeastern Ohio to stretch the 2012-13 season all the way to "the Show" in C'bus ... the Warren faithful were awesome! 2,500+ strong - great representation and support of your TEAM ... your kids ... be proud of what your team accomplished - all of us who were allowed to ride the Warrior Blue bandwagon the last week and a half - we are proud to have taken the ride with the Big Bad Blue ...
... a 19 point set back ... the final point spread was a product of WHS "HAVING" to go to man-to-man with a little over a minute to go in the third and all of the 4th period ... SVSM was hard enough to match up size wise in a zone, when the Warriors had to go man - impossible vs the Irish size and quickness ... size? SVSM starting lineup went 6-6, 6-0, 6-6, 6-6, 6-7 ... add to the size the hops at all positions for SVSM AND did I mention the boyz can shoot LOL ... at one point in the 3rd quarter the Irish were shooting at a 57% clip from the floor for the game, while controlling the offensive/defensive boards ... the quarter breaks were all SVSM ... SVSM 19 WHS 17 after one, SVSM 39 WHS 27 at intermission , the third ended SVSM 57 WHS 39 ...
Akron SVSM 70 Warren Local 51 a final ...
... Pfloyd Napkin Stats - SVSM ...
Scoring : Nick Wells 18, VJ King 14, Jalen Hudson 12, Jordan Hargrove 8, Fransohn Bickley 5, Newman Williams 4, Travonte Junius 4, Jarel Westridge 3, Joey Weber 2
3 Pointers : 2/8 ... King 1, Bickley 1
FT's : 18/29
TOs : 9
... SVSM is an excellent basketball team - size, strength in Nick Wells on the boards , quickness everywhere ... the Irish were 2 for 5 on dunks - yep SVSM attempted 5 dunks walked away with 2 ... I was amazed at the small Akron following - Warren easily out numbered the Irish fans 4 to 1 or 5 to 1 - looked like SVSM had a couple of bus loads of students for the student section + maybe 100 fans ... no Lebron sightings during the game ...
... Pfloyd Napkin Stats - Warren ...
Scoring : Reece Patton 24, Michael Hall 15, Evan French 5, Dylan Leffingwell 3, Matt Drayer 2, Corey Newlen 2, Andrew Drayer 2, Adam Lang 1
3 Pointers : 6/16 ... Patton 3, Hall 2, French 1
FT's : 8/14
TO : 15 ... 7 of the turnovers were in the 2nd quarter as SVSM got separation 39-27 going into the locker room ...
... Warren played the Irish even up in the first quarter (17-19 Irish) ... WHS took a 15-14 lead at one point in the 1st ... even Coach Larry Hunter ( Western Carolina) was impressed with what he saw out of the Warriors in the first (Coach Hunter was right behind pfloyd in the Cheap Seats) ... mentioning coaches - I passed West Virginia's coach Coach Huggins on the way into the Schott ( he IS as "plump" as he appears on tv lol ) ... back to the game - too many weapons, too much size for SVSM - maybe
coach78 will give us the rebounding differential when he gets on the puter ... IF you ignore the final score there was BIG UP SIDE to this game - the biggest stage in high school hoops ... playing at the Show - Coach Maddox had 2 of his returnees for next season play as BIG as the stage they played on - Sophomore Michael Hall, junior Reece Patton played BIG this evening ... Hall handled the ball vs the 6-6 folks that guarded him, getting his shot, playing confidently with the ball ... Reece Patton - simply outstanding ... repeatedly knocking down his perimeter shot, repeatedly beating his man off the dribble ... today at the Schott we saw these 2 players (Hall/Patton) come of age, the sky is the limit for the duo next season alongside All Ohio Evan French ...
... Warren will be back in the hunt in the 2013-14 season ... look for the same players (teams) going at it down the stretch - Warren, Athens, New Philadelpia for a chance to be the Regional representative out of the Convo ... personally I can't wait for the 2013-14 season to get underway LOL ...
