No. 2 seed Greenfield McClain (19-3) used a short scoring spurt early in the fourth quarter to eliminate No. 6 seed Gallipolis Gallia Academy (8-14) in the second game of Friday night’s Southeastern Ohio Division II district semifinals at Ohio University’s Convocation Center, Athens.
Gallipolis had pulled within three points, 26-23, with 7:13 left in the game on a pair of free throws by Chris McCoy in a bitter defensive struggle.
Within a minute and 30 seconds, the Tigers outscored GAHS 10-0. That was the ball game. GAHS committed 10 turnovers in the 32-minute fight, but four came during that 1:30 span.
Greenfield built up a 37-23 lead with 3:54 left to play. David Rumley’s four points (a layup at 3:44 and two free throws (3:13) pulled the Blue Devils within 10 points, 37-27. Free throws by Cole Jones and Rumley pulled the Gallians within six, 39-33 with :51.8 left
The Tigers played “keep-away†the remainder of the game, outscoring the Blue Devils, 6-2.
David Rumley paced Gallipolis in scoring with 15 points. Cole Jones added six. Vinny Zollo, 6-8 freshman, led Greenfield with 17 points. Lucas Polley added 10.
Gallipolis connected on 12 of 34 field goal attempts for 36.3 percent. Gallipolis was 0-8 behind the arc. The Blue Devils canned 11 of 16 free throws for 73.3 percent. GAHS had 13 personals, 28 rebounds, eight each by David Rumley and Cole Jones. Gallipolis had 10 turnovers.
Gallipolis had nine assists, five by McCoy, and four steals, two by Jones. Gallipolis had eight deflections.
Greenfield connected on 15 of 32 field goal attempts for 47 percent. The Tigers were 11-16 at the foul line (68.7 percent). Greenfield had 16 personal fouls, 17 rebounds, 10 by Zollo, and committed eight turnovers. It was the last high school basketball game for four GAHS seniors—Chris McCoy, Cole Jones, Zack Brown and David Rumley.
Greenfield will play Vinton County at 8:15 p.m. Feb. 29 at the Convo for a berth to the 2008 regional tournament. Vinton County edged Washington CH, 60-59, in Friday’s first semifinal at OU. Chillicothe plays Logan Elm in the first District II final on Feb. 29, at 6:15 p.m.
Box score:
GALLIPOLIS – (35) -- Ethan Moore, 0-0-0-0; Chris Armstrong, 1-0-0-2; Quiton Nibert, 2-0-0-4; Chris McCoy, 1-2-2-4; Kyle Mitchell, 2-0-0-4; Cole Jones, 2-2-5-6; Zack Brown, 0-0-0-0; John Troester, 0-0-0-0; David Rumley, 4-7-8-15. TOTALS 12-11-15-35.
GREENFIELD (43) – Lucas Polley, 4-2-5-10; Nathan Luke, 0-(1)-0-0-3; Brian Pitzer, 0-1-1-1; Jordan Ralph, 0-2-2-2; Dalton Detty, 1-2-3-4; Jeremy Webster, 2-2-2-6; Vinny Zollo, 6-(1)-2-2-17. TOTALS 13-(2)-11-16-43.
Score by quarters:
Gallipolis…….2 10 9 14 -- 35
Greenfield……7 10 9 17 -- 43
Fourth period surge gives McClain 43-35 win
Re: Fourth period surge gives McClain 43-35 win
Greenfield looked ok friday but not great. They got beat too many times in the paint, esp. on the baseline. And they should have never gotten out-rebounded. Webster had a bad game all around - not many rebounds and missed a lot of shots. They will need big games from Webster and Zollo to beat VC.
They do have some talent on the fresh. & reserve teams, but not much height besides Zollo. They will be quick though. Hopefully Vanmeter comes up w/ a better offense that will let the guards run more.
They do have some talent on the fresh. & reserve teams, but not much height besides Zollo. They will be quick though. Hopefully Vanmeter comes up w/ a better offense that will let the guards run more.
Re: Fourth period surge gives McClain 43-35 win
GoBlue22 wrote:Greenfield looked ok friday but not great. They got beat too many times in the paint, esp. on the baseline. And they should have never gotten out-rebounded. Webster had a bad game all around - not many rebounds and missed a lot of shots. They will need big games from Webster and Zollo to beat VC.
They do have some talent on the fresh. & reserve teams, but not much height besides Zollo. They will be quick though. Hopefully Vanmeter comes up w/ a better offense that will let the guards run more.
I guess you haven't watched GF too much?
#1 The defense always gives up the baseline...and uses "backside help" ALWAYS
#2 The offense they run doesn't allow for many rebounds.
#3 Run? VM likes to control the tempo!
Re: Fourth period surge gives McClain 43-35 win
BBallDUMB wrote:GoBlue22 wrote:Greenfield looked ok friday but not great. They got beat too many times in the paint, esp. on the baseline. And they should have never gotten out-rebounded. Webster had a bad game all around - not many rebounds and missed a lot of shots. They will need big games from Webster and Zollo to beat VC.
They do have some talent on the fresh. & reserve teams, but not much height besides Zollo. They will be quick though. Hopefully Vanmeter comes up w/ a better offense that will let the guards run more.
I guess you haven't watched GF too much?
#1 The defense always gives up the baseline...and uses "backside help" ALWAYS
#2 The offense they run doesn't allow for many rebounds.
#3 Run? VM likes to control the tempo!
Apparently they don't ALWAYS use backside help b/c there was not much help against GA. I understand VM wants to control tempo and I understand that, but my point was that the players coming up in the next couple of years are fast w/ not as much height and may be more effective in a more up tempo game. I am not an expert by no means, just my opinion.