Alexander 47
Vinson County 66 final
... this one was owned by Coach Combs' Vikings from the "git go" ... Alexander made it a ball game throughout but VC seemed in control from opening tip to the final buzzer ... quarter breaks VC 13 AHS 3 end of 1 ... VC 28 AHS 22 at intermission ... VC 47 AHS 34 end of three ... Vinton County 66 Alexander 47 a final ...
... the outcome wasn't really in question imo ... 1 good team/1 outstanding/balanced TEAM ... Alexander IS a solid basketball team - the Spartans get it done on defense ... while offensively AHS has difficulty putting up bunches of points ... I see them having to keep opponents in the 50 point neighborhood to get "W's" - and THIS goal IS IN the cards on most nights for sure as the Spartan D is outstanding ... AHS ran into one of the teams that not only matches the Spartan D with defense of its' own in the Vikings but they also ran into a Vinton County ball club that can score the ball in MANY different ways - Coach Combs has lots of weapons at his disposal ... I have watched VC take on and beat an excellent Washington CH team, destroy Athens in A'town and now put away a solid Alexander team ... each outing VC showed just how well balanced they are offensively, just how many weapons they can score with - vs Washington CH PG Tristan Bartoe was the leading scorer with 31 points - showing just how effective he is getting into the paint and finishing at the rim ... nothing less than outstanding as he also rang up 3 treys along the way ... vs Athens the Bulldogs looked to matchup with VC with their own outstanding PG in Griffin Lutz ... hoping to negate Bartoe getting to the rim with Lutz's length - it worked ! Lutz 22 points/ Bartoe 21 points BUT the Bulldog attention to stopping Bartoe opened the floor for Jordan Albright - Albright singlehandedly beat Athens with 6/6 shooting from behind the three point line in the first half alone! J. Albright finished the night (3 qtrs of work) with 32 points to lead VC to the 83-48 rout of Athens ... with 2 games showing Vinton County with 2 outstanding perimeter players in Bartoe/Albright... in tonights game Alexander's game plan defensively was to take away the perimeter shooting from Albright, take away Bartoe's penetration into the paint/force the ball out of his hands ... force the rest of the Vinton County team to beat them ... TEAM Viking was up to the task ... coming into the game my biggest question about VC was the BIGS ... can they score the ball ? can they be a force down low to offset an opponent shutting down Bartoe & Albright ? ... questions answered - YES ... the inside trio of
Chase Ward/Sean Caudill/Bo McIntire put up 25 points (14/1/10 respectively on the night) ... just as impressive is the
scoring from the role players Derrick Jones (7 points) / Naylen Yates (11 points) ... an excellent TEAM "W" for Vinton County tonight ...
Vinton County 66 Alexander 47 a final ...
... Pfloyd Official "unofficial" Napkin Stats - Alexander ...
Scoring ... Mason Chapman 15, Cory Chapman 9, Jake Weaver 9, Chace Harris 6, Michael Norris 4, Kyle Howard 3, Seth Richardson 1
3 Pointers ... 6/19 ... Mason Chapman 5, Kyle Howard 1
FT's ... 9/13
TO's ... 14
... Pfloyd Official "unofficial" Napkin Stats - Vinton County ...
Scoring ... Tristan Bartoe 15, Chase Wood 14, Naylen Yates 11, Bo Mcintire 10, Jordan Albright 9, Derrick Jones 7 , Sean Caudill 1
3 Pointers ... 4/12 ... Naylen Yates 3, Jordan Albright 1
FT's ...
15/20
TOs ... 14
... a few Pfloyd IMO's :
* Jordan Albright with only 9 points was impressive ... JA put up 32 points on Tuesday 6/6 from behind the 3 point line, tonight 1/4 ... the impressive part of his game tonight was his patience! Jordan could have forced his game having put up 32 points 3 nights ago - he didn't NOT ONE SHOT was forced ... took what HE was given/worked the ball to the rest of TEAM ... in my mind he gets a game ball ...
* VC had 14 fg's in the paint ... the BIGS /Bartoe/Jones ALL finished in the paint tonight ...
* Tristan Bartoe had his penetration taken away by outstanding Alexander Defense ... held to 1 fg/6 points in the first half ... the 3rd quarter TB forced his presence "on" game by hitting the boards for put-back buckets ... he found a way to get "IN" the game ... finishing with 15 points ...
