Non-Conference Matchup
Tues., December 14th, 2004
At Falcon Court
J.V. at 6:00 / Varsity game to follow

FALCONS EDGE EAGLES IN
GREAT BATTLE!

GLENDALE FALCONS (5-1) - 66
VS.
NIXA, MO. HIGH EAGLES (4-2) - 65
J.V. Game - Glendale 44 - Nixa 42
Nonconference game
Nixa (4-2) 7 19 19 20--65
Glendale (5-1) 21 8 21 16--66

NIXA — Harrington 13, Overstreet 7,
Haynes 6, Ray 13, Peltier 14, Harmon 8.

GLENDALE — Rosenbury 20, Harbour 17,
McAmis 13, Lewis 10, Bear 4, Dunn 2.
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Glendale beats Nixa after making 13 3-point shots
By: Ron Schott, Nixa News-Enterprise

Before last week's game against the
Glendale Falcons, the Nixa Eagles were
named the number one seed in the Gold
Division of next week's Blue and Gold
tournament while Glendale was seeded
second.

But in what could be the first of two
meetings in two weeks, the Falcons
made 13 3-pointers to beat the Eagles
66-65.

Despite the loss, Nixa head coach Jay
Osborne was proud of how his team
rallied from a 21-7 first-quarter deficit to
nearly beat Glendale on the Falcons
home court.

"Our kids showed a lot of character
coming back in a tough surrounding," he
said. "But anytime a team makes 13 3's,
you have to give them credit. They made
them at crucial times. But I thought if we
would have got the lead, then we would
have won. We look forward to hopefully
playing them again in the Blue and
Gold."

In the first quarter, Glendale made five
3-pointers to take advantage of seven
Nixa turnovers for a 13-point lead.

But in the second quarter, Nixa's defense
forced Glendale to miss all four of their
shots in the first 3:04 while the Eagles
put together a 12-0 run.

Jacob Harrington made one 3-pointer
and scored six points while Corey
Harmon scored six points off the bench
during the stretch.

Nixa cut the lead to 21-19 before John
McAmis hit back-to-back 3-pointers to
put the Falcons on top 27-21.

Harmon made two free throws for two of
his eight second quarter points to keep
Nixa within three points at halftime.

Glendale made just 3 of 12 shots in the
second quarter but made 7 of 14 3-point
shots in the first half.

Nixa made 9 of 16 shots from the field
but just 6 of 11 free throws.

Glendale opened the third quarter with a
32-29 lead before McAmis made his
fourth 3-pointer and George Rosenbury
added two more to give the Falcons a
nine-point advantage.

The Eagles made a 7-0 run behind
Christian Overstreet's five points that
included a 3-pointer but Glendale held
on to a 50-45 lead entering the fourth
quarter.

Nixa trailed by six points with 35.2
seconds remaining in the game when
Payton Haynes made a 3-pointer.

After Glendale's Justin Bear missed a
layup on a fast break, Nixa's offense
responded when Overstreet threw an
ally-oop pass to Billy Ray for a
two-handed dunk with 14.6 seconds
remaining to cut the lead to 62-61.

"That was something we've been
working on in practice," said Overstreet
on the ally-oop. "We're finally confident
that we can do it in a game and
fortunately we put this one down. But it
didn't win us the game and I wish it
would have."

But after Rosenbury made two free
throws, Harrington scored a fast break
layup with 8.9 seconds remaining.

Rosenbury made two more free throws
with 8.1 seconds remaining before
Brandt Herring's 3-point attempt hit off
the rim. Ray rebounded the miss and
scored at the buzzer but the Eagles still
lost by one.

Dylan Peltier led Nixa with 14 points and
six rebounds while Ray added 13 points
and four assists. Harrington and Harmon
each had 12 points.

Rosenbury led Glendale with 20 points
as the Falcons made 13 of 24 3-point
shots.

"I thought we played hard the last seven
seconds of the quarter," Osborne said.
"But you have to play 32 minutes at this
level."