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Clear Creek Leaves No Doubt About Who Should Win the District
Posted by Donald Wilkerson on
Feb 02 2006
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04:00PM PST
Clear Creek 58 – Clear Lake 47
February 3, 2006
With Clear Lake defeating Clear Creek in the CCISD Tournament by 5 points back in December and Creek winning by 6 over Lake in the first round of district play, it was clear that anything might happen in the final meeting between the two teams tonight in the Lake gym. In the last matchup Clear Lake had noticeably outplayed Creek but Creek won on free throws (29 of 35) and a 25 point performance by Lance Pevehouse. Creek has steadily improved over the season so they would be even harder to beat. Clear Lake has improved as well but the most consistent attribute of their game has been inconsistency.
First Half
Clear Lake knew they would have to bring their “A Game” to beat Creek but it did not happen. The Wildcats came out strong and dominated the first half. Creek presented a focused inside attack with very limited success outside. Similar to the first half in the last game when the two teams met, Lake had no inside game in the half but rather chose to shoot almost exclusively from outside due only partly to solid defense inside by Clear Creek. Based on how well they had shot in their last outing against Brazoswood, Lake’s strategy might have worked. There were, however, two problems with that approach. First, the Falcons could not hit the side of a barn in the first half. They shot an abysmal 1 of 15 in the first quarter from the field and 3 of 15 in the second quarter. Since they only shot two free throws in the half that could not redeem them either. Secondly, they only got one shot at the basket in the first quarter (3 rebounds total). Clear Creek got 10 offensive rebounds in the first quarter. TEN. Little wonder that the score was 3-14, Lake down by 11 at the end of the first quarter. The Falcons were lucky it was not more lopsided.
In the second quarter with 2 ½ minutes gone it was 3-18. In what could be described as the worst eleven minutes of Clear Lake basketball shooting in recent memory (probably ever), the Falcons scored 3 points in 10 ½ minutes of basketball. Second quarter rebounding was also one-sided (5 total rebounds for Clear Lake, 6 offensive and 3 defensive for the Wildcats). Thanks to excellent defense by Armie Lewis and Fulton Brisco, Clear Creek’s outside shooting in the first half was causing the Falcons only minimal grief but their inside game was a back breaker. Creek shot no three point attempts in the second quarter (1 of 4 in the first quarter) and enjoyed over 50% from the field in the first half. The Falcons, despite having the lowest number of turnovers of their season, embarrassed themselves with absolutely terrible shooting from the field and weak rebounding (Boy, do we miss Jon Gilmer). Kendrell Thompson was 1 of 7 from the field in the first half. Was this the same Kendrell who had gone 10 of 12 from the field at Brazoswood on Tuesday? Justin Kurtz was 0 for 4 in the half. RJ Turner was 1 of 6 and Armie Lewis was 1 of 3 from the field. Andy Leveque was 0 for 4. Jimmy Witten was 1 for 4. It was just a nightmarish first half with the score at 10-28 when the buzzer sounded.
Second Half
In the third quarter the Falcons slowly tried to make a game of it with little success. At 6:45 remaining in the quarter, the #13 area ranked Wildcats went up by 10-30, their first 20 point lead. Solid play by Fulton Brisco helped as did improved shooting by Kendrell. The score was 26-42 at the end of three.
In the final period a couple of the Falcons turned their game around offensively and got on tract. Outstanding play by Fulton and accurate shooting by Kendrell (19 points in the second half) helped provide a spark to ignite a glimmer of hope. With 2:58 remaining in the game, the Falcons narrowed the lead to 12 when the score went to 37-49 on a free throw by Kendrell. With 2:21 left, Kendrell nailed a three to make it 40-51. Another trey by Kendrell with 2 minutes remaining made it 43-51. The hopefuls in the crowd in the mostly packed gym began to sense the possibility of a different outcome but it was not to be. Baskets by Jimmy Witten and Fulton helped the cause but the Falcons could not stop the scoring by Clear Creek. Final score was 47-58. The Falcons had 15 steals in the game and at times displayed solid defense and excellent ball handling. Unfortunate that it was overshadowed by such a lackluster shooting performance.
The Wildcats looked very beatable but left little doubt about who is the best team in the district despite not having much of an outside game in this outing. In other district action, Galveston Ball defeated Pearland 47-35 and Clear Brook beat Brazoswood 78-51. Alvin was off. Clear Lake will be at Alvin on Tuesday in a critical game for the Falcons if they hope to make the playoffs.
Individual Scoring:
Kendrell Thompson 21 (game high), Fulton Brisco 10,
Armie Lewis 5 (7 steals), Jimmy Witten 4, Justin Kurtz 3, Ross Maha 2, RJ Turner 2
6 Turnovers
February 3, 2006
With Clear Lake defeating Clear Creek in the CCISD Tournament by 5 points back in December and Creek winning by 6 over Lake in the first round of district play, it was clear that anything might happen in the final meeting between the two teams tonight in the Lake gym. In the last matchup Clear Lake had noticeably outplayed Creek but Creek won on free throws (29 of 35) and a 25 point performance by Lance Pevehouse. Creek has steadily improved over the season so they would be even harder to beat. Clear Lake has improved as well but the most consistent attribute of their game has been inconsistency.
First Half
Clear Lake knew they would have to bring their “A Game” to beat Creek but it did not happen. The Wildcats came out strong and dominated the first half. Creek presented a focused inside attack with very limited success outside. Similar to the first half in the last game when the two teams met, Lake had no inside game in the half but rather chose to shoot almost exclusively from outside due only partly to solid defense inside by Clear Creek. Based on how well they had shot in their last outing against Brazoswood, Lake’s strategy might have worked. There were, however, two problems with that approach. First, the Falcons could not hit the side of a barn in the first half. They shot an abysmal 1 of 15 in the first quarter from the field and 3 of 15 in the second quarter. Since they only shot two free throws in the half that could not redeem them either. Secondly, they only got one shot at the basket in the first quarter (3 rebounds total). Clear Creek got 10 offensive rebounds in the first quarter. TEN. Little wonder that the score was 3-14, Lake down by 11 at the end of the first quarter. The Falcons were lucky it was not more lopsided.
In the second quarter with 2 ½ minutes gone it was 3-18. In what could be described as the worst eleven minutes of Clear Lake basketball shooting in recent memory (probably ever), the Falcons scored 3 points in 10 ½ minutes of basketball. Second quarter rebounding was also one-sided (5 total rebounds for Clear Lake, 6 offensive and 3 defensive for the Wildcats). Thanks to excellent defense by Armie Lewis and Fulton Brisco, Clear Creek’s outside shooting in the first half was causing the Falcons only minimal grief but their inside game was a back breaker. Creek shot no three point attempts in the second quarter (1 of 4 in the first quarter) and enjoyed over 50% from the field in the first half. The Falcons, despite having the lowest number of turnovers of their season, embarrassed themselves with absolutely terrible shooting from the field and weak rebounding (Boy, do we miss Jon Gilmer). Kendrell Thompson was 1 of 7 from the field in the first half. Was this the same Kendrell who had gone 10 of 12 from the field at Brazoswood on Tuesday? Justin Kurtz was 0 for 4 in the half. RJ Turner was 1 of 6 and Armie Lewis was 1 of 3 from the field. Andy Leveque was 0 for 4. Jimmy Witten was 1 for 4. It was just a nightmarish first half with the score at 10-28 when the buzzer sounded.
Second Half
In the third quarter the Falcons slowly tried to make a game of it with little success. At 6:45 remaining in the quarter, the #13 area ranked Wildcats went up by 10-30, their first 20 point lead. Solid play by Fulton Brisco helped as did improved shooting by Kendrell. The score was 26-42 at the end of three.
In the final period a couple of the Falcons turned their game around offensively and got on tract. Outstanding play by Fulton and accurate shooting by Kendrell (19 points in the second half) helped provide a spark to ignite a glimmer of hope. With 2:58 remaining in the game, the Falcons narrowed the lead to 12 when the score went to 37-49 on a free throw by Kendrell. With 2:21 left, Kendrell nailed a three to make it 40-51. Another trey by Kendrell with 2 minutes remaining made it 43-51. The hopefuls in the crowd in the mostly packed gym began to sense the possibility of a different outcome but it was not to be. Baskets by Jimmy Witten and Fulton helped the cause but the Falcons could not stop the scoring by Clear Creek. Final score was 47-58. The Falcons had 15 steals in the game and at times displayed solid defense and excellent ball handling. Unfortunate that it was overshadowed by such a lackluster shooting performance.
The Wildcats looked very beatable but left little doubt about who is the best team in the district despite not having much of an outside game in this outing. In other district action, Galveston Ball defeated Pearland 47-35 and Clear Brook beat Brazoswood 78-51. Alvin was off. Clear Lake will be at Alvin on Tuesday in a critical game for the Falcons if they hope to make the playoffs.
Individual Scoring:
Kendrell Thompson 21 (game high), Fulton Brisco 10,
Armie Lewis 5 (7 steals), Jimmy Witten 4, Justin Kurtz 3, Ross Maha 2, RJ Turner 2
6 Turnovers
|
FALCON STATS |
FG made |
FG attempts |
% |
|
2's |
15 |
44 |
37.5% |
|
3's |
3 |
23 |
13.0% |
|
free throws |
8 |
11 |
72.7% |
|
SCORE BY QUARTER |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
|
Clear Lake |
3 |
10 |
26 |
47 |
|
Clea Creek |
14 |
28 |
42 |
58 |
|
LINESCORE |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Final |
|
Clear Lake |
3 |
7 |
16 |
21 |
47 |
|
Clear Creek |
14 |
14 |
14 |
16 |
58 |
|
REBOUNDS |
LAKE |
CREEK |
|
Offensive |
11 |
10 |
|
Defensive |
12 |
24 |
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