Announcement
Galveston Ball 74 - Clear Lake 62
February 18, 2006
A traffic accident on the southbound side of the freeway coming to Galveston delayed many Clear Lake fans arrival at the Galveston Ball High Scholl gymnasium by as much as 1 1/2 hours. But the Clear Lake fans already in the gym may have been just as aggravated. The second place Falcons got out quicked, out shot, out rebounded, and out manuevered as they fell to the third place Ball High Tors Friday night in the last game of the regular season. Ball High may be flat when they face some opponents but they always get up for Clear Lake. With the most liberal substitutions seen all season, the Tors led by as much as 15 early in the fourth quarter as they took it to their archrivals from the mainland.
Halfway through the first quarter it was tied at 8 but the Falcons could never gain the lead. At the half it was still a ball game with the Falcons trailing by only 3, 31-28, due in no small part to savvy play by Jimmy Witten and Kendrell Thompson. Clear Lake shot 1 of 12 from outside the arch in the first half with team captain Justin Kurtz going 0 for 6 in the half from three point land.
Throughout the contest the Tors relied on their inside game exactly as they had in the previous meeting of the two playoff-bound teams and it worked. Until late in the game, the Falcons were ineffective in stopping the penetration by the Tors with their last second dishing off under the basket or the close range, high percentage shots from eight feet or less. The quicker Tors did that better than any team in the district this year. Late in the game when it did not work, they nailed a few threes with ease or ran their spread offense and worked for an opening.
It is not that the Falcons, as a team, played poorly. They did not. They tried hard most of the night but the Tors play simply made Clear Lake's defense seem ineffective at times and slow to adjust (similar to the first game). Combined with ineffective defense and poor shooting by the Falcons from three point range (3 of 19), the inclement weather and the traffic on the freeway were not the only unpleasant experiences of the evening.
In other district action, Alvin upset Pearland at the buzzer 49-46 and Clear Creek walloped Brazoswood 80-54.
For the first round of playoff action the Falcons face the Deer Park Deer Tuesday night at 7 p.m. at Stoney Phillips Field House in Pasadena. There will only be one game. Clear Lake will be the home team.
Individual Scoring:
Armie Lewis 19, Kendrell Thompson 19,
Fulton Brisco 8, Jimmy Witten 8, Andy Leveque 4, Ross Maha 2, Justin Kurtz 2
Turnovers: 11
February 18, 2006
A traffic accident on the southbound side of the freeway coming to Galveston delayed many Clear Lake fans arrival at the Galveston Ball High Scholl gymnasium by as much as 1 1/2 hours. But the Clear Lake fans already in the gym may have been just as aggravated. The second place Falcons got out quicked, out shot, out rebounded, and out manuevered as they fell to the third place Ball High Tors Friday night in the last game of the regular season. Ball High may be flat when they face some opponents but they always get up for Clear Lake. With the most liberal substitutions seen all season, the Tors led by as much as 15 early in the fourth quarter as they took it to their archrivals from the mainland.
Halfway through the first quarter it was tied at 8 but the Falcons could never gain the lead. At the half it was still a ball game with the Falcons trailing by only 3, 31-28, due in no small part to savvy play by Jimmy Witten and Kendrell Thompson. Clear Lake shot 1 of 12 from outside the arch in the first half with team captain Justin Kurtz going 0 for 6 in the half from three point land.
Throughout the contest the Tors relied on their inside game exactly as they had in the previous meeting of the two playoff-bound teams and it worked. Until late in the game, the Falcons were ineffective in stopping the penetration by the Tors with their last second dishing off under the basket or the close range, high percentage shots from eight feet or less. The quicker Tors did that better than any team in the district this year. Late in the game when it did not work, they nailed a few threes with ease or ran their spread offense and worked for an opening.
It is not that the Falcons, as a team, played poorly. They did not. They tried hard most of the night but the Tors play simply made Clear Lake's defense seem ineffective at times and slow to adjust (similar to the first game). Combined with ineffective defense and poor shooting by the Falcons from three point range (3 of 19), the inclement weather and the traffic on the freeway were not the only unpleasant experiences of the evening.
In other district action, Alvin upset Pearland at the buzzer 49-46 and Clear Creek walloped Brazoswood 80-54.
For the first round of playoff action the Falcons face the Deer Park Deer Tuesday night at 7 p.m. at Stoney Phillips Field House in Pasadena. There will only be one game. Clear Lake will be the home team.
Individual Scoring:
Armie Lewis 19, Kendrell Thompson 19,
Fulton Brisco 8, Jimmy Witten 8, Andy Leveque 4, Ross Maha 2, Justin Kurtz 2
Turnovers: 11
|
FALCON STATS |
FG made |
FG attempts |
% |
|
2's |
20 |
38 |
52.6% |
|
3's |
3 |
19 |
15.8% |
|
free throws |
13 |
18 |
72.2% |
|
SCORE BY QUARTER |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
|
Clear Lake |
15 |
28 |
42 |
62 |
|
Galveston Ball |
19 |
31 |
56 |
74 |
|
LINESCORE |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Final |
|
Clear Lake |
15 |
13 |
14 |
10 |
62 |
|
Galveston Ball |
19 |
12 |
15 |
18 |
74 |
|
REBOUNDS |
LAKE |
THEM |
|
Offensive |
8 |
|
|
Defensive |
10 |
|
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