Announcement
After a 30 point victory over the Galveston Ball High Tornados back in late December in the first game of the first round of District 24-5A play, the Falcons tonight appeared confident as they started the game on Galveston’s home turf. But the Tors were up for the Falcons and they made it a close game in the first half. The combination of Clear Lake playing no better than Galveston and the uncertainty of how bad the officiating might be caused more than a few loyal Falcon fans to have a heightened level of concern. When the officiating is not lopsided in Ball High’s favor in their gym, it usually means the officials have been brought in from another chapter. Although the officiating was obviously weak, it has been much worse in the past. The poor officiating was partly due to lack of experience in this game.
Kendrell Thompson started things off by nailing his first shot, a three pointer from the wing, which is always a good sign. Lake took a 7 to 2 lead after baskets by Fulton Brisco and another Kendrell score. At the 4:25 mark in the first quarter Galveston went ahead 8-7. Four points by Armie Lewis put Lake back in the lead 8-11 before Ball High retook the lead again. A put-back by Jimmy Witten with 2:22 remaining in the quarter put Lake up 12-13. Cody Kinsey then drained a trey to make it 12-16. Galveston regained the lead again for the third time in the quarter and went on to score 7 unanswered points to make it 19-16 with one minute remaining. With 12.96 seconds left in the quarter a basket and a free throw by Armie Lewis tied it at 19.
In the second quarter the two teams traded baskets to tie the game three times in the first three minutes of the quarter. With 4:32 left in the second period a basket underneath by Jimmy put Lake ahead 25-27. Ball would never retake the lead again from this point. Two steals and 7 straight points by Armie (team high 22 points for the game) made it 27-34. Baskets by Christian Enriquez and Jimmy closed the quarter at 31-38 at the half.
In the third quarter Lake stepped it up a notch on both ends of the court and widened their lead. A free throw and a basket by RJ Turner and a basket from the free throw line by Jimmy put it at 35-43 as the Tors continued to hang in. The difference in talent between the two clubs began to show more as the Falcons continued their dominance of the game from this point. It was 49-63 at the end of the third quarter after Lake scored 25 points in the quarter.
The Falcons dominated the final period and outscored the Tors 22 to 8. The final score was 57-85 as Lake continued their win streak. After 14 steals in the second half, Clear Lake had a season high 21 steals in the game. This was the second game in a row where the Falcons have scored 85 points. Lake has scored 75 points or more in 10 games so far this season and is fourth in the region in team offense.
Individual Scoring:
Armie Lewis 22 (4 steals), Kendrell Thompson 18 (4 steals), Jimmy Witten 13 (7 rebounds, 4 steals),
Cody Kinsey 9, RJ Turner 7 (5 assists), Fulton Brisco 6 (5 assists), Andrew Gorie 5, Anthony Bilcic 3, Christian Enriquez 2
|
FALCON STATS |
FG made |
FG attempts |
% |
|
2's |
27 |
57 |
47.4% |
|
3's |
5 |
14 |
35.7% |
|
free throws |
16 |
20 |
80.0% |
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SCORE BY QUARTER |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
|
Clear Lake |
19 |
38 |
63 |
85 |
|
Ball High |
19 |
31 |
49 |
57 |
|
LINESCORE |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Final |
|
Clear Lake |
19 |
19 |
25 |
22 |
85 |
|
Ball High |
19 |
12 |
18 |
8 |
57 |
|
REBOUNDS |
LAKE |
THEM |
|
Offensive |
7 |
17 |
|
Defensive |
14 |
21 |
