Clear Lake Falconhoops

The handwriting was on the wall when RJ Turner hit a three 5 seconds into the game. With 5:38 left in the first quarter, RJ hit another three to bring the score to 2-8 before the Falcons stretched their lead to 6-17 when Kendrell Thompson hit a three. The score was 10-19, the Falcons up by 9, at the end of the first quarter. Two minutes into the second quarter Lake increased their lead when Justin Kurtz made a spinning jump shot to bring the score to 14-28. Then Armie Lewis made a steal and a breakaway layup to put Lake up by 16, 14-30.With 3:15 left in the 2nd, Jon Gilmer got a steal and drove to the basket for a breakaway layup to bring the score to 20-34. At the half it was 24-38, closer than it should have been considering the disparity in the size of the two schools and the obvious difference in the talent between them. Allen Central has a good ball club but they were no match for the Falcons. In the second half Lake went to work on them. The depth off the bench really became apparent. At the 6:20 mark of the 3rd quarter the score went to 26-47 when Armie got his fifth of six steals. At the 2:32 mark the score went to 34-58 when Christian Enriquez made his second free throw after an intentional foul which took him to the floor and the wall under the basket. In the fourth quarter it was 45-74 with five minutes remaining in the game. On the final play for Lake in the game Andy Leveque stole the ball and drove down for the final score to make it 53-88. This game was a good warm-up and a confidence builder for Clear Lake but not a test of their skills. It helped them get acclimated to the gym and get used to the floor which has a shorter length than Lake is accustomed to. Allen Central is a small school in Eastern Kentucky (enrollment 395). The Paintsville Tournament has a mix of small and large schools (large being those with over 1000 enrollment. With an enrollment stated in the Tournament Program of 3500, Clear Lake High School is almost the size of the population of the town of Paintsville. There are only two sets of parents in attendance so far, Lauretta and Don Lewis and Nancy Quick and her mom and her son Hunter. Jim Witten is expected today. The Falcons play their second game Wednesday at noon against Ripley, Ohio.

Individual Scoring:
Justin Kurtz 20 (3 blocked shots)
Kendrell Thompson 16, Armie Lewis 13 (6 steals), RJ Turner 10
Jimmy Witten 8, Brandon Wynn 6, Ross Maha 6, Jon Gilmer 6, Fulton Brisco 3, Andy Leveque 2, Christian Enriquez 1

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FALCON STATS	FG made	FG attempts	%
2's	32	49	61%
3's	8	20	40%
free throws	9	12	75%

SCORE BY QUARTER	1	2	3	4
Clear Lake	19	38	62	88
Allen Central	10	24	45	53

LINESCORE	1	2	3	4	Final
Clear Lake	19	19	24	26	88
Allen Central	10	14			53

REBOUNDS	US	THEM
Offensive	8.
Defensive	22

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