Clear Lake Falconhoops

Although this should not have been, this was a very close game tied 4 times in the first quarter and three times in the second half.

At the half it was a two point game, 28-30, with Matt in foul trouble. 

Less than 1 minute into the fourth quarter Matt had to leave the game due to his 4th foul

Jake McKnight was injured and had to leave the game.

With only 57 seconds left in the game Lake was up 50-52.

With 8 seconds left on the clock Kennedy hit a trey to make it 58-57 . Lake called time out with 6.8 seconds remaining.

With 3.9 seconds left on the clock we inbounded the ball to Nick on the right side, passed to Mark who dribbled straight to the top of the key. As the buzzer sounded, Mark drained a three to win the game 60-58. A fitting finish considering we had lost two previous games in the final fractions of a second.

Jacob poured in his usual 20 points going 7 of 18 from the field. Mark had another outstanding game and Brick Pomeroy provided a dominating presence as he really stepped up with 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 2 blocks.

Tournament News

Jacob Horton was selected as the three point shooting Champion of the Tournament. There was no contest. The winner was selected from the shooters in the games. 

In the Championship game which was a closely fought contest between Valencia and Granada Hills Charter, Granada Hills took home the Championship trophy with an overtime victory over Valencia 50-45. Valencia's #20, Lonny Jackson, who had sunk a Hail Mary trey to defeat Clear Lake in game 2 on Saturday, was named to the all-tournament team.

In other action Chaminade defeated Eastside 53-36 to claim the Consolation Championship. Santa Monica defeated Saugus 67-41 for third place.

Action photos for this game can be found by clicking here Current season albums  by Wednesday, Jan 7.

Individual Scoring:

Jacob 20, Mark 16 (5 rebs., 6 steals),

Nick 7 (5 assists), Brick 6 (7 rebs., 5 assists, 2 blocks), Jackson 3, Matt 2 (3 assists), Jared 2, Blake 2, Jake 2