Clear Lake Falconhoops

Birthday: October 20, 1989
Jersey number: 3
Elementary school attended: North Point
Intermediate school attended: Space Center
Number of years playing school basketball: 6
Graduating Class of 2008

Favorite subject: Science
Fave teacher: Mrs. Mills
Favorite NBA or college player(s): Steve Nash, Lebron James, Pistol Pete Maravich, Larry Bird
Favorite book: The Great Gatsby
Last book I read for fun: Johnny Long Legs
Favorite food: Mexican
Fave dessert: Apple Pie

A food I won't touch is..... Escargo
Favorite movie of all time: Godfather
My must-see TV show: Sportscenter

Hobbies: Basketball, Mudding, Poker
Other sports or school activities I participate in: National Honor Society, BBQ Club
What makes me laugh is.... hanging out with my boys when we are being our goofy selves
My family says that I am: caring, always hungry, affectionate
If I could change one thing about basketball I would ..... everyone is shorter than me
The best player I have ever played with (or against) is .... Demetri Goodson, Tommy Mason-Griffin, Kendrell Thompson
Person I would most like to meet (dead or alive): Pete Maravich
What I like most about Clear Lake High School is the diversity
I would like to attend college at: The University of Texas
My plans after high school are: become an oral surgeon
What I would like for people to remember about me: that I was the hardest worker and most determined individual on and off the court

Galveston Ball 65 – Clear Lake 55 

The Falcons suffered their first double digit loss in Krueger Field House tonight when they fell to the Galveston Ball High Tors in a critical first round District 24-5A match-up to decide the district lead. Lake started out slowly as they are sometimes prone to do. You cannot spot a talent laden team with a very good coach 10 points in the first quarter and expect to win very often. With their quickness the Tors dominated every aspect of the game in the first quarter and it soon began to look like it might be a runaway before the Falcons finally started to get on track.  By the end of the first quarter after being down by 13 the Falcons narrowed the gap to escape with only a ten point deficit. Considering how easily the Tors were scoring it was amazing that the Falcons were only down by ten. 

In the second quarter the Falcons started getting it together but the Tors continued to control the game. Galveston’s guard #3 Larry Durand is listed as 5’8” in the program but he sure seemed much bigger as he out jumped his opponents. It seemed like he got ten offensive rebounds in the first half although it was probably closer to five. He shot the ball nine times in the first half but only three found their mark (Durand had a game high 19 points and was a perfect 4 for 4 in the fourth quarter). Clear Lake’s Steve Hartman also shot the ball nine times in the first half while six of his attempts went in as he kept Lake in the game almost single handedly. Only two other Lake shots from the field found their mark in the first half. Hartman led the Falcons with a varsity career high 18 points (14 in the first half). 

After a halftime talk, in typical Lake fashion the Falcons came out and scored four unanswered baskets at the start of the second half to announce they were not ready to concede. With the gap narrowed to two points, the Lake crowd’s hopes quickly rose as the Falcons made it much tougher for the Tors to score but Clear Lake could not stop the Tors from scoring. Clear Lake’s final basket of the quarter, one by Cody (his third in the quarter) made it 41-44 before Ball High racked up another six points to put Ball up by nine at the end of three. 

In the final quarter the Falcons worked hard to narrow the gap but the Tors widened it to 12, 48-60. With just over 2:20 remaining in the game baskets by Andrew and Brian cut the lead to six 54-60 but the Tors would not be denied despite some superb defense from the Falcons at times.

 

 

Clear Lake trailed the entire game and was behind as much as 13 points. In the fourth quarter the Falcons made only 1 of 4 free throws, and made only one outside shot on 6 of 18 shooting from the field. Due primarily to Ball’s quickness, Lake made only 1 of 9 three point attempts in the fourth quarter. 

For only the third time since the opening of Krueger Field House, Clear Lake lost a home game. Ball came to Lake’s house and triumphed in an exciting basketball game which put the Tors in the lead for the district crown. Assuming decent officiating, Clear Lake can beat Ball in their house with only a couple of slight improvements on defense, just a bit better shooting from outside, and a minor improvement in free throw shooting.  Lake will be up for Ball when they next meet and it will be a great game well worth the drive down to the island. That is, if the Falcons do not start out slow and spot the Tors 10 points in the first quarter.

Photos for this game can be found at http://picasaweb.google.com/falconhoops200708  by Thursday evening.

 

Individual Scoring:

Steve 18, Cody 14 (5 rebounds, 5 steals),

Andrew 6 (5 rebounds), Kyle 5, Jay 4 (3 blocked shots), Brian 3, Mark 3 (5 rebounds), Jason 2

 

 

FALCON STATS	FG made	FG attempts	%
2's	16	39	41%
3's	5	19	26.3%
free throws	8	13	61.5%

SCORE BY QUARTER	1	2	3	4
Clear Lake	9	22	41	55
Galveston Ball	19	34	50	65

LINESCORE	1	2	3	4
Clear Lake	9	13	19	14
Galveston Ball	19	15	16	15

REBOUNDS	LAKE	Them
Offensive	12	15
Defensive	11	19

Birthday: October 30

Jersey number: 15

Elementary school attended: Ed White Elementary

Intermediate school attended: Seabrook Intermediate

Number of years playing school basketball: 5

Graduating Class of 2008

Favorite subject: Math

Favorite teacher:  Coach "T" (Thomason)


Favorite NBA or college player(s): Allen Iverson, Marv Ginobili

Favorite book: Huckleberry Finn

Favorite food: Everything except sushi

Favorite movie: The Ron Clark Story

Favorite TV show: Seinfeld!

Other sports or school activities I participate in: Student Council, PALS

Hobbies: have fun

Person I would most like to meet: Ron White

I would like to attend college at: The University of Texas

My plans after high school are: get a college degree and go as far as possible.

What I would like for people to remember about me: I always give my best and I never give up.