Colonels move on with a 68 - 65 OT win in Florida.

I heard this was a "big" team they faced.

 

CVH hit a shot to sent it to OT.

CVH hit a shot to sent it to OT.

 

Do you know what kind of shot? Layup? Jumper?

Pictures from the game:

 

Boys basketball: Riverview vs. Covington Catholic

I like how they call us Covington. Keep it going guys!

I like how they call us Covington. Keep it going guys!

 

A. I love that we are Covington Christian in the photos.

 

B. Boy, these pics really makes me appreciate how good you are Panda. Bob Rowe should have brought you to FL.

Where is TOG? We need stats!

 

Big win for CCH!

 

Big shot for VonHandorf! How did Schuh do?

 

What is schedule for tomorrow?

Where is TOG? We need stats!

 

Big win for CCH!

 

Big shot for VonHandorf! How did Schuh do?

 

What is schedule for tomorrow?

 

Don't know.

 

Yep.

 

Don't know.

 

The final is Monday. :thumb:

Trying to get the darn Hotel computer to work properly. Twiced posted the totals and twice the CPU time out on me.

I know they had the "seatbelt" rule when we played in Florida backin in '91, I'm guessing it's no longer in effect?

Will just do CovCath stats

 

VonHandorf 8

Schuh 12

Ruthsatz 20

Romes 04

Heppler, B. 09

Schult 15

 

Total 68

 

CovCath is off tommorrow! Plan on Mass in the morning, a shoot around after Mass, watch the Bengals game, then a cook out on the Beach.

 

Monday CovCath plays North Point from just South of Sarasota Fla. in the Championship game with the tip-off coming at around 7:30pm

 

BTW CVH game tieing shot was from around 17 feet out on the right side of the court.

 

A Big Thank you, from the Coaches, Players and Staff to all the CovCath fans who attended the game tonight. Honestly they were as loud as the Riverview crowd and almost as big and truthfully their had to be a couple of hundred fans from Family member to long ago former grads to students attending and cheering on the Colonels. Thank You!

 

CovCath improves to 7-0 while Riverview with the loss drops to 8-3.

Perfect!

I heard this was a "big" team they faced.

 

CVH hit a shot to sent it to OT.

 

Ineed they were in height, not so much in bulk!

 

CovCath shot

56.7% from the 2pt

25.0%% from behind the arch

78.6% From the Charity line

[h=1]Covington vs. North Port in Suncoast finale[/h]By Doug Fernandes , Herald-Tribune

/ Saturday, December 28, 2013

 

 

SARASOTA

A scrappy bunch of Colonels from Covington, Ky., prevented the championship game of the Suncoast Holiday Classic from having a true Suncoast flavor.

Undefeated Covington Catholic tied its semifinal game against host Riverview High on Saturday night with a basket at the buzzer, then outscored the Rams 14-11 in overtime for the 68-65 victory in the most entertaining contest of the tournament.

The victory kept the Colonels undefeated at 7-0 and earned them a spot in Monday night’s title game against North Port High, a 58-43 semifinal winner over Tampa Sickles.

A basketball game that had everything, right down to complaints about the officiating from both benches, came down to several critical junctures.

Covington jumped out to an early 15-8 first-quarter lead, but the Rams battled back to tie it 25-all at the break.

In the third quarter, Nick Havener’s 10 points put the Rams up 45-39 heading in the fourth, a margin the Colonels erased on a free throw from Cole VonHandorf with one minute, 20 seconds left, putting them up 52-51.

But with 46 seconds left, Ram freshman AJ Caldwell hit perhaps the biggest shot of his young career, a 3-pointer from the wing that nudged the Rams back in front, 54-52.

On the shot, Caldwell sprained his ankle, forcing him to the bench. Covington’s Nick Ruthsatz missed a runner in the lane with 24 seconds left, and when the Colonels were forced to foul, the game appeared sewn up for the Rams.

But on consecutive trips to the foul line, Riverview senior Austin Walker and Havener missed the front ends of one-and-ones.

“That does happen,” Riverview head coach BJ Ivey would later say.

The misses gave the Colonels one last chance, and after a blown layup by VonHandorf, the freshman redeemed himself. Covington got the ball back, and point guard Ruthsatz (20 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists) found VonHandorf in the corner.

His jumper at the buzzer tied it at 54-all. And in the OT frame, the Colonels collected points on their first four possessions. A drive and bucket by the Rams’ DJ Bryant with 1:48 left evened the game at 61.

But the Colonels responded, getting a bucket in the paint from Grant Romes and two free throws from Ruthsatz.

Down 68-65 with 10 seconds left, Bryant went to the line, needing to make the first free throw, but miss the second and hope the Rams grab the rebound.

Instead, Bryant missed the first, then the second intentionally. The rebound was secured by the Colonels, who then ran out the clock.

“It was back and forth the whole time,” said Covington head coach Scott Ruthsatz. “I thought our guys really dug in. I think everything revolves around our point guard. He kind of dictates everything.”

The Colonels shot 56 percent from 2-point territory, compared to 51 percent for the Rams. But Covington collected 21 points off turnovers to the Rams’ 13, and the visitors also shot 28 free throw to Riverview’s 14.

Havener led the Rams with 20 points, and Caldwell and Walker each chipped in 13.

“They’re a good basketball team,’’ said Ivey. “A lot of breaks went their way. They’re very, very physical. Probably the most physical basketball I think we’ve had in the tournament.”

 

 

Will be trying to do the Stats on the KHSAA site, so to see the rest of the stats look there in a bit.