I FINALLY MADE IT! An LIT game!

Trey Ivory steal and a bucket by Stafford to open the scoring.

 

2-0 Shamroxks at the outset.

Snider takes the lid off for the Bruins with an early three.

Slow pace, with a couple missed threes by both teams.

 

4-3 Trinity with 3:20 to go in the first.

 

Then Owens grabs an offensive rebound for Trinity gets the basket and a fouls by Q Snider.

 

7-3 Trinity.

Back to back baskets-and-1 from Martin and Perry for Ballard.

 

9-7 Bruins, 2:02 to go in the first.

Martin double-dribbles but the refs miss it and Ballard now leads 11-7. Currently on an 8-0 run. Timeout Trinity.

Shamrocks answer the Ballard run out of the timeout with consecutive threes from Daniel Ramser.

 

Shamrocks lead 13-12 at the end of the first.

Pretty sparse crowd here at Valley. House was packed last year when these two met in the championship...

Pretty sparse crowd here at Valley. House was packed last year when these two met in the championship...

 

Sure was. I met Getslow and Snider hit that spinning 3 pointer from deeeep. Great game.

Spalding with an outstanding move in the post and finishes with a dunk.

 

Shamrocks now lead 17-14 early in the second.

Perry ties it up with a three.

Does Ballard have their big guy back? Douglas? Is that him?

Does Ballard have their big guy back? Douglas? Is that him?

 

Yeah, that's him. If he's healthy, he hasn't played yet. It looks like the regional tournament may be the only chance we get to see these teams play each other at full strength.

Now tied 21-21 after a Free throw by Martin.

 

Trinity then pushes it out to 23-21 on two free throws from Gabe Schmidt.

Trey Ivory stretches out the Trinity lead with a three from the top of re key.

 

26-21 Shamrocks; 2:03 to play in the half.