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When did the memo come out that Holy Cross and Beechwood turned into extremely heated rivals? WOW!

 

I can't think of a game I've enjoyed watching more than this one in quite a long time.

 

Hats off to both teams for busting their humps the entire night.

Beechwood had a 12 point lead in the 3rd but HC cut it down to maybe one or two at the end of the 3rd.

 

Slim Shady Broering hit some 3s as well as Big Grin.

 

4th quarter was a slugfest. Credit to Coach Shumate for a strong OOB play with only a few seconds left and BW down 2. Cruse put it in to send it to OT.

 

BW jumped out to a 4 or 5 point lead early but missed 2 FTs and that allowed HC to get back in it.

 

BW had 2 shots at the buzzer but they didn't fall.

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When did the memo come out that Holy Cross and Beechwood turned into extremely heated rivals? WOW!

 

I can't think of a game I've enjoyed watching more than this one in quite a long time.

 

Hats off to both teams for busting their humps the entire night.

 

The competition was a little "chippy" to say the least.

2 teams fighting for a better seed in the district and a better chance to get to the regional will do that.

Chippy is an understatement! IMO Refs were embrassing on both sides.

Anybody have the box score ?

Box score from last night's game. I apologize for it not being in the paper, hopefully I can get it in Monday's edition of the Kentucky Enquirer.

 

Beechwood (9-8) - 17 18 11 12 9 - 67

Holy Cross (11-7) - 17 9 17 15 11 - 69

 

Tigers - Nussbaum 2-8 2-2 6, Cruse 10-18 4-8 24, Maus 5-10 1-2 11, Brennan 1-1 1-1 3, Fangman 6-18 0-3 12, Prewitt 1-2 2-6 4, Erdman 0-1 1-2 1, McKenzie 3-4 0-0 6, Totals 28-62 11-24 67.

 

Indians - Burger 0-12 5-6 5, Avery 3-6 0-2 6, Arlinghaus 4-7 1-2 11, McClendon 5-12 6-6 17, Fuller 2-3 0-2 4, Allen 3-11 1-2 8, Broering 4-8 1-2 12, Tiberi 0-0 0-0 0, Thompson 0-1 0-0 0, Knochelman 2-4 2-7 6, Totals 23-64 16-29 69.

 

Notes: This game featured 12 ties and 12 lead changes including 7 of each in the 1st Quarter alone and Beechwood simply outplayed us for a good portion of this game. The Tigers largest lead was with about 3:30 left to go at 44-29, but a 14-2 run to close the quarter cut Beechwood's lead down to three entering the 4th Quarter. The Indians survived 36% shooting including an 0-12 night by Jake Burger to pull this win out. Burger did have seven rebounds, six assists and three steals and without his and Christian McClendon's combined 11-12 effort from the free throw line, we would have been in trouble. McClendon led the Indians with nine rebounds and tied for the lead in steals with Burger at three. Noah Knochelman was tied with Burger with seven rebounds. Jalen Avery added five assists on the night. Beechwood had three players with double doubles. Corey Cruse led the Tigers in rebounding with 14, Chase Maus and Tyler Fangman each had 10 rebounds. Fangman led Beechwood with five assists and three steals and Baker Prewitt added four dimes. The Tigers were unable to connect on any of their five 3 point attempts while HC went 7-26.

Box score from last night's game. I apologize for it not being in the paper, hopefully I can get it in Monday's edition of the Kentucky Enquirer.

 

Beechwood (9-8) - 17 18 11 12 9 - 67

Holy Cross (11-7) - 17 9 17 15 11 - 69

 

Tigers - Nussbaum 2-8 2-2 6, Cruse 10-18 4-8 24, Maus 5-10 1-2 11, Brennan 1-1 1-1 3, Fangman 6-18 0-3 12, Prewitt 1-2 2-6 4, Erdman 0-1 1-2 1, McKenzie 3-4 0-0 6, Totals 28-62 11-24 67.

 

Indians - Burger 0-12 5-6 5, Avery 3-6 0-2 6, Arlinghaus 4-7 1-2 11, McClendon 5-12 6-6 17, Fuller 2-3 0-2 4, Allen 3-11 1-2 8, Broering 4-8 1-2 12, Tiberi 0-0 0-0 0, Thompson 0-1 0-0 0, Knochelman 2-4 2-7 6, Totals 23-64 16-29 69.

 

Notes: This game featured 12 ties and 12 lead changes including 7 of each in the 1st Quarter alone and Beechwood simply outplayed us for a good portion of this game. The Tigers largest lead was with about 3:30 left to go at 44-29, but a 14-2 run to close the quarter cut Beechwood's lead down to three entering the 4th Quarter. The Indians survived 36% shooting including an 0-12 night by Jake Burger to pull this win out. Burger did have seven rebounds, six assists and three steals and without his and Christian McClendon's combined 11-12 effort from the free throw line, we would have been in trouble. McClendon led the Indians with nine rebounds and tied for the lead in steals with Burger at three. Noah Knochelman was tied with Burger with seven rebounds. Jalen Avery added five assists on the night. Beechwood had three players with double doubles. Corey Cruse led the Tigers in rebounding with 14, Chase Maus and Tyler Fangman each had 10 rebounds. Fangman led Beechwood with five assists and three steals and Baker Prewitt added four dimes. The Tigers were unable to connect on any of their five 3 point attempts while HC went 7-26.

 

5 for 24 out of your two best players isnt going to cut it folks. Burger had an O'fer from the field? The craziest thing is they still won the game. They shot 36% from the field as a team and 55% from the charity stripe. If I am playing the Indians I have no problem letting them shoot from the outside and putting them on the line if they have open layups.

 

Even though they won this game, I think Beechwood may have the better team here.

5 for 24 out of your two best players isnt going to cut it folks. Burger had an O'fer from the field? The craziest thing is they still won the game. They shot 36% from the field as a team and 55% from the charity stripe. If I am playing the Indians I have no problem letting them shoot from the outside and putting them on the line if they have open layups.

 

Even though they won this game, I think Beechwood may have the better team here.

 

I think any coach in the 35th District would say that any team can beat any team in our district on a given night. The fact that this was a district game and Beechwood was obviously well-prepared after taking a nearly 30-point loss in the All "A" to us contributed to the outcome of this game. Beechwood's defense shut down Burger, he may have had two open looks all night and he forced some shots he probably should not have taken. Nearly every shot McClendon made he created himself. I also believe that having that game on Wednesday could have helped us not be so stale coming out of the gate (Frankfort cancelled the game) while Beechwood got to play two games since the All "A", but you play the hand you are dealt and do the best you can. Fortunately we got the win. Unless Beechwood can beat Holmes this Saturday, it will definitely be Holmes vs Beechwood and CovCath vs Holy Cross in the district tournament regardless of the outcome in Friday's CovCath/HC contest.

Unless Beechwood can beat Holmes this Saturday,it will definitely be Holmes vs Beechwood and CovCath vs Holy Cross in the district tournament regardless of the outcome in Friday's CovCath/HC contest.

 

It will definitely be this line-up in the district and I still say Holmes & CovCath are going on to the regional.

It will definitely be this line-up in the district and I still say Holmes & CovCath are going on to the regional.

 

My understanding is that if Holy Cross and Beechwood are tied with a 1-2 record in the district that head-to-head is not used as a tiebreaker. It would be a blind draw to see who is the #3 and who would be #4 seed. I may be wrong and please let me know for sure.

My understanding is that if Holy Cross and Beechwood are tied with a 1-2 record in the district that head-to-head is not used as a tiebreaker. It would be a blind draw to see who is the #3 and who would be #4 seed. I may be wrong and please let me know for sure.

 

You maybe right on that, but the only way Beechwood ends up with a 1-2 district record is if they were to beat Holmes and that simply isn't going to happen.

My understanding is that if Holy Cross and Beechwood are tied with a 1-2 record in the district that head-to-head is not used as a tiebreaker. It would be a blind draw to see who is the #3 and who would be #4 seed. I may be wrong and please let me know for sure.

 

Just a thought... If Beechwood were to freakishly beat Holmes then you would end up with 2 teams at (2-1) - (Holmes and the winner of the CCH/HC game), and two teams at (1-2) - (Beechwood and the loser of the CCH/HC game). So if they don't use head-to-head for ties then does CCH & HC still have a chance at a Number 1 seed, and does Beechwood still have a shot at the Number 3?