Farmers advances in thriller
By Jeremy Sellew, The Valley Independent, Monessen, Pa. | |
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services |
Campy's Pizza coach
His team was able to throw up a prayer, but
"It was a hell of a game," Farmers coach
Farmers led by six, 32-26, at the half and extended the lead to 39-28 early in the second half, but Campy's was able to force a number of turnovers and take advantage of missed layups to get back into the game.
Trailing 45-38, Campy's went on a 12-0 run, taking the lead on a 3-pointer by Frazier sophomore
Ross scored a game-high 24 points before fouling out with 2:26 left in the game.
Campy's led by as many as eight points, 57-49, with less than four minutes to play, but Farmers was able to cut that lead to two, 59-57, at the 1:30 mark when
After Campy's got the ball in bounds,
Brown scored on a tip-in to tie the game at 59-59.
Campy's took the lead back when
On the next Farmers possession,
Rush calmly sank both free throws. Campy's
After a time out, Farmers got the ball into the hands of Brown. He cleared his teammates from the lane and took two defenders to the lane when he was fouled by Henneman with 11 seconds left. He hit 1 of 2 to tie the game at 62-62.
Another Campy's turnover off the inbounds pass gave the ball back to Farmers with eight seconds to play.
Anyone watching the game knew who was going to get the final touch for Farmers.
"We were screening away and were going to get the ball to Noah," Zajicek said. "We knew the double team was coming, so the plan was for him to catch and dish, but he saw the opening and took it to the basket."
The win put
Standing in Farmers' way of their elusive title will be regular season champion Union Cleaners. The teams split their meetings this season, giving Union its only loss.
"We have to make layups," Zajicek said. "We had a lot of putbacks and easy shots that was missed.
"And hopefully, we can get the intensity on defense that we had in the final minutes of tonight's game for an entire game, that would be nice.
"Our plan, though, will be to get up and down the court and get into a high-scoring game. We'll see what we can do."
GAME NOTES: Campy's played without leading scorer
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