Northeast Nodaway's boys needed six overtimes to beat King City 100-93 to take third place in the King City Tournament. The Bluejays survived a 3-point buzzer beater from behind the halfcourt line, another 3-pointer that was heavily contested at another overtime buzzer, and the loss of Bryce Farnan to foul trouble after his play had brought Northeast back into the game. But Northeast's boys grew up in a major way against King City -- against Stanberry, they folded in the absence of Farnan. But against King City, they found a way to win despite the loss of Farnan late in regulation.
Early on, it looked like King City would run away with it as Dalton Workman was stealing the ball away at will as King City built up a 9-4 lead in the first quarter. They were beating Northeast up and down the floor until Northeast got putbacks from Bryce Farnan and Colby Wiederholt to make it 11-10 before Justin Derks got a putback at the buzzer to put King City up 13-10 after one.
Workman continued to score at will for King City in the second quarter, getting a shot from the left side, a driving layup, and a pair of free throws. Northeast countered with a putback from Farnan, a driving layup from Wiederholt after Farnan had gotten a strip, and a 3-pointer from Aaron Patton that made it 21-18 with three minutes left in the second quarter. But then Workman scored off a steal with 2:48 left which led to a 10-2 King City run that seemingly put them in control at 31-20 at the break after Workman hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer.
Workman hit another 3-pointer for King City to start the second quarter to make it 34-20. Farnan continued to hit for Northeast; he had an inside shot that led to a 3-point play and then took it in against three defenders to cut it to 34-25. But Workman continued to hit for King City, getting a 3-pointer with a hand in his face to make it 40-25. It was the kind of insane 3-point shooting that dominated the day; King City would have 10 3-pointers for the night. Farnan did all he could for Northeast in the third quarter; he got nine of Northeast's 12 points in the quarter and took a charge as well as Northeast cut King City's 15 point lead down to 44-32 after three quarters of play.
Northeast used a 25-point fourth quarter to erase their deficit and tie it up at 57. Colby Wiederholt drove down the left side and converted a 3-point play and then Farnan hit a pair of free throws to make it 44-37 with 6:16 left and all of a sudden, Northeast had cut King City's lead in half. Northeast panicked a couple of times on offense and made a pair of turnovers as Ethan McMillen's 3-pointer put King City back in front by 12 at 49-37. But then Farnan got a putback and then drew Workman's fourth foul and hit both free throws and then Colby Wiederholt drove down the left side and connected with the left hand to make it 49-43 with 4:17 left, still plenty of time.
John Spiking hit from the high post for King City but Kevin Stoll hit from the right side and then cleaned up after a Farnan miss to make it 51-48 with 3:06 left. King City hit a couple of free throws to make it 53-48, but then Farnan cleaned up after a Wiederholt miss to make it 53-50. Farnan then picked up his fifth foul on a phantom call -- the official was not anywhere near in position to make the call and there was an official right on top of the play who didn't blow the whistle. But Northeast got a stop and then Colby drove right down the left side of the lane and converted it into a 3-point play to tie it at 53 with 1:44 left. Ethan McMillen hit from the corner with 1:30 left and Kevin Stoll missed from the right side but Justin Derks missed two free throws and Workman lost the ensuing ball out of bounds. Colby Wiederholt drove down the left side and hit one out of two free throws and McMillen hit two free throws to make it 57-54 with 44.4 seconds left. But Aaron Patton responded with a game-tying 3-pointer with 10 seconds left to tie it again and Workman missed a long 3-pointer that would have won it in regulation.
After a ragged start to the first overtime, Northeast seemingly took control as Tyler Schmitz, who had a career night the game before, played the game of his life in the six extra periods before fouling out. He took a charge right off the bat on Workman, drawing his fifth foul in the process, which took away King City's best scorer. Kevin Stoll got Tyler the ball on the left wing and he connected to put Northeast up; Colby Wiederholt drove down the middle of the lane to make it 61-57 with 1:06 left in the first extra period. Aaron Patton hit two free throws to put Northeast up 63-58 with 41.9 seconds left, but with a chance to put things away and make it a three possession game, Keaton Ebersold got a steal and drive to make it 63-60 with 24.8 seconds left. Tyler Schmitz had a layup chance but missed wildly and Northeast fouled on the ensuing rebound and Justin Derks hit two free throws to make it 63-62 with 15.2 seconds left. Colby Wiederholt drove it up the floor and it got knocked out of bounds with 8.6 seconds left. Kevin Stoll hit one out of two free throws and Caleb Eiberger missed a runner over three defenders that would have tied it and Aaron Patton made one out of two to make it 65-62 with 1.3 seconds left. But then Ethan McMillen hit a 3-pointer from behind the halfcourt line on the left side of the court at the buzzer to knot it at 65 and send it into another overtime. With Workman out of the game, it was McMillen who carried his team throughout the rest of the extra periods until he fouled out.
Neither team could take control in the second overtime. John Spiking hit a shot from the left wing to put his team up one, but then Dalton Welch drove against two and made one out of two to tie it up. Kevin Stoll got a block and Tyler Schmitz got the ensuing board and Northeast missed, but Aaron Patton stripped the ball after the rebound and turned it into a free throw to put Northeast up 68-67 with 2:29 left. Tyler Schmitz then knocked a ball loose and Kevin Stoll hit from the left side to make it 70-67, but then Ethan McMillen hit a 3-pointer from the top of the key with 1:45 left to tie it again. Caleb Eiberger jumped a pass and converted it to free throws to make it 72-70 King City with 1:31 left. Colby drove down the left side of the floor and made one out of two to make it 72-71 with 1:18 left. King City tried to run down the clock and Northeast elected to play for the turnover and got the ball back with 53 seconds left as King City threw it away. Tyler Schmitz hit from the left wing to make it 73-72 with 40 seconds left, but McMillen made one out of two free throws to tie it again with 31.9 seconds left. Kevin Stoll had a good look from his favorite spot on the right baseline at the buzzer but missed and the game went into the third overtime.
After that, Northeast began to show signs of fatigue, missing badly on their first two shots as McMillen grabbed his own miss to put his team up 75-73 with 3:10 left. But Colby drove straight down the left wing to tie it at 75 again with 2:47 left. Tanner Law hit a free throw with 1:56 left, but Kevin Stoll hit a 3-pointer and was knocked down by Caleb Eiberger on the play and hit both free throws to put Northeast up 79-76. But McMillen answered with yet another 3-pointer to tie it up. After that, Northeast had several chances to go ahead but Dalton Welch missed a runner, Tyler Schmitz missed a pair of free throws, and Aaron Patton missed from the high post in the last minute. King City had the ball with a chance to win it at the end of the third overtime and they got it to Ethan McMillen for a final shot. Ethan lost control of the ball and it rolled to near the center court line, but he scooped it up and heaved it up over his head from just across the halfcourt line and the shot nearly went in at the buzzer to give King City an improbable win, bouncing off the front of the rim. It was that kind of a night all over the area.
Northeast set out to take control as a posted Colby Wiederholt drew Ilya Stagner's fifth foul and hit both free throws to make it 81-79. Following a stop, Tyler Schmitz missed from the left wing following a long possession with 2:04 left, but the ball went out of bounds off King City and Kevin Stoll made one out of two free throws to make it 82-79. Tyler Schmitz got a diving steal on defense and Dalton Welch drew Tanner Law's fifth foul. He missed the free throws, but McMillen missed a 3-pointer that would have tied it with 1:37 left and Colby Wiederholt made it a two possession game with 1:24 left at 83-79. King City missed two 3-pointers that would have brought it to within one and Aaron Patton hit two free throws with 24.3 seconds left that made it 85-79. But once again King City's insane 3-point shooting brought them back as Ethan McMillen hit one from the left wing to make it 85-82. McMillen picked up his fifth foul with 8.6 seconds left which meant that in most normal games, Colby Wiederholt's two missed free throws would not have mattered. But this time Drew Potter hit a heavily guarded 3-pointer at the buzzer to send it into a fifth overtime with nothing decided yet.
Neither side could penetrate the other team's defense for the first two minutes of the fifth period until Spensyr Downing hit a free throw with 1:57 left for King City as the Wildkats were going way down the bench with most of their starters fouled out. But with 1:11 left Colby Wiederholt went down the left side and finally got a reverse layup to go down after having missed on it for much of the year to make it 87-86. Garrett Stegman slipped inside to put King City up 88-87 but Kevin Stoll hit the first of two free throws to tie it up at 88 with 30 seconds left. Colby Wiederholt got the board, but got called for a charge and King City had a chance to win it. But Downing's off-balance shot from the high post at the buzzer was in and out and the teams went into the sixth overtime tied at 88.
Finally, Aaron Patton, who had a career high 23 points for the game, took over the sixth overtime for the win. Tyler Schmitz connected from the right side for Northeast with 3:31 left but John Spiking, the lone King City starter left, slipped inside to tie it back up. Colby Wiederholt drove down the right side and got another reverse layup to fall and The General got a steal and drive to make it 94-90 with 2:28 left. John Spiking slipped in and made one out of two and Dalton Welch traveled with the ball to give King City the ball back with a chance to tie and possibly send it into a seventh overtime. But The General was not letting that happen as he got a steal and drive and then blocked a shot on the other end and got the defensive board, getting one out of two free throws to make it 97-91 with 1:30 left. Spiking hit two free throws for King City to make it 97-93 with 53.5 seconds left, but Kevin Stoll hit one out of two free throws with 40 seconds left and Matthew DeJoode's high post shot missed. Stoll finally sealed it with 10 seconds left with a pair of free throws and Northeast hit the century mark.
Bryce Farnan matched a career high with 28 points before fouling out. Colby Wiederholt had 26 while The General had 20 and Kevin Stoll had 19. Tyler Schmitz had a career high with six.
No comments:
Post a Comment