Monday, December 7, 2015

Tiger Boys Come from 19 Down to Advance to Albany Tournament Finals

Worth County let Walker McCallon and Reagan Law run wild on them in the first half, but came back from 19 down to beat King City 62-61 Thursday to advance to the final round of the Albany Tournament. The undersized McCallon was running wild inside and Law was scoring whenever he wanted to from outside in the first half; they combined for nearly all of King City’s 38 points in the frame. On the other end, Worth County made too many bad passes and committed too many frustration fouls. Chris Alarcon scored eight points to keep Worth County in the game in the first quarter, but then King City scored 25 in the second to take control of the game.

Coach Bryce Schafer said he didn’t do anything different in the second half; he said that the players took it on themselves to fix what went wrong in the first half. Cade Allee went off in the third quarter, scoring 12 of his 17 points in the frame. Brevyn Ross, who had been held scoreless in the first half, finally got untracked with a 3-pointer and a steal; Mason Hawk added a pair of putbacks at the end of the third quarter to tie the game at 42.

King City had the ball to start the fourth, but Ryan McClellan, who had sat out most of the first half with three fouls, jumped a pass to score and give Worth County its first lead of the game. Brevyn Ross saved a possession as he dove on the floor to knock a ball loose and Worth County got a steal after King City had gotten a stop and defensive board; Ross then added a putback to make it 46-42. Ross’ 3-pointer with 3:53 left gave Worth County its biggest lead at 52-47, but then King City began attacking the basket and storming back.

Worth County kept a 2 to 4 point lead down the stretch; Brevyn Ross saved one score by taking a charge on defense after King City had gotten a steal off their press. But then an inbounds pass went off Brevyn Ross’ foot and McCallon got loose inside to tie it at 61; Noah Poling blocked Ryan McClellan’s layup attempt with 27 seconds and King City had the ball for the last shot of the game. But then Ryan McClellan jumped a pass with 9 seconds left and threw it ahead to Ross, who leaned in and drew a shooting foul with 3.5 seconds left, drawing Poling’s fifth foul, which was huge since he was one of their best drivers. Brevyn made one of two from the line and then pinned Law to the sideline perfectly to force an errant shot for the win.

Brevyn Ross scored all of his 18 points in the second half to lead the Tigers. Cade Allee had 17, Mason Hawk 10, Chris Alarcon 8, Drake Kinsella 4, Ryan McClellan 3, and Isaac Alarcon 2.

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