North Harrison got a wild 53-51 win over Nodaway-Holt thanks to Brett Emig’s last-second score. The Shamrocks played their worst quarter of the year in digging into a 20-6 hole against the Trojans. Things got a little better in the second quarter, but they were still down by 10 at the half. Their second half was the best half of the year, as they came back to get the win despite playing shorthanded. They were playing without Grant Claycomb; without one of their best ballhandlers, they struggled moving the ball, and threw the ball away right and left, and struggled to buy a board.
Everything for Nodaway-Holt was going in during that bad first quarter; they made four shots from behind the arc in building up their lead. Brett Emig had the only scoring for the Shamrocks in the period.
Things started to change in the second quarter as Brandon Hamilton started playing some of his best ball so far, getting to the rim and converting at the line; he had five in the period to go with Emig’s 9 points. Emig finally started finding driving lanes to the basket, while Cooper Cracraft, Wade Briggs, and Nick Babinski all chipped in during that quarter.
It still looked grim for North Harrison at the start of the third when Briggs picked up his third foul, but the play that turned the Shamrocks’ fortunes happened after that. With North Harrison still trailing 35-26, Nodaway-Holt at the ball in the front court when the ball got knocked into the backcourt. Tyson Gibson, who made a ton of hustle plays in the game, drew a foul scrambling for the ball, and all of a sudden, a completely different Shamrock team took the floor.
Emig scored off a drive on the ensuing possession, and then Cooper Cracraft got a defensive board and aired it out to Emig, and all of a sudden, it was a brand new ballgame at 35-30. Nodaway-Holt scored to make it seven, but Brett Emig pushed it right back at them and converted to make it 37-32. Nodaway-Holt hit a free throw, but then fell asleep on an inbounds play as nobody guarded Emig, who was right underneath the basket; he converted to make it 38-34, and then Brandon Hamilton got a free throw to draw closer, at 38-35.
On their next possession, North Harrison got six chances at the basket; they finally converted as Brett Emig hit a free throw to make it 38-36.
Nodaway-Holt seemingly restored order at the start of the fourth quarter when they went back ahead 43-37 after switching from a zone to a man to man, but Wade Briggs came back in and knocked down an NBA 3-pointer after Tyson Gibson missed a runner but got his own board and kicked it out to him. Nodaway-Holt scored again, but then Wade Briggs hit a free throw, missed the second, and Nick Babinski was there for the putback to make it 45-43. All of a sudden, it was North Harrison flying to the glass and converting instead of the Trojans.
The Trojans were reeling after an unnecessary foul, committed at the other end of the court, led to a Hamilton free throw; one of their players fouled out in the process. Wade Briggs then threw to Brett Emig in transition and then Nick Babinski got an off-balance rebound, got it to Tyson Gibson, who pushed it ahead to Emig for the finish to make it 48-45. Wade Briggs then added a free throw to make it 49-45 with 3:18 left.
But the game turned again when Briggs picked up his fifth foul, and North Harrison had to play without one of their main ballhandlers and scorers besides Emig. Nodaway-Holt hit a free throw, missed the second, but got the putback to make it 49-48 with 2:21 left.
North Harrison ran it all the way down to 1:24 left, but then threw it away. Both sides traded misses at the line, but then Nodaway-Holt finally got a steal and converted it to go up 50-49 with 46 seconds left. Brett Emig then lost it out of bounds trying to penetrate against the Trojan defense, but stole it right back and hit both free throws with 29.3 seconds left to put the Shamrocks back up 51-50.
Nodaway-Holt then missed two free throws, got the board after the second, but missed two more. But on the second miss, North Harrison committed a lane violation, and this time, Nodaway-Holt converted to tie it at 51-51 with 15 seconds left.
But then North Harrison got the ball to Brett Emig, and he sliced into the teeth of the Trojan defense, scoring over a host of defenders with six seconds left to make it 53-51. Nodaway-Holt had an off-balance three that would have won it, but it bounced off the backboard.
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