Tyson Gibson had 17 points for North Harrison as the Shamrocks came back from as much as 10 down in the first half to beat Gilman City 60-58 Monday. Their season has been a roller coaster, depending on which team shows up to play. They have had some impressive wins, against North Nodaway, Trenton, and Pattonsburg. They have hit some low notes, including a loss to Hale at Trenton in which they were 8 for 31 from the line. But against Gilman City, after falling behind early, they were able to rally back, get the lead by the fourth quarter, and then go 16 for 21 from the line to hold off the Hawks at the end.
The game started off evenly until Kyler Preston got untracked for the blue shirts and hit consecutive NBA three-pointers to get his team started. Preston had his third triple as North Harrison continued to neglect guarding him, and it looked like a long night for the Shamrocks, down 18-10 after one quarter. Offensively, the Shamrocks were struggling to move the ball and solve the box and one that Gilman City was putting on Wade Briggs.
Kaleb Fehring hit from the left side to start the second quarter, but then Nick Babinski erupted for seven in the period as the Shamrocks finally started finding their footing. The Hawks were faceguarding Wade Briggs, so that meant that everybody else had to step up in order for the green shirts to get their fourth win of the year. With Brandon Hamilton battling foul trouble the whole came, that meant someone else had to step up inside as well. Finally, Matthew Heintz scored from inside and Nick Babinski hit from the right wing as the Shamrocks got it back down to 21-16 at the 4:45 mark. Kaden Locker got loose in transition, but then free throws from Tyson Gibson and Nick Babinski got it back down to 23-20. Gilman City twice pushed it ahead to seven again, only for North Harrison to make a final push before half and cut it to 30-27 after Wade Briggs’ three point play got him on the board after a Matthew Heintz tip and Nick Babinski steal.
North Harrison finally got a push on the other end as they got eight straight stops on defense, moving into the lead after Keygun Johnson, Nick Babinski, and Tyson Gibson got loose as they went up 35-31. Four straight from Brody Langfitt broke the run and tied it again at 35 after Brandon Hamilton picked up his fourth foul, but then Keygun Johnson knocked a shot down and Cooper Cracraft got loose on the boards; he had 8 for the game, with 7 of them in the second half. Cooper scored from inside and Nick Babinski got loose in transition to make it 41-35 again. Nick Babinski scored from the high post and Cooper Cracraft hit Gibson backdoor to make it 45-36.
But then, Tyson Gibson picked up his fourth foul and the game turned again. Brody Langfitt hit two free throws to close out the third, and then Kaden Locker got loose in transition and added a steal and the lead was nearly gone at 45-42. Cooper Cracraft’s putback temporarily broke the run, but then missed free throws fueled it again as Landon Preston’s shot cut it to 47-46 with 3:15 left in the game.
But then Wade Briggs, who had three points up to that point, righted the ship, scoring 10 in the last 3:11 as the Hawks had to start fouling. He made three of four at the line and Keygun Johnson got loose behind the Hawk defense to make it 52-46 as Cracraft and Babinski anchored the defense with their rebounding.
Two more Briggs free throws made it 54-47, but then North Harrison missed a boxout, Gilman City got an extra possession, and Kaden Locker’s off-balance triple banked home with 55 seconds left to make it 54-50. Briggs hit two more, but then Landon Preston answered back with a drive, and Gilman got a steal off the press. But they missed wildly off the layup try, Tyson Gibson got the defensive board, and he hit one of two to make it 57-52 with 30 seconds left.
Brody Langfitt nearly lost the ball on the ensuing possession, but recovered and his behind the back look to Landon Preston for a NBA three cut it to 57-55 with 18 seconds left. But Wade Briggs hit two more free throws to make it 59-55, and then Preston missed a 3-pointer and Peyton Taggart a putback try before Briggs hit a free throw with 2 seconds left. Langfitt hit a 3-pointer from 35 feet out as time expired.
North Harrison nearly got four in double figures as Tyson Gibson had 17 and Nick Babinski and Wade Briggs had 13 each. Keygun Johnson had 9, Cooper Cracraft 4, and Matthew Heintz and Brandon Hamilton 2 each.
Nick Babinski had 13 boards to go with his 13 points. Cooper Cracraft had 8, Tyson Gibson 6, Matthew Heintz 5, Brandon Hamilton and Wade Briggs 3, and Keygun Johnson 1.
Nick Babinski and Cooper Cracraft had 4 assists each. Matthew Heintz had 3, while Brandon Hamilton, Tyson Gibson, Wade Briggs, and Keygun Johnson all had 2.
Nick Babinski had 5 tips, while Tyson Gibson had 4 steals.
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