A frantic Shamrock rally against Pattonsburg Monday came up just short as they fell 45-40. They dug themselves in a hole in the first quarter as they had trouble solving the Panther front line of Drake Sperry and Remington White. Meanwhile, Brandon Heath scored off a drive for Pattonsburg, Sperry added a 3-pointer and a free throw, Reagan Coin added another 3-pointer, and Remington White, a tall guy built like Jace Estrada, ran the floor well for his size and got loose for a couple of transition buckets. North Harrison didn’t get their usual tips and steals with their press as the guard duo of Coin and Heath showed their ball handling wizardry. The result was a 13-4 hole after one. The only baskets the Shamrocks could muster were a backdoor look from Jensen Davis and a steal from Gage Fortner.
The hole got even deeper in the second quarter after Coin
sparked the Panthers with a steal to start the second. Gage Fortner hit a
3-pointer and Jensen Davis got on the board again to cut it to 15-9, but Drake
Sperry scored four straight, added a triple after Kellan Craig got on the board
for the Shamrocks, and then Brandon Heath cut inside to make it 24-11.
The Panther lead remained at 25-13, but then Gage Fortner
threw a high/low pass that somehow made it through to Kellan Craig, and the
Shamrocks started fighting back, Jensen Davis lit up the scoreboard with back
to back jacks and all of a sudden, it was 25-21 before Brandon Heath scored off
a drive to make it 27-21 at the half.
Heath struck again to start the third quarter, but Jensen
Davis answered with a 3-pointer to spark another push. Heath and Reagan Coin
answered with drives to make it 33-26, but then Kellan Craig hit a free throw
and Gage Fortner scored from inside to cut it to 33-29 at the end of three and
Jensen Davis scored a 3-pointer to start the fourth to make it 33-32.
But after the Shamrocks failed to convert a chance to take
the lead, the momentum went back to the Panthers. Brandon Heath scored off a
drive and then another drive from Heath set up Drake Sperry to make it 37-32
with 3:50 left. Gage Fortner answered with a free throw and Ryker Fortner
scored off a Jensen Davis steal to make it 37-35 with 3:09 left. Dalton Guy
blocked a shot on the other end, but a tieup went to the Panthers, Reagan Coin
missed a 3-pointer, but Drake Sperry put it back to make it two possessions
again at 39-35.
After Jensen Davis missed a 3-pointer, Brandon Heath aired
it out to Drake Sperry on the other end, and he converted a three point play
with 2:10 left to make it 42-35. After Gage Fortner missed a 3-pointer,
Pattonsburg started running the clock down and got it down to 1:16 left before
throwing it away. That led to a drive from Kellan Craig with 1:00 left to cut
it to 42-37. Reagan Coin made one of two on the other end, and Gage Fortner got
loose in transition and got a pass from Ryker Fortner to make it 43-40.
But North Harrison had to start fouling, and Gage Fortner
fouled out trying to get the ball back, which hurt their rebounding as
Remington White got a couple of offensive boards down the stretch for
Pattonsburg. Aden Woodward made one of two to make it 44-40, and then White
missed a putback try. But Dalton Guy turned it over trying to drive to the rim
and cut it to two, and the Shamrocks put Heath on the line with 7.2 seconds
left. He missed both tries, but White kept the possession alive with an
offensive board and Heath made one of two with 3.8 seconds. Ryker Fortner nearly
made a miraculous 3-pointer from half court at the buzzer.
For North Harrison, Jensen Davis had 16, Gage Fortner 13,
Kellan Craig 7, and Ryker Fortner 4.
Gage Fortner had 3 blocks and Ryker Fortner, Kellan Craig,
and Jensen Davis all had 1.
Dalton Guy, going up against players much taller than he
was, mixed it up and led the team with 10 boards, helping keep the Shamrocks in
the game. Gage Fortner had 6, Ryker Fortner 5, Kellan Craig 4, and Jensen Davis
1.
Jensen Davis had 5 assists. Gage Fortner had 4, Dalton Guy
3, Ryker Fortner 2, and Kellan Craig 1.
Gage Fortner had 8 tips. Dalton Guy had 5, Ryker Fortner and
Kellan Craig 2, and Jensen Davis 1.
Jensen Davis had 4 steals. Gage Fortner had 3 and Kellan
Craig and Ryker Fortner 1.
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