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This past week was another week where South split games. Their first opponent was the Ansonia Tigers which the Panthers disposed 69-42. The two teams played even in the first quarter with the Panthers holding just a 2 point lead. But in the second quarter the team bettered the margin by 12 points, they built on that lead in the second half and cruised to an easy victory. But it was a different story against the Tri-Village Patriots.
In this game, the Panthers never really did seem to get in
sync. They began in their familiar zone,
while Tri-Village played a man to man defense that they stayed in the entire
night. It was quickly apparent that South was having problems finding the
basket, while Tri-Village was nailing their shots on their home court. And although South did a fair job of
rebounding in the first half, Tri-Village did not miss much and so their
opportunities were limited.
In the second quarter, coach Augspurger took two time outs
to try and stop the bleeding. But things
got worse when post player Jake Osborn was taken out of the game with an
injured ankle. In a game against a tall
and physical Patriot team that was scoring in the paint at will, this really
put South at a disadvantage. South tried
several defensive schemes to stop the Patriots.
They used a trapping defense, then man to man, but nothing seemed to
stop the pace of scoring by the home town team.
38-16 was the score at the break. South would not score in double figures in
any quarter except the 4th quarter. Patriot post player 6’5” Tyler
Cook was a dynamo under the basket. I am
not sure that he missed a shot in the first half, he was Mr. Automatic and
would score a game high 30 points on the night.
And when the defense focused on him, the Patriots would strike from 3
point land. South would fall 70-41 to a smoking hot Patriot team.
“It was a very good basketball team that beat a still
emerging basketball team,” stated coach Augspurger afterwards. “Tri-Village is in a very good place right
now. Josh Sagester just does an
outstanding job. They’ve been on a roll
for years and they just keep getting better.
Tyler Cook is an absolute beast in the blocks. Their other kids do things well – they defend
well. For the first quarter and a half,
we got a lot of good shots – but didn’t make any. But they executed and got shots and made
them. We struggled to get anything going
offensively. It’s been tough with
starters out for the first 4 games, we are just now getting everyone into our
practices. And it’s going to take a lot of work to get where we need to be.”
Next Friday South will be playing North in the opening round
of the Preble Shawnee Holiday Tournament at 6pm on Friday. “They [North] are
playing better, they are getting some confidence, we’ve won the tournament the last couple of
years, but to make it 3 in a row we have to come out ready to play against
them. We have to learn something from tonight, but have a short memory.”
Scoring for TVS: Wes
Cole 14, Mike Green 10, Jordan Burns
3, Jacob Bassler 6, Seth Baker 8.
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