January 22, 2008

            The Warriors of Lebanon started shooting as soon as they hit I-71 South and never stopped until they left the K-House on Tuesday evening. Some nights you just have to tip your hat to the opposing team’s shooting and this was one of those nights.  

The Warriors, with an overall record of 9-4, wasted little time in beginning their aerial assault as they drained five threes in the first quarter and jumped out to a 23-12 lead. The Knights stayed right with the visitors, who hit three more threes in the second quarter, but still trailed by 12 as they went to the locker room down, 36-24. Any hope of a comeback was quickly dashed in the third quarter as the Warriors continued to drain the three, hitting three more, and led 49-32 at the completion of the third. The Knights were held scoreless until the 3:20 mark of the final quarter and went down to defeat 61-44.

            Spencer Berlekamp led the Knight attack with 8 points. Michael Olds nailed 7. Tyler Smyth and Phil Fox each netted 6. Brian Howell and Brooks Gear tossed in 5 apiece. Matt Rumelhart banked in a three for his only points of the evening. No, he didn’t call it! Alec Sadowski and Nick Shackelford rounded out the scoring with 2 points each.

 The Warriors only shot 2 free throws the entire game, going 1 for 2, which was probably a good thing since they were going 12 for 15 from behind the three point line. They also connected on 12 Field Goals from inside the arc. Matt Allen drained 23 points for the Warriors including 7 threes.  The Knights connected on 11 Field Goals from inside the arc and nailed 5 from outside. In a highlight, perhaps the only one, of the night the Knights shot 88% from the Charity Stripe as they went 7 for 8.

The loss drops the Knights season record to 12-4. They will hit the road on Friday night and travel to Turpin for a showdown with the Spartans. Tip off is at 6 PM.  Go Knights!

- Scooter Knight