This is a another big weekend for the Knights and Lady Knights… Friday the men host rival Turpin, and Saturday afternoon the Lady Knights entertain Wilmington. Let’s PACK THE MILL this weekend!!
Go Knights and Lady Knights!!
Tuesday night was another painful reminder that a regulation high school basketball game is 32 minutes. Not, for instance, 31 minutes, 54 seconds.
The night started with the kind of basketball the Knights have shown they’re capable of… suffocating defense, relentlessly patient offense. Led by Aaron Gayhart’s 8 points, the Knights finished the first quarter with a 20 to 12 lead.
The second quarter was more of the same, with the Knights’ student section playing its part. Alternately chanting, singing (”John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt”??!) and generally creating all the havoc they could muster within civilized reason, they backed the Knights to a 32-20 lead, as the Tigers’ two-man game of 6-8 Bobby Capobianco and 6-5 Brian Wozniak were unable to offset the Knights’ balanced attack.
The Tigers began to bite into the lead early in the third quarter, but the Knights were ready, battling back and taking a 44-38 lead at the end of the quarter. The battle was on.
The two teams traded buckets through much of the fourth quarter - the lead now up to eight, now down to four - till with 2:04 left Calvin Scruby fed Derrick Harris for two, and a Knights 53 to 48 lead. It was the last point the Knights would score till the game was out of reach.
The teams continued to battle as regulation wound down, but the Knights were unable to get the ball to drop. Finally with 6 seconds left in a game the Knights had led from the beginning, Capobianco drove to the top of the key and launched a fallaway jumper. The ball fell comfortably into the net and the game went to overtime.
The cold shooting the Knights had struggled with in the fourth quarter continued, and the Tigers built a comfortable lead in the overtime before a pair of threes by Mark Byrd and Derrick Harris closed the gap.
Next the Knights will host Amelia at The Mill. Go Knights!!
The Lady Knights fell to 3-3 Wednesday night, losing to the Loveland Lady Tigers 52 to 43. Next the Lady Knights will travel to Turpin this Friday for an important conference showdown. See you there! Go Lady Knights!!
Friday night the Knights started their run at a Cardinal title with a win at Walnut Hills, 60 to 46. Junior Derrick Harris led a balanced scoring attack by the Knights. Stay tuned for details!
Wednesday the Lady Knights travelled to Fairfield, coming away with a tough 51 to 41 loss. Stay tuned for stats and game analysis. This Saturday the Lady Knights will travel to Amelia to take on the Amelia Barons. Go Lady Knights!!
The Knights were unable to overcome poor free throw shooting and another last-second shot by the Milford Eagles Tuesday night, falling 49 to 47. Check in Wednesday for details and stats on the game.
Next the Knights (1-1) will start their conference season this Friday at Walnut Hills. Check in Thursday for details.
Go Knights!!!
The Knights concluded their scrimmage schedule Wednesday against a tough squad from Piqua. The Knights exhibited their usual tough defense, worked on end-of-game scenarios, and polished up on preparations for Saturday’s tipoff against the Fairfield Indians.
Fairfield returns 3 starting guards, but more significantly added two big (6-6, 6-8) frontline transfers from Princeton. The Knights - who return 7 seniors from last year’s conference championship squad - will try to use their depth and savvy to frustrate the Indians.
Let’s pack The Mill for hte home opener this Saturday! GO KNIGHTS!!!
