Kings vs. Turpin Freshman 12/18/09

By Jackson Schueler

The tipoff set the initial momentum when Austin Copeland stole the ball from Turpin and was fouled. He made both of his shots. Soon after, Turpin was charged with a technical on #22.  Max Lerer made one of the two shots with one minute and fifty three seconds left in the first.  At the end of the first, the score was 20 to 8 with Kings in the lead.  Kings had two fouls and Turpin had six.  In the second quarter, Kings took advantage by getting back cuts, good shots, and great ball movement.  At the end of the second quarter, the score was 34 to 19.

In the third quarter, Kings got the ball, but came out flat and was out scored 16 to 6. “We had too many turnovers, and we weren’t taking care of the ball.”  In the middle of the third, Coach McClung called a strategic timeout to even out the momentum and try to get the team regrouped.  At the end of the third, the score was 40 to 35 and both teams had two fouls. The fourth started with a Ryan Anthony rebound and a great drive by Austin for two points and the foul.  Later in the fourth, Brent had a great spin off one of the defenders and drained an easy twelve footer. And with a little more than two minutes left, Max Lerer had a fantastic block as Turpin attempted a far shot. The score was 48 to 37 with one minute and fifty five seconds remaining.  Kings did not commit a single foul in the fourth quarter while Turpin added four.

The guards handled and distributed the ball well, and got good back door layups and good looks.  Kings came out strong and made a good impression in the first half, but in the second half they lost their intensity and slowed down.

I talked to Coach McClung after the game and he told me “We came out with great intensity and got 34 points in the first half, which is more than our total against Mason. We executed very well offensively to get the 34 points. Many of the offensive points came off of good defensive steals and blocks. In the third quarter we came out flat and let Turpin catch up. In the fourth quarter, we brought a lot of intensity and outscored them 10 to 6 to pull out a great FAVC win!”

Max Lerer had a great game totaling 15 points, 13 in the first half and 2 in the second, Austin Copeland had 9 points, Nathan Pucke had 6, Ryan Anthony had 6 also, Brent Mathias had 5 points, Nick Handorf had 5 points also, and Nick Wolf had 4 points.