The Elyria Catholic Varsity Boys Basketball Team hosted Rocky River High School for Senior Night at the Coliseum. After a decimating loss and physical match-up for Elyria Catholic, the Panthers were confident round two would be theirs. With a great start to the match-up for EC, Rocky River upped their defense, halting EC to single digit points scored in the second and third quarters keying the victory for the Rocky River Pirates 49-39.
The first quarter EC came out on fire with a 7-3 run to start things out. Sophomore Jeremy Holley had 8 out of the 17 points scored by the Panthers at the end of the quarter. Going into the second quarter, Elyria Catholic was up 17-7 with momentum on their side. It was the second quarter where things started going downhill for EC. Rocky River outscored Elyria Catholic 12-4 in the second quarter to close the first half 23-19 with the Panthers on top.
Rocky River's zone defense kept the EC offense quiet, and forcing turnovers. EC had 20 turnovers total in this match-up. The Pirates took their first lead of the game with 4:41 left in the third quarter on a three point shot. The shot put Rocky River up 25-23 over EC. A buzzer beating three-pointer for Rocky River at the end of the third quarter gave the Pirates a more comfortable lead 33-29 going into the fourth.
The fourth quarter was the first time EC had scored double digit points as a team since the first quarter. However, Rocky River never dropped the momentum, and outscored EC 16-10. Elyria Catholic dropped their tenth loss of the season, and fifth conference loss on Friday. The Panthers will face the Bay Rockets for their last regular season match-up on Friday, February 24th at Bay High School. Tip-off is at 7:30.
Elyria Catholic will also travel out to Wooster High School for the DIII tournament on Monday, February 27th against Oberlin High School.
Stats:
Jeremy Holley - 22 PTS
Tyler Riddell - 3 PTS
Andrew Konno - 2 PTS
Danny Whitacre - 6 PTS
Joe Dempsey - 4 PTS
Xavier Bennett - 2 PTS
EC's JV Company Did Not "Get Thrown To The Tool Shed" This Time Around
Head Coach Corey Taylor told EC Boys Hoops Blog that the JV Rocky River team "Took them to the tool shed last time, so they need to win", and the EC JV Boys Basketball Squad did just that.
EC Kept a good lead all through-out the game, but things started to get closer then expected come the fourth quarter. Rocky River tied the game at 41-41, until Freshman Ceevan Shelton sunk a three-pointer to put the Panthers back on top 44-41. Freshman Justin Taylor extended the lead 46-41 for the EC JV Boys with a break-a-way lay-up. EC's JV Company ended the game strong, winning 54-49 over the JV Rocky River Pirates.
EC Kept a good lead all through-out the game, but things started to get closer then expected come the fourth quarter. Rocky River tied the game at 41-41, until Freshman Ceevan Shelton sunk a three-pointer to put the Panthers back on top 44-41. Freshman Justin Taylor extended the lead 46-41 for the EC JV Boys with a break-a-way lay-up. EC's JV Company ended the game strong, winning 54-49 over the JV Rocky River Pirates.
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