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Josh
Barnett - Sports Editor
South Ripley's boys
varsity basketball suffered two disappointing
losses this weekend. Their first
loss came on the road against Rising
Sun 59-52 and their second loss was
at home against Greensburg 60-59.
With the two losses their record
falls to 10-9 on the season.
Although the Raiders
out rebounded the Shiners 38 to 25
and gave up just two offensive rebounds
they weren't able to pick up the
road conference victory.
The Raiders jumped
out to an early lead in the first
quarter, going up by as many as 10
points before ending the quarter
with a 15-7 lead. The Shiners battled
back in the second quarter and cut
the lead to as close as three points.
Some late free-throws helped the
Raiders push their advantage to 7
before the end of the half.
Rising Sun battled
back again in the third quarter scoring
19 points and cutting the lead to
just one point. Going into the fourth
quarter the Raiders were barely holding
on to a 44-43 lead. The Shiners outscored
the Raiders 16-8 in the fourth quarter
to grab the 59-52 victory.
Three Raiders scored
in double-digits in the contest with
Tyler Ester
leading the way with 12 followed
by Jacob Lemon and Michael Mathews with 10 each. Lemon and
Brandon Seabolt led the Raiders with 9 rebounds apiece. Seabolt also had
a team high 6 assists.
In their game against
Greensburg the Raiders honored their
seniors by holding their annual senior
night. Senior Tony Lloyd stepped
up his game for his last home game
as a Raider. He led his team with
a double-double performance with
17 points and 10 rebounds. Unfortunately
for Lloyd and the other senior basketball
players they lost their last home
game to the Pirates.
Lloyd scored the
Raiders' first four points of the
contest to keep the score close.
The two teams traded buckets with
Greensburg building up a five point
lead at one point in the quarter.
At the end of the first the Pirates
were leading 13-10.
In the second quarter
Greensburg pushed their advantage
to six early. South Ripley battled
back and took over the lead when
Lloyd hit a field goal to give the
Raiders a 22-21 advantage. From there
the Pirates went on a 9-0 run to
regain the lead. By the end of the
first half Greensburg was leading
31-24.
South Ripley was
able to cut into the lead again in
the third quarter until Michael Fear
hit a three-pointer
with about 1:30 left in the quarter
to tie the game up at 41 apiece. Fear hit another shot with under :30 left
to push the Raiders in front. Going into the fourth quarter South Ripley
was leading 43-41.
In the fourth quarter
the two teams scored back and fourth
to start the quarter. South Ripley
was trailing by just two points with
just under 3:00 left to play but
the Pirates went on a 6-0 run to
push their lead to 8 with just :40
left to play. Tyler Ester hit a three-pointer
to cut the lead to five. A G'burg
free-throw pushed the lead back to
6 at 59-53 with under :30 left in
the game. Tony Lloyd hit a field
goal followed by a free-throw to
cut the lead down to three. Another
Pirate free-throw pushed the lead
back to 4. Michael Fear hit a three-pointer
with :07 seconds to cut the lead
to one, but the Raiders wouldn't
get anymore chances as the Pirates
escaped with a one point victory.
Following Lloyd's
17 points was Michael Fear with 13,
Brandon Seabolt with 12 and Tyler
Ester with 11. Michael Mathews and
Seabolt led the team with 6 assists
apiece.
The Raiders will
wrap up their regular season this
Friday on the road against Jac-Cen-Del.
That game is scheduled to start at
6:00 pm with the JV playing first. |
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