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Josh
Barnett - Sports Editor
South Ripley's varsity
basketball team went into last Friday's
game at Jac-Cen-Del with one thing
to prove; they weren't the same team
that lost the Eagles by 38 points
in the first game of the season,
and they did just that. In the two
teams' final regular season game,
in front of a capacity crowd in JCD's
home gym the South Ripley Raiders
handed the Eagles just their second
loss of the season with a 58-56 upset.
The Raiders were in complete control
in the first quarter, going up by
as many as 10 points, but struggled
in the second quarter and ended the
first half in a tie. In the second
half the two teams remained close
with the
Raiders holding on to a four point lead going into the fourth quarter. South
Ripley had a one point lead with under :20 left to play and JCD had the ball.
The Raiders forced a turnover and Tony Lloyd hit a free-throw with just over
a second to play to make the final score 58-56.
The game opened up with the two
teams scoring back and forth until
South Ripley ended the first quarter
on a 7-0 run to take a 15-10 lead.
Michael Fear hit a field goal to
start the second quarter giving the
Raiders their largest lead of the
game at 10 points. Adam Peetz hit
two straight three-pointers to spark
a 9-0 run allowing JCD to cut the
lead to just three points. The Raiders
held on to the lead, never going
ahead by more than four points, until
the final seconds of the half when
Tyler Einhaus drained a three-pointer
to tie the game up at 25 apiece to
end the half.
Peetz hit a field goal in the early
seconds of the third quarter to give
the Eagles their first lead of the
game since leading 1-0. The lead
didn't last long as the Raiders'
Tony Lloyd hit two straight field
goals to tie the game
at 29-29. The Raiders outscored the Eagles 18-14 to end the quarter with a
4 point lead. Going into the fourth quarter the Raiders were leading 47-43.
Brandon Seabolt hit a field goal
to push the Raiders' advantage to
6 early in the fourth quarter. JCD's
Tyler Einhaus hit a three to cut
the lead back to three followed by
an Adam Peetz free-throw and another
Einhaus field goal to tie the game
at 49 apiece. The two teams traded
the lead back and forth one more
time before the Raiders grabbed a
lead they wouldn't lose. Lloyd hit
a field goal with just over 2:30
left to play to push SR's lead to
three points. On the other end of
the court Peetz hit a field goal
to cut the lead back down to one
point. Trailing by one point with
under a minute left to play the Eagles
had a chance to take the lead, but
Peetz missed a free-throw attempt
forcing JCD to foul. Lloyd missed
two straight free-throws giving JCD
one more chance with just :16 left
in the game. On their last attempt
the Eagles turned the ball over with
under :02 left on the clock, forcing
the
Eagles to foul again. Lloyd stepped to the line, hit the first free-throw and
missed the second allowing the time to run out and give the Raiders the two-point
victory.
Both team's big men played stellar
games with Adam Peetz leading all
scorers with 26 points and Tony Lloyd
leading his team with 22 points.
Two other Raiders scored in double-digits
with Michael Fear scoring 15 and
Tyler Ester chipping in 11. Lloyd
and Jacob Lemon led the Raiders with
9 rebounds apiece. Brandon Seabolt
had a team high 7 assists.
Only one other Eagle scored in double-digits.
Tyler Einhaus finished the game with
10 points. Following Einhaus was
Andrew Huntington with 6 points and
Justin Huff with 5. Einhaus led the
team with 8 rebounds and 6 assists
and Peetz finished with a team high
5 blocks.
Both team's open sectional play
tonight (Tuesday) with JCD playing
at home against Oldenburg and the
Raiders playing at Lawrenceburg against
Milan in the second game.
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