Basketball (Boys V) Scores
By John Burrus | Jan 25, 2025 12:32 PM
Varsity vs Western High School (72 - 68) Win Coach Burrus Quotes: "Great win for our program. Landon Adams hit a huge 3 to push the game into overtime. Then, with 3 seconds left in OT, Josiah Ball hit a huge 3 to tie the game and force Double OT. We hit 10 three's which was way up there for us. AJ Kelly hit two big free throw's to help us control the second overtime. Western did a great job of controlling the tempo. They are hard to score on and they have long posessions. I thought we handled the pace pretty well. We felt we had to play more conservative to control their guards. Our kids played good defense. We were at 56 points after regulation. We shot 38% and still won. I am very proud of the kids for hanging in there on the road. We may see Western again, in the sectional. We have beat Western four straight years, now. Coach Maiben also had some really good wins against Western, too. I mention this because Western is always good. They always have a good junior varsity. They always have good players coming. I mention this because it is a big accomplishment to win in a series like this. Western was a little down last year but are undefeated in their conference this year. They have depth in their program. To explain how tight this game was last night... we had 18 lead changes. Fuddy Kile had another double-double with16 points, and 11 rebounds. Fuddy hit 4 three's which really helped us. He had to spend a lot of time outside on offense which hurt us because of his ability to offensive rebound. He still got 5 offensive rebounds. Fuddy has really rebounded with everybody that he comes up against. His play has been huge in our success this year. I will never forget how he battled Kokomo. He just keeps playing. It doesn't really matter who he is up against. Fuddy finds a way. I appreciate the role he has played this year. He has done the dirty work. He has blocked shots and has become one of the better rebounders I have coached. We play Hamilton Heights, tonight. We want to keep our home streak alive. It will be exciting. Hamilton Heights will play an up tempo style that will lead to full-court basketball. This one could get wild. See you at the game." Ball 26pts 5reb 1ast 4st Kelly 18pts 3reb 4ast 2st Kile 16pts 11reb 2ast 2bl 2st Murry 7pts 3reb 2ast 1st Adams, L. 3pts 3reb 4ast Gochenour 2pts