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02-11-2012, 08:54 PM
CYNTHIANA | Both Mason County and Harrison County struggled to execute offensively during most of the second half and both overtime periods of their game on Friday night.
The Thorobreds got it done at just the right time -- a 3-pointer to tie the game at the regulation buzzer, then a backdoor layup with less than two seconds remaining in the second overtime of a deadlocked game -- to extend the Royals' region road woes.
Harrison senior Caleb Ford hit a game-tying trey at the end of regulation, and sophomore Dillon Pulliam got free for a layup in the final seconds to hand the host Breds a 53-51 victory on the Hilltop.
Ford scored 21 points and Pulliam added 17 for Harrison (14-11), which was celebrating its senior night.
Tyler Black led Mason with 18 points. Zaire Henry added 10 for the visitors.
Mason shot 22.6 percent from the field in the second half and overtimes, while Harrison drained 32.3 percent of its tries after halftime. The Royals shot 31.4 percent from the game against the hosts' 38.9-percent effort.
The Royals (12-13) dipped back below .500 with their third straight loss -- all on the road, and all to 10th Region opponents in Montgomery County, George Rogers Clark and now Harrison.
The Royals are looking to regain the offensive balance they possessed earlier in the season. Black's return from injury has left fewer shots to go around, and Mason coach Chris O'Hearn said his post players will need to be responsible for converting the tries they do get.
"We've got guys who are gonna have to step up," he said. "It was a physical game in the paint. We had a lot of gimmes down there, easy shots that didn't fall. (With) light contact, you gotta be strong and you gotta finish it."
The Royals opened the game on a 13-2 run but squandered that lead by the last few minutes of the second quarter.
Ten lead changes later, Mason led again inside the final minute after an 8-0 run turned a four-point deficit into a four-point edge.
Cody Hamm sank a trey with 3:05 left in the fourth quarter and Henry drove the lane for a floater to put Mason ahead.
A Steven Chambers block led to two Black free throws, and with 33.1 seconds ot go, Shawn Johnson hit the front end of a 1-and-1 to put the Royals up 48-44.
Pulliam drained a trey for Harrison with 17 seconds left, and Chambers hit two free throws, banking in the first one, with 11.1 seconds left. That set up Ford's 3 inside the final second to tie the game at 50 and force overtime.
A Chambers block on Harrison's first possession of the first extra session led to a Henry free throw. Pulliam matched that with 34.2 seconds to go, and the Royals had the ball last, but Black's corner 3 at the buzzer clanged off the rim.
Chambers won the ensuing tip-off to begin the second four-minute overtime, and the Royals proceeded to hold the ball all the way until the 30-second mark, when Black's attempt down low missed. Henry claimed the offensive rebound and missed, then grabbed the loose ball again, but Mason was called for traveling.
"When they played soft in their zone, we saw that and said 'let's just hold it,'" O'Hearn said, "but we didn't execute it because when they went to the halfcourt trap, we didn't get the last shot. The whole purpose is to get the very last shot."
The Breds then called timeout with 16.4 seconds left, and inside the final two seconds Pulliam cut free backdoor and hit a layup to give Harrison its first lead since Hamm's fourth-quarter trey put the Royals on top.
"We talked about the backdoor play (during the final timeout), which they got us on," O'Hearn said. "You gotta be ready for anything. (Harrison) coach (Mike) Reitz, he's gonna draw something up for sure, and they executed it to perfection. They made a great play."
Mason called timeout with 0.8 seconds left and Tanner Walton got an open look from halfcourt at the buzzer, but the ball caromed off the backboard.
Reitz said the two guys who made the biggest plays -- Ford and Pulliam -- have done so all year and will have to continue to do so for the Breds to achieve success.
"Those two have led us in scoring all year long, and I hope they don't quit now because I'm not sure we've got anybody else who can put those kind of numbers up," he said.
The Royals return to action today at 1:30 p.m. against Fairview in the Shoot for the Cure Classic at Nicholas County.
Read more: http://www.maysville-online.com/sports/b...z1m7e7aObO
The Thorobreds got it done at just the right time -- a 3-pointer to tie the game at the regulation buzzer, then a backdoor layup with less than two seconds remaining in the second overtime of a deadlocked game -- to extend the Royals' region road woes.
Harrison senior Caleb Ford hit a game-tying trey at the end of regulation, and sophomore Dillon Pulliam got free for a layup in the final seconds to hand the host Breds a 53-51 victory on the Hilltop.
Ford scored 21 points and Pulliam added 17 for Harrison (14-11), which was celebrating its senior night.
Tyler Black led Mason with 18 points. Zaire Henry added 10 for the visitors.
Mason shot 22.6 percent from the field in the second half and overtimes, while Harrison drained 32.3 percent of its tries after halftime. The Royals shot 31.4 percent from the game against the hosts' 38.9-percent effort.
The Royals (12-13) dipped back below .500 with their third straight loss -- all on the road, and all to 10th Region opponents in Montgomery County, George Rogers Clark and now Harrison.
The Royals are looking to regain the offensive balance they possessed earlier in the season. Black's return from injury has left fewer shots to go around, and Mason coach Chris O'Hearn said his post players will need to be responsible for converting the tries they do get.
"We've got guys who are gonna have to step up," he said. "It was a physical game in the paint. We had a lot of gimmes down there, easy shots that didn't fall. (With) light contact, you gotta be strong and you gotta finish it."
The Royals opened the game on a 13-2 run but squandered that lead by the last few minutes of the second quarter.
Ten lead changes later, Mason led again inside the final minute after an 8-0 run turned a four-point deficit into a four-point edge.
Cody Hamm sank a trey with 3:05 left in the fourth quarter and Henry drove the lane for a floater to put Mason ahead.
A Steven Chambers block led to two Black free throws, and with 33.1 seconds ot go, Shawn Johnson hit the front end of a 1-and-1 to put the Royals up 48-44.
Pulliam drained a trey for Harrison with 17 seconds left, and Chambers hit two free throws, banking in the first one, with 11.1 seconds left. That set up Ford's 3 inside the final second to tie the game at 50 and force overtime.
A Chambers block on Harrison's first possession of the first extra session led to a Henry free throw. Pulliam matched that with 34.2 seconds to go, and the Royals had the ball last, but Black's corner 3 at the buzzer clanged off the rim.
Chambers won the ensuing tip-off to begin the second four-minute overtime, and the Royals proceeded to hold the ball all the way until the 30-second mark, when Black's attempt down low missed. Henry claimed the offensive rebound and missed, then grabbed the loose ball again, but Mason was called for traveling.
"When they played soft in their zone, we saw that and said 'let's just hold it,'" O'Hearn said, "but we didn't execute it because when they went to the halfcourt trap, we didn't get the last shot. The whole purpose is to get the very last shot."
The Breds then called timeout with 16.4 seconds left, and inside the final two seconds Pulliam cut free backdoor and hit a layup to give Harrison its first lead since Hamm's fourth-quarter trey put the Royals on top.
"We talked about the backdoor play (during the final timeout), which they got us on," O'Hearn said. "You gotta be ready for anything. (Harrison) coach (Mike) Reitz, he's gonna draw something up for sure, and they executed it to perfection. They made a great play."
Mason called timeout with 0.8 seconds left and Tanner Walton got an open look from halfcourt at the buzzer, but the ball caromed off the backboard.
Reitz said the two guys who made the biggest plays -- Ford and Pulliam -- have done so all year and will have to continue to do so for the Breds to achieve success.
"Those two have led us in scoring all year long, and I hope they don't quit now because I'm not sure we've got anybody else who can put those kind of numbers up," he said.
The Royals return to action today at 1:30 p.m. against Fairview in the Shoot for the Cure Classic at Nicholas County.
Read more: http://www.maysville-online.com/sports/b...z1m7e7aObO
02-11-2012, 08:54 PM
Mason County 18 10 8 14 1 0 --51
Harrison County 9 17 12 12 1 2 --53
MC: Black 18, Henry 10, Johnson 7, Hamm 3, Chambers 2, Walton 6, Osborne 3, Gibbs 2, Greenhill 0. Total 51.
HC: Ford 21, Pulliam 17, Kendall 7, Slucher 5, Hill 0, Stubbs 3, Ritchie 0, Martin 0. Total 53.
3-pointers: Mason County 4 (Hamm, Henry, Walton, Osborne), Harrison County 7 (Ford 3, Pulliam 2, Stubbs, Kendall).
Records: Mason County 12-13, Harrison County 14-11.
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Harrison County 9 17 12 12 1 2 --53
MC: Black 18, Henry 10, Johnson 7, Hamm 3, Chambers 2, Walton 6, Osborne 3, Gibbs 2, Greenhill 0. Total 51.
HC: Ford 21, Pulliam 17, Kendall 7, Slucher 5, Hill 0, Stubbs 3, Ritchie 0, Martin 0. Total 53.
3-pointers: Mason County 4 (Hamm, Henry, Walton, Osborne), Harrison County 7 (Ford 3, Pulliam 2, Stubbs, Kendall).
Records: Mason County 12-13, Harrison County 14-11.
Read more: http://www.maysville-online.com/sports/b...z1m7eAfpSs
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