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Stats:

Seibert 26 and 8
Schulte 20 and 6
Beuter 18 and 6
McDonald 13 and 9
Pangallo 11 and 4 ast

Beuter and Schulte played all 40 mins.

Bolden 37 pts, 5 ast, 4 rbs
Palmer 15
Chames 12 and 9
Englemon 8 and 6 (26 mins) fouled out
Housely 5
Coston 4 (22 mins) fouled out
Hill 4

NewCath (25-2) 19-16-19-15-4-15 88
Holmes (25-1)... 15-13-12-29-4-12 85

Just a great basketball game. It looked like NCC was going to win by 10-15 with about 6 minutes remaining and Bolden just took over the last 6 min. IMO Siebert was just as unstoppable throughout the game. It was clear that NCC was not going to let the Bulldogs beat them from the 3 and they were like glue. Holmes did not take advantage of backdoors. NCC's size was a huge factor plus the Breds taking care of the ball. Coston in foul trouble most of the game hurt. McDonald was also and that did not help them. Englemon also had foul trouble and Schulte killed them when he was out. The Breds killed the 'dogs on the boards denying 2nd shots and getting 2-3 many times. The 1st three quarters, NCC was the much better team. The last 5 minutes Holmes got hot, mostly Bolden, it was one of those flurries you just know will some time. Both teams had a shot to win in regulation. Both teams missed the front end of a one on one in the last 45 seconds with Holmes down by one. Then with 14 seconds Bolden hits an unbelievable 3 with guys hanging all over him. Pangallo drives the length and makes a 10 footer with 2 seconds left. Both were money. In the first OT Holmes lead most of the way and lead by three with about 25 seconds on a Chames dunk. Beuter drives the basket and makes the bucket + 1. That was Englemon's last foul. Palmer went down and missed a contested layup as time expired. In the 2nd OT NCC went at Holmes inside with Englemon out and stretched the lead to 8 and made FT's, mostly Beuter, to seal it. Really it was a great effort by both teams. Hopefully we'll see these two again. It will be worth the $$. The officiating was not a factor. There are always calls you disagree with depending on who you like. The intentional foul on Chames was the right call, he pulled Siebert's arms down. Tough break but easy call. The dogs fought through it though and had their chances.

Final stats:

Rebounds:
Newcath 35 Holmes 30

Fouls:
Newcath 15 Holmes 22

Assist:
Newcath 13 Holmes 7

Turnovers
Newcath 7 Holmes 6

Blocks
Newcath 5 Holmes 3

Steals:
Newcath 1 Holmes 7

FG
Newcath 29-50 58%
Holmes 21-43 48%

3pt:
Newcath 3-10 30%
Holmes 10-23 43%

FT:
Newcath 21-27 77%
Holmes 13-17 76%

Seibert
FG 8-10
3pt 1-3
FT 7-9

Bolden
FG 7-15
3pt 6-13
FT 5-6

Seibert, Schulte, and McDonald for NewCath were a combined 22-33 from the field, for 59 points and 23 rbs.