[alfus21]

First and foremost, as much as I hate to say it, congratulations to Shelby Valley. Winning the 59th district without even having to play in it. Really takes away from the fun of the tournament in my opinion. Anyways, Warriors don't hang your heads. You went in there and played the hardest basketball game that you have had all year. Valley has a solid ball club year after year and you stepped up to the plate and stayed in there with them until the end. No one expected you boys to be on their heels like that. Best of luck in the tournament. Focus on making it to Region.

1:43 left in the 4th and the score was SV 43 and ER 40

Only 2 points were scored for both teams almost halfway into the 4th quarter

SV had around 16 turnovers in the first half versus ER's 12

The score came down to SV 46 ER 43 with :26 left on the clock. They took away 3 seconds after Fletcher made a 3, later added them back.

SV 47 ER 46 with 9.3 seconds to go.
Mitchell Riddle was fouled making Valley go into double bonus. He made both shots at the line. Resulting in SV 49 ER 46.

At this point Valley only had 5 team fouls in the half vs. ER's 10. So with that little time left on the clock they could foul and not put ER shooting bonus shots.

The Wildcats took back to back timeouts with 9.3 seconds on the clock.

Mark Bartley was fouled with 6.3 left.

Bartley threw up a 3, Fletcher threw up a VERY unorthodox 3 and Mullins got the rebound, made a 2, and the game ended Shelby Valley 49 and East Ridge 48.

Final Stats:

REBOUNDS
Valley 25
Ridge 19

TURNOVERS
Valley 21
Ridge 18

Jackson and Riddle left the Wildcat scoring with 18 each.

Valley was 15 of 24 from the free throw line and 2 of 7 from behind the arch.

East Ridge was led in scoring by Mark Bartley with 12, 9 of which came in the 3rd quarter.
Tyler McCoy had 11 and Coleman had 8. I didn't catch the rest of the players'.

The Warriors were 3 of 16 from behind the arch and 3 of 5 from the charity stripe.

Great breakdown of the game..Thanks :thumb: