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I was impressed with the fact that when Caleb Taylor went out early with foul trouble (getting the first two fouls of the game) South kept their composure and Ramey hit 4 straight three pointers to give the lead to the Cardiinals. Corbin made a run in the second half after trailing by as many as 16 and cut it 8 but could get no closer. Andrew Taylor went to the bench, maybe to recharge him for a 4 quarter run but it never came. Although he did come back into the game as soon as he crossed half court the shot was going up with not even a glance at his teammates. He is a gifted player and hit some long range threes and was even trading 3 for twos but it was too little too late. When he fouled out, Maguet was called on to hit some threes and although he got one or two it was not enough. South looked faster and more motivated throughout the game and seemed to win every 50/50 ball.

I thought Coach Petroski did a fantastic job to get his team to this point, just not enough juice to get them over the hump.

On a side note: it looked like the coaching box really bothered almost every coach in the tournament. Several warnings and you could tell it frustrated the coaches but I did think it was funny when an official ran past one coach out of the box to warn the other coach. I guess even officials get tunnel vision.