[bball fan]

Much better game than anyone expected. Great win for the Hawks. Both teams are improved. The only thing that East Ridge fans could second guess is they did a very poor job using their timeouts. It might not have mattered anyway, but they had 2 timeouts left over in the 1st half and the real shocker is that they didn't use a single timeout on the last drive of the game. They had three TO's left and didn't take a single one. Even if it was just to let players rest, all TO's should be taken in the season opener. They did appear tired on defense during PC's last drive. A good timeout might have settled them down, but who knows?? Still a nice showing by ER! IMO Ratliff for ER had a really good game and made good decisions all night. He kept them in it!