[DortonWildcat5]

Im not going to get into whether this proves whether SV is top tier team or not because I think the players believe they are. A few thoughts from the game.

CC
1. very fast from end to end caught SV a little off gaurd at first.
2. Great coach...the foul at the end to keep Justice from trying to tie it with a 3 was a very heads up call.
3. This team is very competitive and game for anything. Valleys house was rocking and CC never blinked.
4. CC was everything I thought but one thing I did not expect was how well they shot the 3. I dont know what their % was but had to be very high. # 3 for CC not sure about the name but he lit it up and literally could not miss. SV continued to give him open looks by gambling to much out of their 2-3 zone. I will say it again this kid was on fire.

SV
1. FREE THROWS FREE THROWS FREE THROWS
2. Justice played a solid game I think he had one turnover and Im sure Dorton Wildcat will give us the final numbers. He got to the rim anytime he wanted and was maybe to passive at times tonight.
3. OUTCOACHED and that is all I will say about that.
4. The 3 ball wasnt going down but that happens.
5. The game slipped away with about 1:40 to go every poor free throw shooter CC had dribbled around and killed about 40 seconds so we could eventually foul their best player at least on this night.

All in all great game and very fun to watch. My hats go off to CC as they won the game and deserved it. My heart goes out to Justice as he will replay that free throw until he gets his feet wet at the ALL A.

I haven't kept stats for SV this season, so I don't have all the stats. I thought Elisha had 2 turnovers, but one I wasn't sure if it was credited to him or not.

For SV:

Elisha had 18 points
Ashley had 15 points
Tyler had 8 points
Ramey had 5 points
Varney had 4 points

I didn't hear Taylor's total on the radio, but if the others were right I guess he had 16.

For CC:

Lewis led with 20+ points
Hickey had 16 points

Not sure of the rest of their scoring. Seemed like Kates had 7 points.

Obviously the missed foul shot was the difference, but I thought the turnover on the inbounds that gave CC a layup at the end of the 3rd was huge. I thought CC came up with several loose balls that could have been SVs, and the lack of blocking out at times gave CC some easy points. I thought SV let them run too much time off the clock (from 1:40 or so down to 1:00). As expected, CC's press had little or no effect on Valley. They are almost impossible to press unless you can take the ball out of Elisha's hands.

I know this was a loss, but I thought it was a great game for SV. It can only make them better to get to play against a team like CC before the tournament.

Also, congrats to Taylor and Ashley on their 500th rebounds.