[kywldcat01]

I could care less if NCC went to a 3-2 zone, HOW did Holmes defense allow NCC to go on a 21-8 run????:yikes:

I can understand that NCC was able to slow down the offense of the Dogs, but NO WAY whould NCC have been able to SCORE! That should be a concern! Never should the Breds have been able to go on a scoring run like that.

Simple...Holmes settled for jumpers in the second quarter and quit attacking the rim like they did first quarter.

Newcath got some nice looks and put together a run. They used a high/low pick and roll with Geisler and Pangallo and allowed Pangallo the option to drive or dish outside off the screen by Geisler and they had a lot of success with it.

With Holmes leading 21-8 Newcath closed to within 21-14 behind 4 by Geisler and 2 by Pangallo. Newcath then hit back to back three's to make it 21-20 Holmes. After Pittman hit 1 of 2 to make it 22-20, he picked up his 2nd foul of the half with 343 left. On the very next Newcath possession, Geisler scored down low to tie it at 22-22 and it was game on from here.

Holmes put together a 4-0 run to push their lead out to 4 at 26-22, but Newcath held the ball the last 45 or so seconds and I believe Lampe hit a big 3 at the buzzer to send it in to the half 26-25 Holmes. Big momentum changer though.

Holmes got the ball out of the half but turned it over on a bad pass. Newcath came down and hit ANOTHER 3 to give them their first lead at 28-26. Both teams traded baskets and leads for the next few possessions. With Holmes leading 33-32, Schmidt and Pangallo hit back to back 3's to give the Breds a 38-33 lead with 336 left in the third.

Holmes closed to within 3 at 38-35 after a Pittman put back, but you guess it, another NCC trey by Lampe pushed the lead back out to 6 at 41-35 Breds. Pittman responded at the other end with an and one to make it 41-38 Breds but NCC responded once again with a bucket by Meyer to make it 43-38.

From that point on, it was all Holmes. Dogs stepped up their defensive pressure and really attacked the boards at both ends and closed the game out on an 8-0 run. Key to the 4th quarter was Holmes quit settling for jumpers and started doing what had got them the 18-4 lead...attacking the rim and using their size and athleticism down low.

Another big key to the game was that Pittman didn't defend Geisler on defense. Rice did, and the D1 football player got the better of Kevon. Basically, Newcath out-hustled Holmes and executed better during that second and third quarter. When Holmes finally woke up in the 4th quarter, Newcath started playing stall ball to keep Holmes from putting together a run like they did in the first quarter.