Wildcats Game Log: March 2009

Sunday, March 8, 2009

Wildcats Posting Changes

WILDCAT NATION

I ran into issues with Google for having too many blog posts for the day. They put a 24 hour captcha window that I had to use for each post in the finals. I will do things a little differently at the national tournament. I plan to have a blog for each game ie. Wildcats vs St Johns 318 would be the Wildcat game on March 18th with the St John's Michigan team. By making each game a new blog, I will avoid the captcha issue. I will have the links to the correct game on both the National Title Run blog and the Wildcats Game Log Blog. It should help the process go smoother. Thanks for tuning in hope you enjoy the blogs.

http://wildcatsvsstjohns318.blogspot.com (sample only)

Saturday, March 7, 2009

game comments

We made too many unforced errors and suffered the consequences - our effort was excellent, couldn't ask for more. We left nothing on the floor and must congratulate the Golden Eagles for playing basically what was the perfect game given the situation. They were able to make us play their game and we didn't step up when we needed to. I didn't expect the game to go that way. It is a difficult time for the team, but tomorow we play again. Today we were a couple of shots short, that is why we play the game.

Thanks for tuning in to the blog it was a great time. You can be proud of the team they never quit. I will be back at nationals with more action-who knows maybe a national championship rather than a state championship.

5 hits first ands second

joel missws 3

eagles win 47-43

9

ge ball

cats full court press

fouled 5

on line for 2

13 sec

wc ball

travis misses 3

ge travel wc ball

ad hits 3

cats take time out

ge 45-cats 43

33 sec

called intentional foul

5 hits both

ge ball ob

45-37

travs steal hits 3

ge turn ball over

33 sec left wc ball and time out

ge 456 wc 40

55

travis misses

foul on cats time out eagles

ge 41 wc 37

we have made too many in forced turnovers

15 makes first

makes second

43-37 ge

ad misses 3 ob on eagles wc ball

ash turns it over

foulson cats

154

ge foul on dustin

interesting wc has 10 fouls ge has 2

45 makes first and second

travis misses foulson reb

45 back to line for 2 makes first abd second

ge 41-37

302 4th

ge sill in motion 45 for 2

delance called for charge his fourth foul

ge misses shot 45 filed by danielon put back at line for 2

ge 35 cats 34

45 makes first makes second

ge 37-34

ad hits 3

37-37

414 4th

ge misses shot joel reb

dustin hits 2 on reb

20 hits 3

ge 33 cats 32

travis hits two force ge to take time out

pressure good-great game

cats lead 34-32

553 4th qtr

ge ball to start

ge just killing time travis foul under neath 15 to shoot 2

mkaes first and second

ge 29-26

joel hits in key for 2 nice poass

ge 23 fouled on way to hole shooting 2

misses first cats have 7 fouls ge 2

makes second

ge 30 cats 28

delance dishes to dustin to tie game

end of third

wc make another turnover

steal it back travis hits 3

ge 27 wc 26

ge short on 3

wc lose ball again ge calls time while running ob with ball

ge 27 cats 26

ge chrging foul wc ball

ash misses last shot

still ge 27 wc 26

20 hits second

22-22

ad misses driving jumper

ge makes thre, fouled on shot 22 to line for free throw

make it ge 28 cats 23

232 third

ge misses shot ad boards

travis drives for 2 23-21 cats

ge called for chrge goo take by ad

wc travis misses 2

foul on reb

ge ball just moving it

daniel fouls 20 on put back

makes first shot cats take time out

cats 23 ge 22

433

wc tyravis two from line

ge 21-21

another steal for cats

charge called on delance

foul on delance his 3rd ash in

540

starters on floor for both teams

ge still runnig motion cats playing good d 20 hits baseline

wc turnover

ge bucket

leads 21-19

wc joel misses long jumper

ge cant tell what happened refs stopped action mb ge time out

eric says contact issue for player

ge just killing clock

jump ball goes to wc

1:00 left in half

ge gets ball to start third

first half comments

ge played the best they could do and still trial the cats - cats can play half court game, must settle down and eliminate quick errant passes. overall hustle there, nothing to change except wiser choices - at home don't be alarmed, motion motionmnotion will eventually give cats some shots as they tire GO CATS!

end of first half

ge 15 hits three fom wing

ge rebounds wc miss

ge misses

ad misses thre to end half

cats up 19-17

crowd gets on ad for with air ball chant

think thiey might pay for that in secone half

57 sec first

ge 15 for 2 on ad stepped on line

ge tie up[ ge call time before jump called

cats 19-14

148 first

ge called for travelling

wc delance dis to daniel for two

ash steals eagles foul on drive

cats up 18-12

wc delance fouled at line for 2 missses first makes second

19 -12

247 first

wc daniel chrged with charging foul

ge daniel fouls in tie up

still cats 14-12

ge travels

wc ash fouled

cats have 5 eagles 4

cats hit bucket 16-12 lead

for info

google said i made too manby posts in one day must captchea each post slowing things down

wc dustin hits two after time out

ge misses shot travis fouled on reb

each team has 3 fouls

cats lead 14 -12

524 second

ge made a jumper

wc miss three

ge makes bucket

ge 12 n-wc 11

618 second

wc ball to start qtr starters in ad hits 3

ge miss 22 travis rebound

wc errant pass on back cut need to settle down doingit right not following thru

ge mis 3 from 23

wc foul on 23 ge

wc od left side another bad pass

11-8 cats up

end of quarter

ge ball ob

travelling

wc ball hold for last shot delance shoots no call on drive

8-8

first 52 sec

ge ad steals pass

wc turnover ash and scott in

ge driving lane fooul on daniel

5 shooting 2 misses first makes second

wc another turnover slow stRT FOR CATS

ad stael feeds delance for 2

ge turnover

8-8

211

ge shot blkd

wc wild pass ge ball - daniel in for dustin

ge foul called on joel

ge miss shot

wc ad misses 3

ge great block by travis

ge ball driving layup by 7

wc 3 by joel

ge 7-6

4:27first

wc misses 3 the another 3

ge running motion off very patient miss shot

wc pulls up then travis misses

ge 3 from josiah

wc delance fouled by 20 going to line for 2 misses first makes second

ge 5-3

TIP OFF 6:20

here we go

good thing your volume is down

ge gets tip

miss three joel gets board then wc commits turnover

ge gets baseline j from joshiah

wc coounter with basket

2-2

Interesting Take

As teams get ready fir ubtros, Huntington player standing with golden eagles rooting for the eagles

When you are on top, everyone after you - bring it on

1:00 to tip off

cats just went to locker room as there cutom runs.

This facility seats about 1900 according to school info. They have players on one side no bleachers open on that side, probably 50 to 60 % full on the other. Wildcat fans on west side eagle on eastside fancy that.

there will be three refs for the game

Cats in white eagles in gold uniforms

7:00 on the clock

Clock set back to 11 minutes

ITS SHOW TIME !!

11:53 on the clock wildcats taking floor to rousing ovation - it's gonna be loud tonight

Indianapolis Wins

Trailblazers win 50 -48

great ball game congrats to Indpls trailblazers

1.4 sec

Indpls shoot 2 ahead 49-48

8 sec fourth

Indpls 49 Hunt 48

Huntington ball under their basket

25 sec fourth

Indpls 48 Hunt 48

40 sec fourth

Indianapolis 48 Huntington 46

Grace had great game, just fouled out

47 sec fourth

Indpls 48 Hunt 44

54 seconds fourth

Indpls 47 Hunt 44

2:59 fourth

Indpls 45 Hunt 42

4:19 fourth

Two threes give Indpls 45 to 39 lead

5:26 fourth

Indpls 39 Hunt 37

6:24 fourth

Indpls 35 Hunt 34

end of third

Hunt 34 Indpls 33

2:00 third

Hunt 30 Indpls 30

3:32 third

Huntington 30 indpls 28

6:20 third

Huntington 23 Indpls 20

End of first half

Huntington 23 Indpls 16

300 second

hunt 20 indpls 14

421 second

hunt 18 indpls 12

6:35 2nd qtr

H 16 I 7

2:38 first

Huntington 12 Indianapolis 3

Girl's State Title Championship Game

Tonight at 6:00 the #1 seed Huntiongton Eagles take on the #2 seed Indianapolis Trailblazers for the girl's state title. Grace Mitchell is the leading scorer for the Trailblazers so I will post periodic scores as the game progresses.

State Championship Game Preview

It’s only fitting, that the roadblock to the Wildcats first state championship goes through the Golden Eagles. For my first five years in the Wildcat program, the Golden Eagles owned the Wildcats – blowing us out at every opportunity – literally. We lost thirteen games in a row to them, won one then lost three. In those years our goal was not to win the state title, that was a lofty goal, our first priority was to beat the Golden Eagles. In the past three years, we have erased the issue of beating them by winning six in a row and reached for the state championship. Tonight it is within our grasp and playing the Golden Eagles will require no extra motivation on either side. Let’s look at tonight’s matchup.

Here is the Max Preps link for the Wildcats: http://www.maxpreps.com/indiana/basketball/indianapolis-homeschool-wildcats-(indianapolis)/schedule.aspx?schoolid=471eaa05-ad84-438b-ad70-9fd0723a906a&gendersport=boys,basketball&urpath=,local,team

Here is the Max Preps link for the Golden Eagles:

http://www.maxpreps.com/indiana/basketball/eastside-golden-eagles-(indianapolis)/schedule.aspx?schoolid=05a368d5-dc56-426c-9230-49758f0615a8&gendersport=boys,basketball&urpath=,local,team

We have played them on three occasions, with the Wildcats winning all three.

November 8^th 83-60, January 9^th 83-65, January 17^th 61-28

The Golden Eagles starters are:

#5 Luke Wesseling 5’10” PG

#15 Kent Judy 5’9” Jr SG

#20 Josiah Murray 6’5” Sr C

#22 Kanoah Whitten 6’0” Sr F

#40 Brian Heman 5’10” Sr F

As in the previous games this weekend, the question will be the Golden Eagles deal with the pressure applied by the Cats. So far this year the answer is no and with Brian Heman having two broken fingers, the probability is slim. You always have to play the game to find out what will really happen. They won an emotional game coming from behind last night followed by the victory over the Eagles this morning. Their bench is not as deep as the Cats and we should wear them down as the game goes along on the longer court. Huntington’s slow controlled tempo actually worked to their favor an we do not want them to dictate the flow of the game tonight. Regardless of any of our opponent’s game plans if we execute and play our game we should control the tempo and bring home our first state title.

Game time is approximately 7:45. Check back then and we will be ready to chase the first state championship for the Wildcats. GO WILDCATS!

Golden Eagles win

huntington missed a shot, golden eagles hit the free throws

Golden Eagles win 39-35

5.8 seconds

eagles shooting 2 leading 36-35

miss first make 2nd

hunting ton ball

Injury timout 17.5 seconds

hunting has ball 35 with cramps again eagles fouled but no bonus as yet

ge 36-35

Barnburner

Ge hitting free throws h hitting threes

ge up 36-35

49 seconds left ge with ball

1:16 left

ge 34 h 32

2:18 Left

ge giving h little of their own medicine movekng nall around with 31-29 lead

3:55 Left

Faster pace and more action as Golden Eagles have taken a lead 29-27

#35 out for Huntington with leg cramps

End of Third Quarter

Huntington held the ball for the final minute foul made on dribble penetration Huntington get ball back with 3.9 sec - Golden eagles took time out and Huntington missed open 3 point look

21-21 to start 4th qtr

3:00 3rd

finally some action 19-19

4:09 3rd

Golden Eagles 15 - 14

5:33 in 3rd

15-13 golden eagles haven't missed much so far just slow possession and turnovers

End of First Half

Huntington just held the ball for the last shot with 1:45 to play golden eagles stole the ball with 2.9 to play and Josiah Murray hit a fifteen foot jumper at the buzzer for a Golden Eagle lead 15-13.

Interesting take on first half - Huntington acting like they were winded if that is the case lookout tonight if they play our pressure on this college size floor..

3:19 left in 2nd Qtr

11-11

Pace Still Slow

Golden Eagles up 11-8 with 523 left lots of motion, nothing going in

Pace

End of First Quarter

Golden Eagles finshed with strong run to lead 9-6 at the stop.

Change of Pace By Golden Eagles

ge pushing tempo now

ge 7 h 4

113 left

Nothing has changed

310 4-0 huntington

Like Watching a Chess Match

429 left 2-0 huntington

Tip off

for ge henman did start and posted first steal of game - the pace of this game will seem like a walk in the park after the first game. Both like a deliberate game especially h.

610 left still 0-0

Second Game

Golden Eagles will be playing Huntington Eagles

They played twice this year with Huntington winning both by around 10 points

Brian Henman possibly the Goldenb Eagles best all around plater broke two fingers last week. He did not dress yesterday, but is dressed and warming up today. It remains to be seen if he will play. Northwest gave Huntington a run, but a couple long pass layups sealed the game for Huntington. The Golden Eagles trailed most of the game and finished strong to beat Noble Whitley.

It should be a good game. I will not do as much game by game, but updates every 2/3 minutes during the contest with the score and comments.

In the Championship Game!!

WILDCATS WIN 71-36

If you are following the blog, pack the car and hit the road. Championship game 7:45 tonight. St Francis College 215 Spring St. Ft Wayne.

I will be blogging the second game so you will know who our opponnet will be.

116

wc 30 sec timeout

wc turnover

lr 11 misses 3

wc joel m missesw daniel with another boarddaniel with bucket

lr timeout at 116

greta team effort today

253

lr 22 for 2 makesw first wc take starters out 22 makes second

wc daniel hustling on the bsaords finds scott fouled shooting 2 mkes first misses second

lr turnover again

then to for cats

loel m to daniel for two n the break

lr loses it again

wc throw it away

sloppy point in game

69-36

436

lr 22 makes first and second

lr pressure cause turnover foul on wc 21 makes 2

wc ad for lay up good pass

lr fouls o cats their 8th 1-1 coming 21 makes first and second

wc bad pass then steal it back make another to

lr stloen by wc again

wc miss ahot the steal it back joelm maike sshot

lwc 66 lr 34

627

lr oponing possessin

wc lineup dustin ad joelm ash and riley

they force another to by lr

wc dutin made good move missed shot

lr 42 down low

wc tourover

lr 22 fouled by dustin

wc take 30 sec tome out

end of third

lr alsodt steal by ash no break in pressure cats reb

wc ad misses daniel reb scott gets put back

lr cats force steal but cant control the possession

lr miss in lane

wc turnover

lr foul on cats their 4th of half wc reb

wc scott fouled on driving layup makes both

starters out for break posibly rest of game with cats up 60-24

lr 23 jump shot

wc delance pentrates dishes to daniel for last second bucket

end of quarter 62-26

219 3rd

lr having trouble with offense forces bad shot ball to wc

wc ad pass top ash for backcut bucket

lr foul on ash 2 shots coming for 11 misses first and second

wc hits a back cutting daniel for 2

lr airball 3 ball ob to lr 34 misses cast break 2 passes layup for daniel

56-24

4:30 3 qtr

lr 34 misses wc reb

wc miss shot but steal ball back ad hits driving lay up

cats rolling 50-24 lr calls timeout

533 in 3rd

lr has 1st poss turnover on errant pass

wc delance drive middle fouled make shotand one misses free throw

lr 22 for nice drive and pull up

wc ad misses 3 joel puts back rebound

lr jump ball poss cats

wc turnover

lr dribble on base line ob to wc

wc errent pass back to lr

lr 22 for long 3

wc joel misses jumper

lr 22 another drive

ad layup

wc 48 lr 24

second half coming up

cats are challenging every possession with passion - the shots taken in the paint are contested on three sides. no place for the faint of heart

wc ad three again from left

lr foul on ad 20 to line hits first misses second

wc ad three on right

lr travis steals but steps ob 22 misses but gets long reb

22 foulded by joelh on drive shooting 2 make both

wc holds for last shot ad rims a three

Cats head to locker room with 42-17 lead

GO CATS!!!!!!!!

1:27

wc ad hits open daniel on back cut fouled goint to line makes both

lr foul on ash on sideline cats sixth 42 fouled on shot in paint misses both

wc reb ash misses three from left corner

lr good baseline drive d=for 2 by 35

wc daniel misses lr reb

lr misses, ad for board

wc hit shot from corner

lr misses three

wc 36 - 14

3:37 2 Qtr

lr misses ahot ad reb

wc daniel 2 on break

lr foul on cats their 5th of the half

lr misses three but 22 gets board and 2

wc 32 lr 12

key to game so far is the smothering defence on the cats - lr really struggling

453

lr steal by travis

wc turnover

lr good d block steal and break

delance to line for 2 shots makes both

lr cant find openings ag wc d to again

wc ad for long tgree at top of jey

30-10

6:25 in 2 qtr

working much better now

lr steal bhy delance dish to joelh for driving2

lr can't get pass in take another timeout

wc 25 lr 10

6;40 in 2nd

lr 22 misses ob off wc steal by joelh off ad tip

wc foul on lr 11 cats ob play ad fouled

ad for three lr calls time out

wc 23 lr 10

connection issues

wc lead 20 -10 good defense 700 left in 2nd qtr

110

lr pressure by cats out of bounds good d 22 misses 3 ob to wc

wc scott and ash in ad get put back for 2

lr foul on wc on on inbounds pressure forces to

wc ad for three left side

wc 14 lr 8

248

lr turnover

wc delance in paint for 2

lr 22 for 2

wc miss two shots

lr 42 driving bucket

wc delance pushing middle on cuts fouled shooting again

403 left in first

having little slower service today

wc 5 lr 4 time out lr

wc with ball ad pass to dlance on cut shooting 2 - misses first makes seconf

433 left 3-2 cats

Tip Off

following prayer and starting lineups we are ready to go

lr lineup as previously given

wc normal five ad delance joelh dustin aand travis

it is LOUD in here

wc gets tip delance layup

two minutes to showtime

Great Wildcats crowd this morning - Wildcats Rumble!!

25 Minutes To Showtime

It's 25 minutes to show time according to the game clock. Nice gym should be a great day for basketball. Here is the potential starting lineup for the Laurel Rams:

#11 PG Noah Seamon 5'11" Jr

#22 SG Brandon Batta 6'1" So

#42 C Nick McDonough 6'5" Jr.

#34 F Josh Elam 6'3" Sr

#35 F Chris Sailor 6'3" Jr.

Last game betwwen Cats and Rams took place in November 104-71 - Rams think they played one of their worst games of the year looking forward to a rematch

We are playing much better than we were in November, look for same resuts today

GLOG info

Good morning to all. Today is an historic day for the Wildcats program – getting to the Final Four has taken us a long time and we are certainly not happy just being here. We want to pack some serious championship hardware back to Indy tonight. Thanks for joining in today. I apologize for my sporadic posts yesterday trying to figure out how to do this so you can make sense of it. I scouted some GLOGs last night and have come up with a plan which should improve your experience. I plan to GLOG both games this morning since the Eagles are in the second game and I am sure you would want to know what is happening in that game as well. Here is the new format:

wc = Wildcats lr = laurel rams no caps used at all

example:

wc gets first possession ad nails three from left wing

lr turnover in back court stolen by jh

wc dustin on back cut for two

lr 42 scores in low post

etc..

When there is a stop in the action I will update time remaining in the quarter and try to make some commentary at that time.

Friday, March 6, 2009

Saturday March 7th Laurel Christian Rams Pre-game Report

Welcome to Saturday morning’s Final Four debut for the #1 seed Wildcats (34-1) against the #4 seed Laurel Christian Rams (22-6) starting at 10:am

Laurel edged Kokomo in a tightly contested contest. Kokomo led for three quarters, but wilted under the constant pressure from the Rams. The Rams apply pressure from start to finish, using a full court trap and both 3-2 and 2-3 zone defenses. The Rams and Wildcats met in November with the Wildcats running away with a 104-71 win. I don’t know what the total single game scoring record is for the ICBA Final Four, but it could be in serious jeopardy to survive this game still intact.

Here is the Max preps link for Laurel

http://www.maxpreps.com/indiana/basketball/laurel-christian-homeschool-(west-harrison)/schedule.aspx?schoolid=3439c454-c2c4-4a68-8709-e30a51509b20&gendersport=boys,basketball&urpath=,local,team

I will also give you the Wildcats Max Preps link http://www.maxpreps.com/indiana/basketball/indianapolis-homeschool-wildcats-(indianapolis)/schedule.aspx?schoolid=471eaa05-ad84-438b-ad70-9fd0723a906a&gendersport=boys,basketball&urpath=,local,team

In the other final four contest, #2 seed Huntington takes on the # 3 seed Golden Eagles. Both teams won hotly contested games and will meet at 11:30 following our game. We have two teams who use pressure defense to create offensive mismatches in transition. Our bench will provide an obstacle that they will be hard pressed to overcome. In addition they do not have a deep bench and playing on a college size floor will take the air out of their game. We will need to knock down threes, hit the cutters and keep pressure on their guards at all times. It should be a very entertaining game.

Tip off is scheduled for 10:00 am – tune in about that time and we should be up and running

If we win, the Championship game has been scheduled for 7:45 pm following the girl’s championship game between the #1 Huntington Eagles and the #2 Indianapolis Trailblazers which is scheduled to start at 6:00pm.

Both games will be held at the Hutzell Athletic Center at St Francis University, 2701 Spring Street in Ft Wayne. Directions can be found at this link - http://www.sf.edu/tour/directions.shtml

I encourage all Wildcat fans to attend, but if you can’t check back here for up to date game info.

GO WILDCATS!

Update

joels, shay, nathan, riley and geo in the game

working ball around make turnover but get the ball back

geo makes layup

fw misses 3

nathan dribbles clock out

FINAL FOUR HERE WE COME!

Final score 81-46

Hope this helped

Update

joel makes both

(forget caps-too hard)

fw fouled misses first mkaes second

ad misses three

fw rebounds

goes down and works for a bucket

dustin hits three from left wing

fw misses dustin three missed tipped in by scott

daniel rebounds fw

turnover

fw misses

cats slowing down ball

make turnover

2:03

79-44

Update

delance made both

fw misees ad rebounds

delance misses and misses tip

fw clears

fw misses 3

delance miss layup

joelh follows with rebound

fw misses

cats drive joel fouled shooting

5:01

73-41

Update

FW ball to start 4th

fw scores on turnaround jumoper

Daniel hit bsket underneath

fw misses daniel rebounds

cats work ball

delance misses 3

cats get the board

delance fouled on floor

delance travesl fw ball

fw misses three delance take it coast to coast

fould on shot

6:12

67-41

Update

FW makes free throws

cats get called for traveling

cats steal ball back

FW gets bucket

cats and fw trade turnovers

AD misses

Ash rebounds fw shot

hits AD for driving basket

Cats lose ball quarter over

sloppy ending to qtr

65-39

Updates

Cats take time out

Hustle and depth paying off

#1 for FT Wayne airballed 3 - he made several first game

Cats throw ball away on inbounds

LOng three by FW

AD misses 3 Daniel gets put back

foul on Daniel 1-1 for FW

1:33

61-34

Update

DeLance his next free throw

reach in foul on Dustin

FW misses long 3 cast reb

FW steals

Cats get ball back

Joel M in for Dustin

FW steals and gets bucket

Cats miss DeLance picks up 3rd on reboud

Ash replace DeLance promptly picks up foul

FW makes one

Travis nails three at top of key

FW loses ballAD misses Ash follows with put back

Airball 3 by FW obviously frustrated

Travis and Ash miss - foul on ASh

2:25

Cats 59 FW 31

Update

FW hit both free throws

DELance nails 3

Joel steals DeLance fouled

hits first time out FW

Cats 53 Hawks 28

good start to 3rd Qtr

Update

LET'S GO TO THE FINAL 4!

Cats get the ball to start the half

AD scores on driving layup

steal

Travis nails a jumper

Fw scores

Joel H moisses

FW nice pass for layup

Dustin counters with a three

FW misses ADS rebounds

Travis misses 10 footer

AD rebounds, hits Dustin on the back cut

FW fouled on drive

6:01

49-27 cats

First Half Recap

Thought I could keep scoring and have it to post, action to fast to type and do that at the same time. Cats using good defesive pressure to their advantage. Although they had 10 personals, they were spread out and no one has more than two. We are doing good under the boards, but it seems like we are giving up too many driving baskets or fouls.

I think I will keep giving you the play by play happenings and post them each time we have a break in the clock. Overall Cats in control - defense pressure taking its toll and scoring has been balanced. Bench play was excellent in the first half, Joel M, Scott, Ash and Daniel all made good contributions.

Halftime Update

Cats make basket, FW fouled driving to basket

Made 1st missed second

AD missed three Daniel gets rebound sitting down called for travelling

Ash steals fro Lay up

FW drives for layup

AS drills 15 footer

FW mkes drive to end the half

After 2 quarters

Cats 40 Hawks 22

GLOG Update

FW misses

cats reb

Daniel fouled shooting in lane misses bucket gets two

makes first and second

Cats press

FW beats press foul on Daniel

makes first, misses second

Dustin misses three AD fouled on the rebound, cats ball out

Joel misses three

FW breaks Joel gets it back drives and makes basket

Fw fouled to the line for 2

1:41

Cats 34 FW 16

GLOG Update

FW driving basket

Travis misses in lane gets put back

Cats steal, miss shot

FW miises drive AD gets reb

scott misses hard layup AD gets fouled goes to line for 2

misses first

makes second

Ash and Daniel come in

pressuer forces turnover then cats turn it over

3:12 30 - 15

GLOG Update

FW misses 1 & 1

AD misses 3

Travis misses put back

Dustin gets put back

Cats steal

Hawks steal back

Scott rebounds long pass to Dustin for bucket

FW time out 4:35 in @nd QTR

Cats 27 FW 13

GLOG Update

starting quarter Haws ball

cats steal daniel B layup

steal DeLance layup

Hawkss miss reb cats

travis misses three

foul on DeLance his 2nd

Joel H returns and Dustin returns

23-11 cats

Hawks steal and layup

AD misses two threes

foul on dustin

6:01

Glog Update

Scott lay in pass from AD

FW miss in lane

Joel M under bucket for two

block by AD misssed three by Scott

FW miss

Joel M driving layup

end of first quarter Wildcats 19 Hawks 11

GLOG Update

Cats have Scott and Ash in game, Travis and Dustin out

Hitting boards Scot scores

FW scores on layup

Cats miss in lane

steal ball but miss shot

2;21 cATS 13 fw 11

GLOG Update

4:22

Cats 9 FW 6 good defense for cats and good passing

Glog Update

Cats playing good defense dustin just hit three

GLOG Update

6:43 Cats 3 FW 2

three by travis 2 free throws for fw

GLOG (game log) coming

both teams warming up clock has 6:00 left

my dial up connection keeps going in and out so stay tuned for info after tip off. I will play around with various types of updates and comments - never did this before, but we will have a good time

Wildcats Pre-game report

Welcome to this afternoon’s Wildcats (33-1) game with the Ft Wayne Hawks (23-14)

Ft Wayne defeated the Elkhart Hawks in a very close game this morning. The Hawks used timely three point shooting in the first half then countered with an inside game for the second half. They play a 3-2 or 2-3 zone the entire game. They have a large team number wise, but did not seem to have a deep bench. The one thing that impressed me the most was their hustle and overall desire to win when the game was on the line.

Their max preps link is http://www.maxpreps.com/indiana/basketball/fort-wayne-homeschool-(fort-wayne)/schedule.aspx?schoolid=82e6f544-9b79-4f08-9249-6606f248906d&gendersport=boys,basketball&urpath=,local,team

Against common opponents they only have two wins vs. seven losses.

They lost to Huntington by six in their last meeting so it looks like they can be hot or cold. It’s hot outside so I’ll settle for cold Hawks inside for this game.

In earlier action,

Kokomo defeated the Living Water Marlins while the Laurel Rams defeated the Wabash Valley Warriors by four points in a hard fought game.

On the girl’s side, The Indianapolis Trailblazers won their elite eight match.

Wildcats used their defense to build up a devastating first half lead 50-0. Coach B was able to use his bench and keep the starters ready for the balance of the tournament. Our bench depth will be a big help, not just here, but in the national tournament also. In both cases, the finals are played on a larger court which benefits the Wildcats. Crestwood was certainly showing signs of fatigue on the Xavier floor in the late second quarter and second half of our championship game in Cincinnati.

Wildcats are seeking their first final four in team history. GO WILDCSATS!

State Tournament Update

The Wildcats won 84-24, leading at halftime by a score of 50-0 (that's right)

Four players had double figures:

DeLance 11 pts - Ashton - 10 points, Geo 10 points and Dustin 10 points

The Wildcats will play Ft Wayne Hawks at 4:00. I will blog info on the game as it is going on.

Other winners today were Huntington and Northwest.

On the girls side, Ft Wayne and Huntington won elite eight matches

State Tournament 4:00 game

The 4:00 game is on court 1 so I plan to blog that game. C YA then.

Wednesday, March 4, 2009