Flyers hold off Tartans
Published 2:15 am Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Jim Walker
jim.walker@irontontribune.com
SCIOTOVILLE — Getting a stop got the St. Joseph Flyers going.
The Flyers used some big defensive stops over the final 30 seconds of the game to hold off the Sciotoville East Tartans 53-52 Tuesday.
The Flyers had chances to put the game away but missed the front end of three one-and-ones. The misses gave East a final possession but the Flyers were able to force a missed shot and grab the rebound.
“We played really good defense the fourth quarter especially on the last possession and forced them to take a tough shot,” said Flyers’ coach Jeremy Williams.
“We tried to make it hard on ourselves, but to our credit we made a stop when we had to make a stop.”
Wulf Goheen had 22 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals to lead the Flyers (1-1). Troy Scott had 12 points and 6 rebounds and Chris Lewis had 8 points, 10 rebounds and 3 blocked shots.
Tyler Gerald scored 16 points and Nick Basham 10 for East (0-2).
Gerald had 6 points in the first quarter as East took an 18-9 lead. Goheen had all of the Flyers’ points.
But Goheen and Scott combined for 14 points in the second quarter as the Flyers outscored East 23-8 to take a 32-26 halftime lead.
“We didn’t shoot well early, but in the second quarter we were able to shoot a little better. And our press started to work for us,” said Williams.
“The good thing about this game was everyone contributed something.”
Joseph Payton and Scott scored 4 points each in the third quarter and the lead was 45-39 and set up the thrilling fourth quarter.
St. Joseph 9 23 13 8 = 53
Sciotoville 18 8 13 13 = 52
ST. JOSEPH (1-1): Hunter Pemberton 0 0 0-1 0, Wulf Goheen 6 2 4-6 22, Kyle Williams 0 1 0-2 3, Chris Lewis 3 0 2-2 8, Troy Scott 3 1 3-4 12, Ben McDonald 0 0 0-0 0, Joseph Payton 3 0 0-0 6, Trey Young 1 0 0-0 2. Totals: 20-59 9-15 53. Fouls: 16. Fouled out: None. 3-point goals: 4-15. Rebounds: 31 (Lewis 10, Pemberton 6, Scott 6, Goheen 6). Assists: 12 (Goheen 4). Steals: 11 (Goheen 4). Blocked shots: 5 (Lewis 3). Turnovers: 16.
SCIOTOVILLE EAST (0-2): F. Martin 3 0 0-0 6, Michael Stiltner 3 0 0-0 6, Drew Lowe 0 0 0-0 0, Jordan Bowen 1 0 0-0 2, Shain Siebert 2 0 1-4 5, Akia Brown 3 0 1-2 7, Tyler Gerald 6 0 4-8 16, Nick Basham 3 0 4-6 10. Totals: 21-43 10-20 52. Fouls: 18. Fouled out: None. 3-point goals: 0-3. Rebounds: 29 (Basham 7, Martin 7). Turnovers: 18. Assists: 4. Steals: 7 (Brown 3). Blocked shots: 1 (Martin).