By: Morghan Blechschmid, Jonathan Drake, and Lexi Jenkins
February 10, 2020
Last Monday, the Brooklyn Hurricanes boys varsity basketball team faced off against the Lincoln West Wolverines. The starting Canes were Tristan Peggs, Tyler Elzholz, Maceo Pytel, Jaiden Basinger, and Calvin Gore.
The Hurricanes were off to a good start in the first quarter, having scored twice within the first minute. The first bucket was made by Elzholz. However, the Wolverines made a comeback and scored three points soon after. Pytel knocked down a three-pointer, which led to a tie between both teams. Later, Basinger managed to score on a buzzer-beater ending the quarter trailing the Wolverines 19-18.
In the second quarter, there was a moment when the referees had to get involved when a member of the Wolverines got pushy with Basinger. This incident somewhat set the tone for the Wolverines as being the playground bully in which they asserted their will on the Canes and outscored them 26-10, thus taking a 45-28 halftime lead.
Freshman Anthony Starr said, ”We can improve by boxing out better and less team turnovers, and really if we stop those [turnovers], I think we can be successful.”
The third quarter was very similar to the first with a lot of back-and-forth tempo, and there were also many fouls called on both teams leading to an abundance of foul shots.
Still in the third, an incident occurred where two players from both teams were jumping up to grab the ball, and they collided and fell to the floor; the Hurricanes were whistled for the foul, much to the disdain of the home crowd. However, the Canes kept pace with Wolverines, only being outscored in the quarter by one point 19-18.
Heading into the fourth quarter facing a 64-46 deficit, the Canes could not get enough defensive stops and offensive baskets to complete the comeback.
As the final horn buzzed, the Wolverines walked out with an 81-59 victory.
Starr said, “At first, we got off to a slow start, then we got the game to a close score at the beginning of the second quarter…then came the third quarter, and we all started strong but let go of the gas and eventually, they made their run, and we couldn’t bounce back from it.”
The next game for the boys will be this Friday, February 14 at 7:00 p.m. against Lake Ridge Academy.
It is a home game, so make sure to come out and support our boys!
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