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Boys go 1-1, Episcopal girls drop tourney opener
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| Carroll Cartwright fights with a HCYA player for a loose ball during the Knights’ 59-43 loss to the Warriors Monday night in a Second Baptist tournament first-round game at Crum Gym. (Photo by Dustin Marks) |
By MIKE TENNEY
Cottrell Marshall made a running shot in the lane as time expired Monday night, lifting Foster to a chaotic 58-56 second-round win over Episcopal in the Second Baptist tournament at Crum Gymnasium.
The loss left the Knights 1-1 on the day after they walloped Houston Academy, 73-33, Monday afternoon in both teams’ first-round matchup.
It also drops them into the consolation bracket. They will return to the court at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Second Baptist School to face Southwest Preparatory Conference rival John Cooper School, which fell to HCYA in that second-round matchup.
The Episcopal girls also got their Second Baptist tournament schedule under way Monday as well, falling 59-43 to HCYA South prior to the boys game. They will continue pool play at noon Tuesday at Second Baptist School, taking on Incarnate Word. The result of that game will determine when Episcopal plays again Tuesday.
For the boys, they had a chance to reach the championship semifinals, but after rallying from a seven-point deficit early in the fourth quarter, they couldn’t hold the lead late. And when overtime appeared imminent, Marshall decided his team didn’t want to play anymore by dropping in the game-winner.
The Falcons held a 45-40 advantage over Episcopal to start the final period and pushed it to seven with the first basket of the quarter.
The lead swung twice between five and seven twice before Andy Ball made a layup for the Knights with just over five minutes to go, cutting the gap to 49-46.
The teams traded free throws but Ball, who finished with 10 points, converted a put-back basket making it 50-49 with 3:50 remaining.
The Falcons built the lead back to three before senior forward Jarrien Johnson, who lead the Knights with 16 points, made two foul shots and a layup, giving them the first lead of the fourth quarter at 53-52 with 1:41 showing on the clock.
Play got a little helter-skelter during the next 50 seconds with the teams exchanging fouls and turnovers, but Travis Masterson’s foul shot gave the home team a two-point 54-52 advantage with 51.52 seconds to go.
Foster tied it at 54 with 40 seconds left on a pair of free throws and then went ahead 56-54 on a shot in the lane with just 14 seconds remaining.
But the Knights raced down the floor and Johnson made a spinning layup to knot it up at 56 and only 7.24 ticks showing on the scoreboard.
After a quick turnover, the Knights missed a shot and Marshall grabbed the rebound. He held the ball over his head for a second, looking for somewhere to pass.
Realizing though the clock was running out, he dribbled down the court, around two Episcopal defenders at midcourt and then headed for the lane where his shot on the run at the foul line found its way through to end it.
After Johnson’s 16, senior Mark Callter had 15 as the Knights had three players in double figures.
The Knights led most of the first half before the tide started to turn late in the third period.
They were in front 17-14 after the first period and up 27-23 at halftime.
They did own a nine-point lead at 27-18 on Johnson’s rebound and putback with 2:45 left in the second period.
But the Falcons scored the final five points of the first half to cut the lead to four at the break.
Episcopal was still ahead 34-29 on Callter’s lay-in with just less than six minutes left in the third period before Foster went on a 16-6 run during the remainder of the quarter to grab its biggest lead of the game to that point.
The setback came a few hours after they pummeled the Phoenix of Houston Academy by 40 points to move into the winner’s bracket.
They showed no signs of just coming off a long layoff, putting 47 points on the board in the first half against the Phoenix before head coach Bobby Sanders cleared his bench in the second half.
Ball led the Knights with 19, while Johnson added 15 and 6-foot-8 senior Sirius Berwanger added 14.
The Episcopal girls hung in there with HCYA South, but the visitors were able to pull away in the fourth quarter after threatening to do so a couple of times earlier in the game.
The hosts trailed just 15-14 in the final minute of the first period before the Warriors reeled off six straight points to lead 21-14 after one quarter.
The Knights fell behind by as much as 14 points in the second at 35-21, but scored the last seven points of the quarter to trail just 35-28 at the intermission.
Junior forward Morgan Cooper had four of those points for the Knights while sophomore guard Diandra Breen added two foul shots and junior guard Carroll Cartwright added another. Cooper had a nine-point quarter and Breen finished with six.
The Knights were still down just nine in the first minute of the fourth period at 42-33, but the Warriors were able to build an 18-point lead in the final minute before winning by 16.
The Knights are 8-8 on the year.
The loss left the Knights 1-1 on the day after they walloped Houston Academy, 73-33, Monday afternoon in both teams’ first-round matchup.
It also drops them into the consolation bracket. They will return to the court at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Second Baptist School to face Southwest Preparatory Conference rival John Cooper School, which fell to HCYA in that second-round matchup.
The Episcopal girls also got their Second Baptist tournament schedule under way Monday as well, falling 59-43 to HCYA South prior to the boys game. They will continue pool play at noon Tuesday at Second Baptist School, taking on Incarnate Word. The result of that game will determine when Episcopal plays again Tuesday.
For the boys, they had a chance to reach the championship semifinals, but after rallying from a seven-point deficit early in the fourth quarter, they couldn’t hold the lead late. And when overtime appeared imminent, Marshall decided his team didn’t want to play anymore by dropping in the game-winner.
The Falcons held a 45-40 advantage over Episcopal to start the final period and pushed it to seven with the first basket of the quarter.
The lead swung twice between five and seven twice before Andy Ball made a layup for the Knights with just over five minutes to go, cutting the gap to 49-46.
The teams traded free throws but Ball, who finished with 10 points, converted a put-back basket making it 50-49 with 3:50 remaining.
The Falcons built the lead back to three before senior forward Jarrien Johnson, who lead the Knights with 16 points, made two foul shots and a layup, giving them the first lead of the fourth quarter at 53-52 with 1:41 showing on the clock.
Play got a little helter-skelter during the next 50 seconds with the teams exchanging fouls and turnovers, but Travis Masterson’s foul shot gave the home team a two-point 54-52 advantage with 51.52 seconds to go.
Foster tied it at 54 with 40 seconds left on a pair of free throws and then went ahead 56-54 on a shot in the lane with just 14 seconds remaining.
But the Knights raced down the floor and Johnson made a spinning layup to knot it up at 56 and only 7.24 ticks showing on the scoreboard.
After a quick turnover, the Knights missed a shot and Marshall grabbed the rebound. He held the ball over his head for a second, looking for somewhere to pass.
Realizing though the clock was running out, he dribbled down the court, around two Episcopal defenders at midcourt and then headed for the lane where his shot on the run at the foul line found its way through to end it.
After Johnson’s 16, senior Mark Callter had 15 as the Knights had three players in double figures.
The Knights led most of the first half before the tide started to turn late in the third period.
They were in front 17-14 after the first period and up 27-23 at halftime.
They did own a nine-point lead at 27-18 on Johnson’s rebound and putback with 2:45 left in the second period.
But the Falcons scored the final five points of the first half to cut the lead to four at the break.
Episcopal was still ahead 34-29 on Callter’s lay-in with just less than six minutes left in the third period before Foster went on a 16-6 run during the remainder of the quarter to grab its biggest lead of the game to that point.
The setback came a few hours after they pummeled the Phoenix of Houston Academy by 40 points to move into the winner’s bracket.
They showed no signs of just coming off a long layoff, putting 47 points on the board in the first half against the Phoenix before head coach Bobby Sanders cleared his bench in the second half.
Ball led the Knights with 19, while Johnson added 15 and 6-foot-8 senior Sirius Berwanger added 14.
The Episcopal girls hung in there with HCYA South, but the visitors were able to pull away in the fourth quarter after threatening to do so a couple of times earlier in the game.
The hosts trailed just 15-14 in the final minute of the first period before the Warriors reeled off six straight points to lead 21-14 after one quarter.
The Knights fell behind by as much as 14 points in the second at 35-21, but scored the last seven points of the quarter to trail just 35-28 at the intermission.
Junior forward Morgan Cooper had four of those points for the Knights while sophomore guard Diandra Breen added two foul shots and junior guard Carroll Cartwright added another. Cooper had a nine-point quarter and Breen finished with six.
The Knights were still down just nine in the first minute of the fourth period at 42-33, but the Warriors were able to build an 18-point lead in the final minute before winning by 16.
The Knights are 8-8 on the year.
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