Posted: Saturday, February 1, 2014 10:03 am
A red-hot shooting third quarter helped Lansing take down Dryden Friday night, 50-42.
Down three points at halftime, Lansing came out on fire to score 20 points in the third. Lansing was led by Zach Detrick, who hit three three-pointers to finish with nine points on the quarter, and Thomas Towner, who scored six.
“Great second half defensively,” said head Lansing coach Adam Heck. “We made great adjustments at halftime. I was real proud of the way Towner and (big man Ben) Rourke stepped up in the second half. I thought Detrick played a great second half, too. I’m proud of our guys, Dryden is a good team so it’s nice to see us do that in the second half.”
The game went back and forth throughout the entire first half, but Dryden went into halftime up 26-23. The 6-6 Lion sophomore Ali Abel-Ferretti scored 11 points in the first half, and looked to be well on his way to finishing the job.
“Our coach said to us at halftime, ‘Ali has more points than (you and Rourke) combined,’” said Towner. “So, Ben and I looked at each other and said, ‘We’ve got to get going here.’ That’s when we stepped it up.”
The duo combined to score 12 points in the second half, and held Abel-Ferretti to just three more. When three strong big men all take the floor at once, it’s going to be a battle down low, and the game proved to be just that.
Abel-Ferretti also grabbed 10 rebounds in the loss.
“He’s sly and quick,” said Towner, of Abel-Ferretti. “He’ll find points you wouldn’t expect. If he gets the ball inside, he’s quick enough, and athletic enough, to do a move and get around you really quick for an easy bucket.”
Although the game remained closed, Heck knew adjustments needed to be made at halftime if Lansing wanted to get the win.
“We got the ball in the high post more and we were more effective through it,” said Heck. “We didn’t score a lot out of it. When you get the ball into the high post, the zone has to shrink. We found it and knocked down some shots. Our guards were a little more aggressive which was nice.”
Lansing also benefitted from hot shooting. They are a team built around their bigs, and when the guards are hot, a kick out for a mid-range jumper or three can be lethal. Dryden found this out the hard way, as guards Detrick and Tyler Winslow finished with 14 points and 12 points, respectively.
Heck and Detrick both chalk it up to getting more experienced and more confident to take those shots.
“Detrick is growing up, he’s knocking threes down, and he’s handling the ball for us,” said Heck. “He’s a sophomore in the books, but at this time of the year, everyone is a year older.”
“Our guards have gotten a lot more confident,” added Detrick. “I know for me personally, I was really nervous my first game as a sophomore. Just getting up and getting more confident throughout the game has helped a lot.”
For Dryden coach Kim Brown, this was the kind of game that is extra frustrating to watch. The Lions played tight defense and did the best they could to get stops, but there isn’t much you can do when the ball is just falling.
“Lansing made some hard shots,” said Brown. “There were some times when guys were fading away, or they were late in the shot clock on what I thought was a good defensive possession for us. That’s the way the game goes. You can’t sit there and think it’s one way or the other. They made the shot, plain and simple.”
Dryden was down 43-34 entering the fourth quarter, and opened with a 6-0 run. A Rourke bucket took the wind out of their sails to make the score 45-40 Lansing, and Dryden couldn’t muster up enough offense to compete the comeback.
“One negative possession for us, Noah Welgoss caught the ball on the wing, and had no defender within ten feet of him,” said Brown. “He tries to get to the rim when he has a wide open look from three. Who knows if he makes it or not, but if he does, we are down two. Instead it turns into a negative possession because it’s a turnover.”
Trevor Gardner also had a nice game for Dryden with 10 points, three rebounds, four assists and two steals.
Down three points at halftime, Lansing came out on fire to score 20 points in the third. Lansing was led by Zach Detrick, who hit three three-pointers to finish with nine points on the quarter, and Thomas Towner, who scored six.
“Great second half defensively,” said head Lansing coach Adam Heck. “We made great adjustments at halftime. I was real proud of the way Towner and (big man Ben) Rourke stepped up in the second half. I thought Detrick played a great second half, too. I’m proud of our guys, Dryden is a good team so it’s nice to see us do that in the second half.”
The game went back and forth throughout the entire first half, but Dryden went into halftime up 26-23. The 6-6 Lion sophomore Ali Abel-Ferretti scored 11 points in the first half, and looked to be well on his way to finishing the job.
“Our coach said to us at halftime, ‘Ali has more points than (you and Rourke) combined,’” said Towner. “So, Ben and I looked at each other and said, ‘We’ve got to get going here.’ That’s when we stepped it up.”
The duo combined to score 12 points in the second half, and held Abel-Ferretti to just three more. When three strong big men all take the floor at once, it’s going to be a battle down low, and the game proved to be just that.
Abel-Ferretti also grabbed 10 rebounds in the loss.
“He’s sly and quick,” said Towner, of Abel-Ferretti. “He’ll find points you wouldn’t expect. If he gets the ball inside, he’s quick enough, and athletic enough, to do a move and get around you really quick for an easy bucket.”
Although the game remained closed, Heck knew adjustments needed to be made at halftime if Lansing wanted to get the win.
“We got the ball in the high post more and we were more effective through it,” said Heck. “We didn’t score a lot out of it. When you get the ball into the high post, the zone has to shrink. We found it and knocked down some shots. Our guards were a little more aggressive which was nice.”
Lansing also benefitted from hot shooting. They are a team built around their bigs, and when the guards are hot, a kick out for a mid-range jumper or three can be lethal. Dryden found this out the hard way, as guards Detrick and Tyler Winslow finished with 14 points and 12 points, respectively.
Heck and Detrick both chalk it up to getting more experienced and more confident to take those shots.
“Detrick is growing up, he’s knocking threes down, and he’s handling the ball for us,” said Heck. “He’s a sophomore in the books, but at this time of the year, everyone is a year older.”
“Our guards have gotten a lot more confident,” added Detrick. “I know for me personally, I was really nervous my first game as a sophomore. Just getting up and getting more confident throughout the game has helped a lot.”
For Dryden coach Kim Brown, this was the kind of game that is extra frustrating to watch. The Lions played tight defense and did the best they could to get stops, but there isn’t much you can do when the ball is just falling.
“Lansing made some hard shots,” said Brown. “There were some times when guys were fading away, or they were late in the shot clock on what I thought was a good defensive possession for us. That’s the way the game goes. You can’t sit there and think it’s one way or the other. They made the shot, plain and simple.”
Dryden was down 43-34 entering the fourth quarter, and opened with a 6-0 run. A Rourke bucket took the wind out of their sails to make the score 45-40 Lansing, and Dryden couldn’t muster up enough offense to compete the comeback.
“One negative possession for us, Noah Welgoss caught the ball on the wing, and had no defender within ten feet of him,” said Brown. “He tries to get to the rim when he has a wide open look from three. Who knows if he makes it or not, but if he does, we are down two. Instead it turns into a negative possession because it’s a turnover.”
Trevor Gardner also had a nice game for Dryden with 10 points, three rebounds, four assists and two steals.
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