Mid-season form… Dugger, Vance battle to the wire in Jr. Viking 38-35 victory
Published 12:51 am Saturday, November 9, 2019
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Star Photo/Ivan Sanders The Jr. Cyclone cheerleaders worked hard in keeping the team spirit up in a hard-fought contest against Vance.
Star Photo/Ivan Sanders TAD's Jeriah Griffin plays in-ypur-shorts defense against a Vance ballhandler.
Star Photo/Ivan Sanders Zion Reddick challenges two Vance Jr. Viking defenders in the paint.
Star Photo/Ivan Sanders Jr. Cyclone Xavier Smalls looks to dump the ball deeper into the paint.
Star Photo/Ivan Sanders Will Churchhill hustles to run down a lose ball during Thursday action against Vance.
BY IVAN SANDERS
STAR SPORTS EDITOR
Both teams exchanged runs in the second period before Vance was able to jump out front but just barely at halftime as the Jr. Vikings outscored the home Jr. Cyclones 11-8 in the stanza to take a 22-21 lead to the locker room.
Whaley, Bates, Jeriah Griffin, and Zion Reddick each scored a bucket in the quarter for TAD.
Neither team could get into an offensive gear in the third period as Vance managed to add a couple of points to their lead outscoring the Jr. Cyclones 7-5 coming out of the break to go up 29-26.
Griffin and Bates had a field goal each and Churchill connected on 1-of-4 from the foul line in the quarter.
It was anybody’s game heading into the final six minutes of play as both teams left it on the court to the enjoyment of the good crowd that was on hand to watch the final minutes of the game unfold.
Both teams battled and scraped to the final horn playing dead even, 9-9, with the three-point advantage carried from the third quarter standing up down the stretch for Vance.
Churchill led the Jr. Cyclones with eight points in the game while Reddick had five points in the third to give him seven points for the game.
Bates finished the contest with six points with Whaley and Griffin closing out the night with four points apiece.
Paulson and Blevins balanced the scorebook with three points each.
