Indians shake off rust to clip Golden Eagles
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Stephen Forsha-sforsha@gmail.com
HILLSBORO — It took over a half, but the Hillsboro Indians managed to grind away the rust of 11 days without a game in the final quarter, taking complete control against the Madison-Plains Golden Eagles.
The Indians gained their advantage from multiple players, but it was 10 straight points from Hillsboro senior Tyrand Cumberland in a span of just over two minutes that set the stage for a 60-45 South Central Ohio League win by the Indians on Tuesday at HHS.
The win also marked the Tribe's seventh consecutive victory as they stay atop the SCOL standings at 7-2 overall and 4-0 in the league. The loss drops the Golden Eagles to 4-4 overall and 2-3 in league games.
"The guys were getting sick of me and practice, so it was nice to come out here and play a little bit," Hillsboro head coach Brett Prince said. "I saw a lot of rust … it wasn't that we weren't playing hard, but we were rusty. We were throwing passes we weren't catching, and you could see we hadn't played for awhile.
"That rust came off in the second half, and we started executing a little better."
Cumberland led all scorers with a game-high 19 points. Madison-Plains' Brooks Carter led his team with 18 points. He was followed by Stephen Lemieux with nine points.
After a first half where the score was 12-11 in favor of HHS after eight minutes and 26-21 with HHS leading at the half, the Indians managed to gain a 10-point advantage after three quarters at 44-34.
But it was the fourth and final quarter where Hillsboro looked like the team they have become this season, the team who entered the game averaging 62 points per game.
The Indians opened up the final frame by watching MP score four straight points by Damon Glispie and Alex Williams. It eventually turned into a MP run of 6-2 (HHS had a six-point lead) with Carter offsetting points by Hillsboro's Jarrod Hart, making it a six-point game with 5:37 left in regulation. Hart ended the game with nine points.
"Once Tyrand got hot making a 3-pointer … and defensively we took a couple charges, so our defensive intensity picked up and allowed us to get the ball back, and those led to some easy points," Prince said. "On offensive, we have seven guys who can get it done at any time, and we never know who it is going to be. (Tuesday) it was Tyrand."
Then something clicked for HHS. All the rust went away, and it didn't look like the Indians hadn't played a game since Dec. 23.
[[In-content Ad]]In fact, they became the team that was on the court in the last game of the 2011 calendar year as they broke the game away for good with the aforementioned 10 consecutive points by Cumberland that sent HHS to a 56-40 lead with 3:27 left on the clock.
The run by Cumberland and the Indians began with a 3-pointer by the senior in front of the Indians' student section, followed by a put-back basket and another 3-pointer in a span of one minute. His final basket of the run and the game came with 3:27 left on the clock, scoring in the paint off a bounce pass by Chase Gilliland.
The 10-0 run turned into 14 straight HHS points as Devanté Ames (who totaled nine points) and Táron Cumberland added to the fourth-quarter scoring to end the game. HHS outscored MP 16-11 in the final eight minutes.
In the first three quarters, every time the Indians would gain a lead of 10 or more points, the Golden Eagles were there to answer with points of their own as the score was tied six times in the first 24 minutes, including a final time at 28 with 5:46 left in the third.
The opening quarter saw the score tied at two, five, seven and nine and 11 until Gilliland made one-of-two from the free-throw line with 41.8 on the first-quarter clock.
In the second, the Indians made three of their seven 3-pointers with Tyrand Cumberland, Ames and Christian Cundiff making his first of three 3-pointers in the game. Cundiff, who totaled 11 points, sank his third-quarter 3-pointers with 4:55 and 2:31 left on the scoreboard.
Hillsboro now has 58 3-pointers in nine games.
The Indians will take the court again this Friday as they travel to take on the Miami Trace Panthers in a SCOL matchup in the Panther Pit at MTHS.
In JV play on Tuesday, HHS defeated MP 48-30. Leading HHS were Zach Young with 15 points and Trey Moberly with nine.
In the freshman game, HHS won by a score of 43-39. Leading the Indians were Austin Bagshaw with 14 points and Austin Stevens with nine.
GAME NOTES: MP committed 14 fouls … MP made zero 3-pointers … HHS has made 15 3-pointers in their last two games combined … Dating back to last season, the Indians have won six straight SCOL games … HHS was 5-of-10 for 50 percent from the free-throw line … HHS made 17 two-point baskets (six in the first half) … HHS had 12 fouls.
BOX SCORE
SCORE BY QUARTERS
MP 11 10 13 11 — 45
HHS 12 14 18 16 — 60
INDIVIDUAL STATS
HHS (60)
Tyr.Cumberland 5 (3) 0-0 19
D.Ames 3 (1) 0-0 9
J.Hart 3 (0) 3-6 9
C.Gilliland 1 (0) 2-4 4
C.Cundiff 1 (3) 0-0 11
Tyi.Cumberland 2 (0) 0-0 4
TOTALS: 17 (7) 5-10 60
MP (45)
D.Glispie 3 (0) 0-0 6
S.Lemieux 4 (0) 0-0 9
B.Carter 8 (0) 2-2 18
A.Williams 2 (0) 1-2 5
R.Davis 1 (0) 2-4 4
D.Wilson 1 (0) 0-0 2
H.Bútin 1 (0) 0-0 2
TOTALS: 20 (0) 5-8 45
The Indians gained their advantage from multiple players, but it was 10 straight points from Hillsboro senior Tyrand Cumberland in a span of just over two minutes that set the stage for a 60-45 South Central Ohio League win by the Indians on Tuesday at HHS.
The win also marked the Tribe's seventh consecutive victory as they stay atop the SCOL standings at 7-2 overall and 4-0 in the league. The loss drops the Golden Eagles to 4-4 overall and 2-3 in league games.
"The guys were getting sick of me and practice, so it was nice to come out here and play a little bit," Hillsboro head coach Brett Prince said. "I saw a lot of rust … it wasn't that we weren't playing hard, but we were rusty. We were throwing passes we weren't catching, and you could see we hadn't played for awhile.
"That rust came off in the second half, and we started executing a little better."
Cumberland led all scorers with a game-high 19 points. Madison-Plains' Brooks Carter led his team with 18 points. He was followed by Stephen Lemieux with nine points.
After a first half where the score was 12-11 in favor of HHS after eight minutes and 26-21 with HHS leading at the half, the Indians managed to gain a 10-point advantage after three quarters at 44-34.
But it was the fourth and final quarter where Hillsboro looked like the team they have become this season, the team who entered the game averaging 62 points per game.
The Indians opened up the final frame by watching MP score four straight points by Damon Glispie and Alex Williams. It eventually turned into a MP run of 6-2 (HHS had a six-point lead) with Carter offsetting points by Hillsboro's Jarrod Hart, making it a six-point game with 5:37 left in regulation. Hart ended the game with nine points.
"Once Tyrand got hot making a 3-pointer … and defensively we took a couple charges, so our defensive intensity picked up and allowed us to get the ball back, and those led to some easy points," Prince said. "On offensive, we have seven guys who can get it done at any time, and we never know who it is going to be. (Tuesday) it was Tyrand."
Then something clicked for HHS. All the rust went away, and it didn't look like the Indians hadn't played a game since Dec. 23.
[[In-content Ad]]In fact, they became the team that was on the court in the last game of the 2011 calendar year as they broke the game away for good with the aforementioned 10 consecutive points by Cumberland that sent HHS to a 56-40 lead with 3:27 left on the clock.
The run by Cumberland and the Indians began with a 3-pointer by the senior in front of the Indians' student section, followed by a put-back basket and another 3-pointer in a span of one minute. His final basket of the run and the game came with 3:27 left on the clock, scoring in the paint off a bounce pass by Chase Gilliland.
The 10-0 run turned into 14 straight HHS points as Devanté Ames (who totaled nine points) and Táron Cumberland added to the fourth-quarter scoring to end the game. HHS outscored MP 16-11 in the final eight minutes.
In the first three quarters, every time the Indians would gain a lead of 10 or more points, the Golden Eagles were there to answer with points of their own as the score was tied six times in the first 24 minutes, including a final time at 28 with 5:46 left in the third.
The opening quarter saw the score tied at two, five, seven and nine and 11 until Gilliland made one-of-two from the free-throw line with 41.8 on the first-quarter clock.
In the second, the Indians made three of their seven 3-pointers with Tyrand Cumberland, Ames and Christian Cundiff making his first of three 3-pointers in the game. Cundiff, who totaled 11 points, sank his third-quarter 3-pointers with 4:55 and 2:31 left on the scoreboard.
Hillsboro now has 58 3-pointers in nine games.
The Indians will take the court again this Friday as they travel to take on the Miami Trace Panthers in a SCOL matchup in the Panther Pit at MTHS.
In JV play on Tuesday, HHS defeated MP 48-30. Leading HHS were Zach Young with 15 points and Trey Moberly with nine.
In the freshman game, HHS won by a score of 43-39. Leading the Indians were Austin Bagshaw with 14 points and Austin Stevens with nine.
GAME NOTES: MP committed 14 fouls … MP made zero 3-pointers … HHS has made 15 3-pointers in their last two games combined … Dating back to last season, the Indians have won six straight SCOL games … HHS was 5-of-10 for 50 percent from the free-throw line … HHS made 17 two-point baskets (six in the first half) … HHS had 12 fouls.
BOX SCORE
SCORE BY QUARTERS
MP 11 10 13 11 — 45
HHS 12 14 18 16 — 60
INDIVIDUAL STATS
HHS (60)
Tyr.Cumberland 5 (3) 0-0 19
D.Ames 3 (1) 0-0 9
J.Hart 3 (0) 3-6 9
C.Gilliland 1 (0) 2-4 4
C.Cundiff 1 (3) 0-0 11
Tyi.Cumberland 2 (0) 0-0 4
TOTALS: 17 (7) 5-10 60
MP (45)
D.Glispie 3 (0) 0-0 6
S.Lemieux 4 (0) 0-0 9
B.Carter 8 (0) 2-2 18
A.Williams 2 (0) 1-2 5
R.Davis 1 (0) 2-4 4
D.Wilson 1 (0) 0-0 2
H.Bútin 1 (0) 0-0 2
TOTALS: 20 (0) 5-8 45