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Princeton’s Gavin Lanham gets past Fieldcrest’s Jordan Reinhardt for a layup Tuesday night at Hall High School. <\/span>(Mike Vaughn)
SPRING VALLEY \u2013 The Fieldcrest<\/a> Knights used a fast start and a lockdown finish to take another step toward defending their crown in the 50th annual Colmone Classic at Hall High School.
The Knights jumped out to an 18-3 lead against Princeton<\/a>, and when the Tigers made a comeback, Fieldcrest senior Jordan Heider made a steal and a layup to put the finishing touches on a 47-43 win.
\u201cIt was exciting. I like those kind of situations,\u201d Fieldcrest coach Jeremy Hahn said. \u201cI think it\u2019s good for the guys to grow to and be able to have that kind of experience. That bodes well for us to learn from this week. That\u2019s why you come to tournaments like this to run into great programs and great coaches like that.\u201d
With the win, the Knights move into Friday\u2019s crossover round for a 8 p.m. game against Eureka for a chance to move into Saturday\u2019s championship game.
Eureka locked up the Red Pool with a 58-52 win over Hall<\/a> in the nightcap.
The Tigers and Red Devils will meet at 5 p.m. Friday with the winner advancing to Saturday\u2019s fifth-place game.
Princeton’s Arthur Burden powers up against Fieldcrest Tuesday night at Hall High School. <\/span>(Mike Vaughn)
Fieldcrest 47, Princeton 43: <\/b>Down nine early in the fourth quarter, the Tigers charged back to get within one with a 3-pointer and two free throws by Jordan Reinhardt, a pair of free throws by Jackson Mason and a layup by Asa Gartin to make it 44-43 with 1:50 left to play.
Heider stepped up defensively, picking Reinhardt\u2019s pocket for a steal and layup which proved to be the play of the game, putting the Knights ahead 46-43 with 1:11 remaining.
\u201cThat tip there that led to an easy 2 going the other way was big. Our offense is a little stagnant right now,\u201d Hahn said. \u201cI\u2019ve got to figure out a way to uncork them a little bit. We\u2019re just kind of missing some stuff in terms of ball movement and understanding the flow at this point. It was good to get something easy and gave us a little margin there to work with because we were struggling a little bit.\u201d
It was just the kind of play Hahn said he looks for from Heider.
\u201cHe does a great job for us in terms of bringing a lot of energy. He\u2019s seen a lot of basketball and is a spectacular athlete on top of that. He\u2019s quite the asset,\u201d Hahn said.
Heider, whose father Eric was the 2002 Colmone Classic MVP, led the Knights with 14 points, and Eddie Lorton added 13.
Reinhardt finished with a game-high 22 points, and Gartin added 13.
The Knights came out red hot, their first three baskets 3-pointers, and they added another on the way to an 18-3 lead. A Reinhardt 3 accounted for all of Princeton\u2019s scoring in the first 6 1\/2 minutes as the Tigers scrambled without starters Noah LaPorte (injury) and Jayden Fulkerson (ill) available.
\u201cWe came out feeling sorry for ourselves because we were missing a couple players,\u201d Princeton coach Jason Smith said. \u201cYou\u2019ve got to go out and compete. They outcompeted us in the first quarter and that\u2019s where the game was won and lost. They score 20 points in the first quarter, it was 20-7, and we lost 47-43.
\u201cI\u2019m proud of our guys the way they battled back. I really am. But I\u2019m more disappointed in the first quarter than I\u2019m impressed with the second, third and fourth quarter. That\u2019s not Tiger basketball in the first quarter. They have to play with energy, discipline and passion. It\u2019s effort and attitude on the court.\u201d
Gartin gave the Tigers a spark off the bench, hitting two late free throws to close the first quarter out and starting the second quarter with a 3-point play, making it 20-10. The southpaw added a 3-pointer from the left corner and Reinhardt hit 3 of 4 free throws late to draw the Tigers within 27-18 at the end of the second quarter.
Princeton’s Arthur Burden powers up against Fieldcrest Tuesday night at Hall High School. <\/span>(Mike Vaughn)
Eureka 58, Hall 52:<\/b> The Red Devils fell behind 30-18 at halftime and 45-28 at the end of third quarter. They used their press and some hot fourth-quarter shooting, outscoring the Hornets 24-13 to pull as close as one.\u201d
Braden Curran followed up a 3-pointer by Noah Plym with a pair of 3s to draw the Red Devils within 49-48 with 2:00 left to play.
The Hornets made 6 of 6 free throws in the final minute to hold on for the win.
\u201cWe were proud how they didn\u2019t give up,\u201d Hall coach Mike Filippini said. \u201cI think we were down 17 or 18 in the third quarter and we went to that press. We\u2019ve been working on it in practice and it looks really good, but we haven\u2019t used it in a game yet. It looked awesome.
\u201cThere were a lot of positives tonight. We got beat, big deal. We\u2019re 4-3 and it\u2019s the seventh game of the season. Wasn\u2019t like it was a regional final. The kids played really hard. We were really happy with their effort, we just came up a little bit short.\u201d
Curran scored 12 of his game-high 22 points in the fourth quarter. West chipped in 16 points while sinking four 3-pointers.
Eureka did most of its damage behind the 3-point stripe, sinking 12 on the night. Cohen Alstat scored 20 points, including four 3-pointers and 4 for 4 free-throw shooting, while Teagan McClaughlin added 16 points, helped by three 3s and was 3 for 3 from the charity stripe.
Hall’s Braden Curran powers ups against Eureka Tuesday night at Hall High School. <\/span>(Mike Vaughn)
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