Defense is Key to Hornet Victory

1/15/2016

The Hornets won their third straight victory beating Storm King.

Their opponent, whose record was 7-1, was pressured from the opening tip off. The Hornets created several turnovers that led to baskets while disrupting their offensive pattern.

Sophomore Andrew Rice scored 12 points, Juniors T.J Rountree had 8 points, Dan Draffan chipped in 6 points as did Senior Kyle Smith to lead Hamden Hall to a 40 to 25 half time score.

In the second half Storm King began to chip away at the lead and cut the deficit to 6 points with 7 minutes remaining on the clock.

T.J Rountree and Dan Draffan each scored 10 points in the second half including both making 4 for 4 from the foul line when it counted to put the game out of reach.

But in the end it was the defense that was the catalyst for the eighth win of the season for the Hornets. Hamden Hall had created turnovers and had a team high of 16 steals in the game. Andrew Rice had 7 and T.J Rountree stole 4.

Box Score:

T.J.Rountree-4-2-4/4-18 pts.Rice-8-0-2/3-18 pts.Draffan-5-0-6/8-16 pts, Smith-4-0-2/4-10 pts, Villano-2-0-1/1-5 pts,

Wright-2-0-0-4 pts, Moran-0-1-0-3 pts, DiMartino-1-0-0-2 pts, Johnson-1-0-0- 2 pts, Vanhise-1-0-0- 2pts.A.Rountree-1-0-0 pts,

Cogdell-0-0-0, Williams-0-0-0, Johns-0-0-0-

28-3-15/20-80 pts.

Leading scorers-T.J.Rountree and Rice-18 each

Leading Rebounder-Draffan-7

Leading Steals-Rice-7

Leading Assists-DiMartino -4

Record -8-4 (4-1 League)

We now break for exams and will not Practice or have any games until the 25th of January.

It is difficult to create the momentum needed with the Holiday break and then exam week so close together,but that is the way it is. Half the schedule has been completed with an 8-4 record and we continue to improve, but we have a long way to go with the toughest part of the schedule remaining.

Two Games with rival Hopkins, two games with a strong Brunswick, undefeated St.Lukes and now a healthy Green Farms.

Hopefully the year of 2015 has laid the groundwork for success.

The season continues………

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