Hornets Sting Rye Country Day 78 to 57 for League Win

12/9/2016

Hamden Hall won their third consecutive game against a stubborn Rye team.

The Hornets opened the game with a full court press, that caused problems for their opponent, and quickly scored the first 6 points of the game.

Rye adjusted and used their quickness to offset the Hornets pressure as they began to chip away at Hamden Hall’s lead.

Senior Co-Captain TJ.Rountree and Junior Vin Baker Jr. each scored 8 points and Senior Co-Captain Dan Draffan dropped in 6 points as Hamden Hall took a 36-28 half time lead.

Every team has it’s time to have a “run” and the opening of the second half Rye had theirs. They went on a 9-0 run hitting three 3’s taking a 37 to 36 lead. A time out was called and a defensive adjustment to go to a zone allowed the Hornets to slow down the smaller but quicker Rye team.

Steals by Andrew Rice and TJ Rountree led to two baskets and a foul shot and Hamden Hall was back in the lead for good 44 to 38.

Rye made a strong effort led by Alan Houston’s son (former NY Knicks), but Hamden Hall was now in control of the backboards with Co-Captain Draffan scoring his third “Double/Double of the season with 12 points and 12 rebounds and 2 blocked shots.

Co-Captain TJ.Rountree played an outstanding game with 21 points, 10 assists, 7 rebounds and 4 steals.

Andrew Rice had his first “Double/Double of the young season with 13 points, 10 rebounds and 6 steals.

Hamden Hall made 16 for 18 foul shots from the charity line including 9 for 10 in the second half of play.

Things will start to get more difficult as we face Dexter on Saturday and Defending League and New England Champion St. Luke’s on Monday at home followed by a strong Green Farms away on Wednesday. Then it is off to play in the Kreul in Ft. Lauderdale with teams from across North America.

Box Score:

TJ Rountree-7-1-4/4-21 pts, Baker-6-1-4/4-19 pts, Rice-5-0-2/4-12 pts,Draffan-4-0-4/4-12 pts,C.Wright-0-1-0-3pts,Pettway-0-1-0-3pts.Walters-0-0-2/2-2 pts, Schoonmaker-1-0-0-2 pts. A. Rountree-1-0-0-2pts, Villano-1-0-0-2 pts. Brown-1-0-0-2 pts. M.Wright-0-0-0

25-4-16/18-78pts.

Leading Scorer-TJ. Rountree-21 pts.

Leading Rebounder-Draffan-12

Leading Blocks-Draffan-2

Leading Assists-TJ. Rountree-10

Leading Steals-6

Record-

3-0 (2-0)

The Season continues as the road gets tougher……

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