Hornets beat Hopkins for Seventh Straight Victory 88-56

1/30/2017

Playing our rival in front of a standing room only crowd is always a challenge for both teams.

There were Students with enlarged head shots of Hornet Players and signage along with painted faces in Green and White. The spirit was evident in the capacity crowd.

This was a game that was very physical that led to three intentional fouls called against Hopkins (something this writer hasn’t ever seen in a game at any level.) There were 44 fouls called.

While the game could of gotten away from the three officials, they did a good job keeping both teams emotions under control, but in the end the Skill and Talent of the Hornets showed as they completed a Sweep of this year’s series.

The game started slowly as both teams seemed a bit tentative in the first few minute of the opening half. With the score 6-5 Hopkins, the “Hornet Swarm” began to take effect and made a 14-0 run making the score 19 to 6 with Senior Dan Draffan scoring inside at will.

Hopkins had no one to stop the talented 6’7 Senior who dropped in 17 points in the first half and a career high 25 points for the entire game.

Hamden Hall increased its half time lead with the offensive punch of Vin Baker Jr. (11 pts) and TJ Rountree adding (10 pts) to make a half time score of 45 to 29 Hamden Hall.

The second half was no different as the Hornets continued to push their defensive effort and held their Opponent scoreless for the first two minutes of the opening of the second half as Hamden Hall began to increase their lead to 53-29.

This game allowed all the Hamden Hall players a chance to play against the Hilltoppers from New Haven.

Seniors and Co-Captains Dan Draffan had his 12th Double/Double of the Season (25 pts and 12 rebounds) along with TJ Rountree (21 pts. And 10 rebounds). Junior Vin Baker Jr. added 21 pts for the Hornets who simply over powered Hopkins for its 12th Victory of the season and Seventh Straight since the winter Holiday Break.

Box Score:

Draffan-10-0-5/6-25 pts.TJ Rountree-5-2-5/6-21 pts. Baker-6-0-9/13-21 pts. C. Wright-2-1-0-7 pts. Brown-1-0-4/4-6 pts.A. Rountree-2-0-0-4 pts. Villano-2-0-0-4 pts. Schoonmaker-1-0-0-2 pts.M.Wright-0-0-0-, Walters-0-0-0, Pettway-0-0-0, Rice-0-0-0 29-3-23/29-88 pts.

Leading Scorer-Draffan-25 pts

Leading Rebounder-Draffan-12

Leading Assists-TJ.Rountree-6

Leading Steals-Rice and Baker-3 each

Leading Blocks-Rice-3

Record-12-4 (6-2)

We play again Friday at Home against Masters and Saturday against First place St. Luke’s away.

Everyone needs to understand there are only six games left in the regular season, all within the Fairchester League, and where we finish will determine our seeding in the play offs.

The Season Continues……..

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