July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Foul disparity dooms Jay County once more (01/10/04)
JCHS boys basketball
Foul disparity dooms Jay County once more (01/10/04)
MUNCIE — The Muncie Fieldhouse was no more kind to the Jay County Patriots than the Norwell Castle.
For the second straight night Jay County was destroyed by an extreme free throw differential. This time they were outscored by 19 points at the foul line on the way to a 65-42 loss to the Muncie Southside Rebels in Olympic Athletic Conference boys basketball action Saturday.
“Overall we’ve been shooting 73 percent free throws as a team,” said Rebel coach Rick Baumgartner, whose team lost to Class 4A No. 9 Indianapolis Cathedral Friday night. “We showed good signs as far as coming back from a tough loss.”
Muncie Southside (8-2, 2-0 OAC) finished 25-of-31 from the foul line — including a pair of 7-for-7 performances — to take the 23-point win. The Patriots went to the line just 10 times in the contest and were called for nine more fouls than the Rebels.
Mark Kelly, Heath Williams and Corey Comer all fouled out for Jay County
A night earlier the Norwell Knights took 25 more foul shots than the Patriots, who were called for twice as many fouls as the home team.
“I don’t understand it,” said Jay County assistant coach Chuck Phillips, with head coach Craig Teagle still without a voice. “Maybe we slapped more than they did, I don’t know. Maybe we reached more than they did. I don’t have an answer for that free throw discrepancy right now.”
Despite the lack of free throw opportunities, the Patriots (5-3, 0-1 OAC) were right with Muncie Southside much of the way. They led 9-6 after the first quarter, and trailed by just three points early in the third.
The Rebel lead was still in single digits early in the fourth quarter before the fouls started coming fast and furious and the Jay County offense failed to get anything done.
A Dustin Overton bucket cut the Southside lead to 43-33 with six minutes to play, but Kelly followed less than a minute later. The Rebels went on a 10-0 run with Marlon Isom and Derek King doing the bulk of the damage to put the game away.
Comer and Williams were gone before the two-minute mark, and Southside continued to pull away for the 23-point win.
“In the first half and in the first part of the third quarter we played how we needed to play to compete,” said Phillips, who pointed out that in five of six Patriots possessions ended in turnovers during a 9-0 third quarter run by Southside. “We got loose with the ball, and then they went to the 2-3 zone and we just fell away from what we wanted to do.”
Jay County stayed in the game partially because of the great defense against Isom. Southside’s leading scorer had just two points in the first half, but scored 11 in the final quarter on the way to a game-high 19.
Tony Benford was the most consistent Rebel threat, finishing with 17 points. He also had 11 rebounds — more than twice as many as any Patriot.
Isom and Benford both finished 7-for-7 at the foul line.
King and Andrew Murphy also reached double-figures for Southside with 11 and 10 points respectively.
Trent Bailey paced Jay County with 12 points as it continued to struggle to get much working on the offensive end. Dustin Overton followed with 11 points.
“Right now we’re just not a good offensive team,” said Phillips. “We’re struggling to find an identity offensively.
“We’ve got to find a third scorer. We have to have someone else scoring in the seven to 10 point range — someone else for the opponent to worry about. We have kids with the potential to do that.”
Junior varsity
Jay County’s junior varsity team lost by two points for the second straight night in a 27-25 defeat to Southside Saturday.
The Patriots led with one period to play, but scored just two points in the final quarter. They were still ahead until Southside tied the game with 46 seconds to play, and Antonio Joyner gave the Rebels the two-point lead with 11 seconds left.
Jay County had one last chance, but Jon Retter was called for a charge with three seconds to play. It was the second turnover for the Patriots in the final 40 seconds of the game.
Retter and Tyler Dunnington shared the team lead with seven points apiece. Zac Green finished with four.
Najee Montgomery scored seven points for Southside. Andrew Murphy had six, and Joyner notched five.[[In-content Ad]]
For the second straight night Jay County was destroyed by an extreme free throw differential. This time they were outscored by 19 points at the foul line on the way to a 65-42 loss to the Muncie Southside Rebels in Olympic Athletic Conference boys basketball action Saturday.
“Overall we’ve been shooting 73 percent free throws as a team,” said Rebel coach Rick Baumgartner, whose team lost to Class 4A No. 9 Indianapolis Cathedral Friday night. “We showed good signs as far as coming back from a tough loss.”
Muncie Southside (8-2, 2-0 OAC) finished 25-of-31 from the foul line — including a pair of 7-for-7 performances — to take the 23-point win. The Patriots went to the line just 10 times in the contest and were called for nine more fouls than the Rebels.
Mark Kelly, Heath Williams and Corey Comer all fouled out for Jay County
A night earlier the Norwell Knights took 25 more foul shots than the Patriots, who were called for twice as many fouls as the home team.
“I don’t understand it,” said Jay County assistant coach Chuck Phillips, with head coach Craig Teagle still without a voice. “Maybe we slapped more than they did, I don’t know. Maybe we reached more than they did. I don’t have an answer for that free throw discrepancy right now.”
Despite the lack of free throw opportunities, the Patriots (5-3, 0-1 OAC) were right with Muncie Southside much of the way. They led 9-6 after the first quarter, and trailed by just three points early in the third.
The Rebel lead was still in single digits early in the fourth quarter before the fouls started coming fast and furious and the Jay County offense failed to get anything done.
A Dustin Overton bucket cut the Southside lead to 43-33 with six minutes to play, but Kelly followed less than a minute later. The Rebels went on a 10-0 run with Marlon Isom and Derek King doing the bulk of the damage to put the game away.
Comer and Williams were gone before the two-minute mark, and Southside continued to pull away for the 23-point win.
“In the first half and in the first part of the third quarter we played how we needed to play to compete,” said Phillips, who pointed out that in five of six Patriots possessions ended in turnovers during a 9-0 third quarter run by Southside. “We got loose with the ball, and then they went to the 2-3 zone and we just fell away from what we wanted to do.”
Jay County stayed in the game partially because of the great defense against Isom. Southside’s leading scorer had just two points in the first half, but scored 11 in the final quarter on the way to a game-high 19.
Tony Benford was the most consistent Rebel threat, finishing with 17 points. He also had 11 rebounds — more than twice as many as any Patriot.
Isom and Benford both finished 7-for-7 at the foul line.
King and Andrew Murphy also reached double-figures for Southside with 11 and 10 points respectively.
Trent Bailey paced Jay County with 12 points as it continued to struggle to get much working on the offensive end. Dustin Overton followed with 11 points.
“Right now we’re just not a good offensive team,” said Phillips. “We’re struggling to find an identity offensively.
“We’ve got to find a third scorer. We have to have someone else scoring in the seven to 10 point range — someone else for the opponent to worry about. We have kids with the potential to do that.”
Junior varsity
Jay County’s junior varsity team lost by two points for the second straight night in a 27-25 defeat to Southside Saturday.
The Patriots led with one period to play, but scored just two points in the final quarter. They were still ahead until Southside tied the game with 46 seconds to play, and Antonio Joyner gave the Rebels the two-point lead with 11 seconds left.
Jay County had one last chance, but Jon Retter was called for a charge with three seconds to play. It was the second turnover for the Patriots in the final 40 seconds of the game.
Retter and Tyler Dunnington shared the team lead with seven points apiece. Zac Green finished with four.
Najee Montgomery scored seven points for Southside. Andrew Murphy had six, and Joyner notched five.[[In-content Ad]]
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