March 8, 2017 at 5:51 a.m.
Fort strong in third
Tribe advances to district semifinal on Friday
Fort strong in third
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WAPAKONETA, Ohio — Despite both teams not playing particularly well, the Indians were out front at halftime.
The third quarter propelled them to a rematch they’ve wanted for more than a year.
A 20-point effort in the third period gave the Fort Recovery High School boys basketball team the separation it needed in a 48-34 victory over conference rival St. Henry on Tuesday in the Division IV district semifinal at Wapakoneta.
“It was a huge quarter,” said FRHS coach Chris Guggenbiller, whose team advances to the district final Friday against the Lima Perry Commodores.
Perry, which defeated Fort Recovery in last year’s district semi final, knocked off the Minster Wildcats 62-50 earlier in the evening.
“We preach third quarter,” Guggenbiller said. “Win those first three minutes of the third quarter so you’re able to play a little bit more comfortable from there on out.”
Fort Recovery (17-7) led St. Henry 14-11 after the first half even though it was 7-for-19 from the field in the opening 16 minutes. In the third quarter, however, Micaiah Cox (six points), Matt Bihn (five) and Payton Jutte (five) combined for 16 points as the Indians built a 34-18 lead heading into the fourth.
Cox who shared the team-high of 11 points with Bihn, put back his own miss to start the scoring in the second half, and Bihn followed with a jumper from near the free-throw line. St. Henry answered with a 3-pointer from the left wing by Tyler Schlarman before Cox contributed four points, Caleb Martin scored on an assist from Cade Wendel, and Jutte added a layup.
Fort Recovery opened the second half on a 10-3 run.
“We put a little run on them early with some of our zone pressure out there,” said Guggenbiller, whose team defeated St. Henry 51-46 during their regular-season Midwest Athletic Conference tilt on Jan. 6. The Redskins missed shots on four possessions and had three turnovers during the same time.
Mitch Schwieterman hit a 3-pointer from the right corner as the Redskins stopped the 8-0 FRHS run to make it 26-17, but the Tribe responded with eight more points on a Jutte 3-pointer, a layup from Cade Wendel and an old-fashioned three-point play from Bihn.
“I think once we picked the tempo up it really helped us score more,” Cox said. “Our press started kicking in once we started getting turnovers from them.”
Martin was third on the team with eight points, Wendel chipped in seven and Jason Roessner added six. Jutte did all of his scoring in the third quarter. Cox shared the game-high of 10 rebounds with Schlarman, who led St. Henry with 13 points. Schwieterman contributed 11 points.
Both teams struggled mightily during the first half. St. Henry missed all six shots it took in the quarter and didn’t attempt a free-throw. Roessner scored the first four points of the game, and Bihn had another two as Fort Recovery led 6-0.
“It was a real struggle in the first half,” Cox said. “We had a lot of trouble scoring, both teams did.”
St. Henry was 4-for-21 from the field in the first half, including missing all 10 of its 3-point attempts. The Redskins were 2-for-22 from long range in the contest, and 10-for-52 (19.2 percent) for the game.
“If they are 2-for-22, that is taking away a large facet of their game,” Guggenbiller said. “If they’re not attacking the cup, shooting layups or free throws they want to hit the 3-point shot. We were able to disrupt that tonight with some of the things we were doing defensively.”
Fort Recovery’s defense forced 16 turnovers, but lost the turnover margin 21-16. It’s an aspect the Indians expect to improve if they hope to avenge their season-ending loss against the Commodores when they meet on Friday.
“Obviously they are going to have the athletic-ness,” Guggenbiller said. “They are going to have the team speed. We knew if we wanted to get to regional were going to have to go through them.
“It is definitely been a team we’ve discussed in the locker room this year and it is definitely a team that we’re excited to play.”
Cox is ready for the matchup, too.
“This was definitely the most anticipated game this year,” he said.
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WAPAKONETA, Ohio — Despite both teams not playing particularly well, the Indians were out front at halftime.
The third quarter propelled them to a rematch they’ve wanted for more than a year.
A 20-point effort in the third period gave the Fort Recovery High School boys basketball team the separation it needed in a 48-34 victory over conference rival St. Henry on Tuesday in the Division IV district semifinal at Wapakoneta.
“It was a huge quarter,” said FRHS coach Chris Guggenbiller, whose team advances to the district final Friday against the Lima Perry Commodores.
Perry, which defeated Fort Recovery in last year’s district semi final, knocked off the Minster Wildcats 62-50 earlier in the evening.
“We preach third quarter,” Guggenbiller said. “Win those first three minutes of the third quarter so you’re able to play a little bit more comfortable from there on out.”
Fort Recovery (17-7) led St. Henry 14-11 after the first half even though it was 7-for-19 from the field in the opening 16 minutes. In the third quarter, however, Micaiah Cox (six points), Matt Bihn (five) and Payton Jutte (five) combined for 16 points as the Indians built a 34-18 lead heading into the fourth.
Cox who shared the team-high of 11 points with Bihn, put back his own miss to start the scoring in the second half, and Bihn followed with a jumper from near the free-throw line. St. Henry answered with a 3-pointer from the left wing by Tyler Schlarman before Cox contributed four points, Caleb Martin scored on an assist from Cade Wendel, and Jutte added a layup.
Fort Recovery opened the second half on a 10-3 run.
“We put a little run on them early with some of our zone pressure out there,” said Guggenbiller, whose team defeated St. Henry 51-46 during their regular-season Midwest Athletic Conference tilt on Jan. 6. The Redskins missed shots on four possessions and had three turnovers during the same time.
Mitch Schwieterman hit a 3-pointer from the right corner as the Redskins stopped the 8-0 FRHS run to make it 26-17, but the Tribe responded with eight more points on a Jutte 3-pointer, a layup from Cade Wendel and an old-fashioned three-point play from Bihn.
“I think once we picked the tempo up it really helped us score more,” Cox said. “Our press started kicking in once we started getting turnovers from them.”
Martin was third on the team with eight points, Wendel chipped in seven and Jason Roessner added six. Jutte did all of his scoring in the third quarter. Cox shared the game-high of 10 rebounds with Schlarman, who led St. Henry with 13 points. Schwieterman contributed 11 points.
Both teams struggled mightily during the first half. St. Henry missed all six shots it took in the quarter and didn’t attempt a free-throw. Roessner scored the first four points of the game, and Bihn had another two as Fort Recovery led 6-0.
“It was a real struggle in the first half,” Cox said. “We had a lot of trouble scoring, both teams did.”
St. Henry was 4-for-21 from the field in the first half, including missing all 10 of its 3-point attempts. The Redskins were 2-for-22 from long range in the contest, and 10-for-52 (19.2 percent) for the game.
“If they are 2-for-22, that is taking away a large facet of their game,” Guggenbiller said. “If they’re not attacking the cup, shooting layups or free throws they want to hit the 3-point shot. We were able to disrupt that tonight with some of the things we were doing defensively.”
Fort Recovery’s defense forced 16 turnovers, but lost the turnover margin 21-16. It’s an aspect the Indians expect to improve if they hope to avenge their season-ending loss against the Commodores when they meet on Friday.
“Obviously they are going to have the athletic-ness,” Guggenbiller said. “They are going to have the team speed. We knew if we wanted to get to regional were going to have to go through them.
“It is definitely been a team we’ve discussed in the locker room this year and it is definitely a team that we’re excited to play.”
Cox is ready for the matchup, too.
“This was definitely the most anticipated game this year,” he said.
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