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Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Kenton Ridge hands No. 4 Trojans first loss
Kenton Ridge dominated Southeastern for most of three quarters, then let the Trojans make a run in the fourth quarter before putting them away 67-56 on Tuesday, Jan. 20, in South Charleston.
The Cougars are now 8-1. Southeastern is 10-1.
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Player spotlight: Southeastern’s J.P. McFarland
Early this season, Southeastern boys basketball coach P.J. Bertemes said this of his 6-foot-5 junior post J.P. McFarland:
“The sky’s the limit for J.P. He’s got such an upside to him. When J.P. decides to play or take over a game or spend time working out in the offseason, he can really be something special, and he shows us in spurts.”
McFarland has continued to impress as the season moves on. Entering Tuesday night’s game against Kenton Ridge, McFarland was averaging a team-high 15 points per game for the 10-0 Trojans. That number ranks seventh in the area and second in the Ohio Heritage Conference behind West Liberty-Salem’s Nate Bratka (19.0).
McFarland also ranks second in the area behind Bratka in field-goal percentage (61.7) and rebounding (8.5).
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Up close and personal at Southeastern
Does any other gym get you closer to the action than Southeastern’s? You literally can’t get any closer unless you’re starting at point guard. Check out this clip:
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A fun scene from the Witt-Wooster game
Check out the Tigers in this clip as they prepare to run onto the court at Timken Gymnasium before their 69-58 loss to Wooster on Jan. 17.
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KR-SE ready for tonight’s Clark County hoops clash
The gym will be packed with fans set to watch these state-ranked Clark County foes battle.
For Southeastern, which leads the OHC at 10-0, 8-0, the Cougars will be the Trojans’ biggest test this season. They’ll have to find a way to neutralize KR’s size advantage in the paint. SE has a big post in J.P. McFarland, but also play with four guards who like to get up and down the basketball court.
Kenton Ridge leads the Central Buckeye Conference Kenton Trail Division at 7-1 and 5-1 in the Division. The Cougars haven’t played since Jan. 10, so they’ll be motivated to get back on the floor. They play a deliberately slow style, using halfcourt offense and defense to dictate the pace of the game — which will be key in stopping Southeastern.
Here’s a link to Kenton Ridge’s season statistics.
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For your reading enjoyment…
Here are some links of some great stories I’ve found over the last few weeks:
The Audacity of Hoops — Sports Illustrated’s take on how basketball shaped President Obama.
Mitch Albom’s take on why Detroit fans still believe in the city’s sports teams.
A Canadian Paper reports that athletes’ testosterone spikes during home games.
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On this date in area sports history…
On this date 16 years ago, Jan. 20, 1993, Kenyon upset Wittenberg 61-57, knocking off the Tigers for the first time in 42 years.
The Lords were then coached by current Wittenberg coach Bill Brown.
(UPDATE (2:30 p.m.): From former Wittenberg player and current Southeastern coach P.J. Bertemes:
Michael —
In 1993 Kenyon was coached by Bill Brown, but it was not the Bill Brown that currently coaches Wittenberg, instead it was the Bill Brown that currently coaches at California University in Pennsylvania.
Thanks, coach. Witt’s Bill Brown was at Kenyon, but not in 1993. Here’s the Bill Brown who coached the Kenyon team in 1993.
Published on Jan. 21, 1993:
INSIDE STORY: KENYON SHOCKS VISITING WU
By Rob Oller, Sports Writer
GAMBIER, Ohio — Please forgive Anthony Robinson. He’s just a freshman and relatively innocent when it comes to fully understanding Wittenberg tradition.
Still, 5-foot-9 point guard was pretty sure it was a bad loss when Kenyon stunned the Tigers, 59-56, in a North Coast Athletic Conference thriller before a crowd of about 500 at Tomsich Arena Wednesday.
“Something inside says we weren’t supposed to lose that one,” Robinson said.
As far as he knew, Kenyon had not beaten Wittenberg in a long time.
How long? Try 42 years. The Lords last humbled WU, 61-57, at Gambier during the 1950-51 season. Wittenberg had won 40 straight.
While the loss was painful, dropping Wittenberg to 11-4 and 6-2 in the NCAC, at least Robinson was able to dress himself afterwards.
Others may not be so fortunate. Losing to Kenyon could send longtime Tiger fans to the window ledge with more on their minds than enjoying the view.
Surprisingly, maybe the least shocked person was Wittenberg Coach Dan Hipsher, who had worried about the game all season.
“(Coach Bill) Brown does a great job up there,” Hipsher has often said.
This was his greatest job.
The Lords’ matchup zone confounded the Tigers, whose perimeter game has not been up to snuff this season.
That meant Wittenberg had to pound it inside, but the middle was mushy all night.
Hipsher fumed over his team’s 12 turnovers against soft pressure, the Tigers’ foul shooting woes (seven of 15) and, mainly, the invisible inside game.
Of course, the inside would have benefited from the play of freshman post Aaron Smith, but that brings up more bad news for the Tigers.
Hipsher suspended, Smith, who started his last two games, and freshman forward Nick Wolf for two games this week for disciplinary reasons. They missed Wednesday’s game - although Smith traveled with the team and sat on the bench in street clothes - and will miss Saturday’s home game against Wooster.
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