Big Sandy 56 East Chambers 45/FINAL

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Tonight, 6pm

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I'll be court side for this state ranked match up. Two of my favorite teams and coaches. Looking forward to a great game!

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6:37 1st

7-0 EC

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3:52 1st

11-5 EC

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End 1st

16-9 EC

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5:05 2nd

19-15 EC

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1:47 2nd

22-21 BS

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Halftime

25-24 EC

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5:43 3rd

30-24 EC

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2:10 3rd

30-30

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End 3rd

36-33 BS

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5:49 left

43-33 BS

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2:54

47-39 BS

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Final

Big Sandy.     56

East Chambers.  45

[Tyerman]

I bet that was a great one. Two great programs and coaches. 

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East Chambers jumped out early due to Big Sandy committing turnovers. BS had 14 turnovers in the first half. What kept BS in the game was their rebounding, limiting EC to just one shot per possession. Down only 1 at half with 14 turnovers, one would have to be pleased.

Big Sandy took care of the ball much better in 2nd half only committing 2 turnovers total. That limited EC points and forced them into a half court game. Other than #5 Bourdeaux, EC shot the ball poorly and with BS controlling the boards (out rebounded EC 38-22) the Bucs were very limited offensively.

Credit to Big Sandy and Coach Foster. They made the adjustments at half and played a much better, in control basketball game to win it. BS only plays 6 players while Coach Sutherland had at least an 8-9 player rotation. Really thought that would come into play late in the game but BS just got better as the game progressed. As no surprise, the Wildcats are a very well coached team.

Really good to see these two teams play each other early in the season.