Hargrave was outplayed most of the game. Missing half of the top players on the team, the JV team had to play a style we were not used to and the younger, faster raiders really took it to us early, easily beating us down the floor for lay-ups. Trailing by as many as 10 points in the first half, Nick Barr and Daniel McCauley hit 3-pointers in the last 20 seconds of the first half to take our first lead of the game 27-26. The lead went back and forth through the third quarter with the team taking a 2 point lead into the fourth, then Daniel took control of the offense and Matt Reynolds took control of the boards to stretch our lead to 8 points midway through the final quarter. We held the ball for long periods of the final 5 minutes and started shooting charity shots when North Cross was forced to foul. We did not miss from the line in that period, going 6/6. We also hit 6/9 shots in the fourth to bring a ray of light to a night where we missed 40 field goal attempts. Nick Barr and Daniel McCauley finished in double figures with 16 and 19 points. Matt Reynolds had a season high 9, Chase Babington 7, Brenden Courrier 4, and Tumi Demuren and Perry Britton 2 apiece. Courrier, Demuren, Britton, Marc LeBlanc, Sebastian Barrett, and Jeffery Oboite played the most minutes as a group that they have given all year. Without their key performances, the JV team would have lost by a large margin. The team finished the regular season at 13 wins and 1 loss going into the playoffs this weekend. Our first opponent will be North Cross again at Timberlake School in Lynchburg at 3:30 on Friday. As long as we win, we will play at 10 AM and 3:30 PM on Saturday. Thank you for supporting us through the season.
JV Basketball vs. North Cross School
