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Honaker at Richlands
Honaker (52) Vs. Richlands (47)
Jan 21, 2012
By MIKE DAVIS
for the Daily Telegraph
RICHLANDS, Va.— The Honaker Tigers hit key free throws and a pair of perimeter shots in the final minutes of the game to keep Richlands at bay long enough to capture a 62-57 non-district win.
“We played hard and my kids gave their all,” Honaker head coach Marcus Dunn said. “It was a very ugly win nonetheless. We did some crazy things with the basketball late in the game and we’re just lucky Richlands didn’t shoot the ball as well as they did or we would’ve been in for it.”
“The kids were resilient tonight and they stepped up and played hard when they needed to.”
Richlands (4-9) trailed 43-37, at the start of the fourth quarter and had trouble closing the gap. Honaker (10-6) jumped out to a 52-43 lead before the Tornado began to chip away at their lead.
Ben Brown drained a trey and Gabe Hunsaker connected on a pair of free throws to pull Richlands within four at the two-minute mark.
However, the Tigers kept playing consistent enough to stay out of reach. Still, looking at a 58-52 deficit, Richlands closed the score to 58-57 with less than a half minute to play in the game and had a chance to pull it out.
That was followed by quick fouls to stop the clock by the Tornado, sending Payton Ball and Ty Hall to the charity stripe for Honaker and the duo connected on all four attempts to put the game on ice.
“I was scared we would not be able to rebound after last night’s emotional game against Marion,” Richlands head coach Jody Fuller said. “I don’t use it as a crutch because Honaker had to play an emotional district game last night and I know they were feeling it too.”
“They (Honaker) knocked down key foul shots in the end, but our kids scrapped to the end, even though they were as tired as they were.”
Ball led the Tigers in scoring with 16 followed by Jeremiah Dye with 15 and Hall finished with 12. Johnson was Richlands top scorer with 26 and Brown had 12, including four three-pointers.
Nightly Roundup
Game Scoreboard
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT SCORE
Honaker 0 0 0 0 52 52
Richlands 0 0 0 0 47 47
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