Men's Hoops Sees Historic Season Come to End
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
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39 | 30 | 69 |
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33 | 42 | 75 |
South Mountain Community College
| Game Statistics | Frederick Community College | South Mountain Community College |
|---|---|---|
| Field Goals | (25-65) | (23-58) |
| Field Goal % | 38.5% | 39.7% |
| Rebounds | 35 | 43 |
| Assists | 12 | 10 |
| Turnovers | 12 | 16 |
| Pts off Turnovers | 14 | 8 |
| 2nd Chance Pts | 6 | 4 |
| Pts in the Paint | 32 | 22 |
| Fastbreak Pts | 0 | 0 |
| Bench Pts | 24 | 26 |
Danville, IL – Game 12 featured an elimination game between South Mountain College and Frederick Community College.
Both teams came out flat, committing two fouls and missing a handful of shots until South Mountain's Jackson Price opened up the scorebook with a three. That would be the only points for South Mountain in the first four minutes.
Frederick turned in an 8-0 to take an 8-3 lead. Fredrick extended their lead to seven until Price connected again from deep, 12-8. Frederick's last seven points had come off of free throws to lead 13-8. At this point, the teams' had combined for five field goals and 11 fouls.
Dashon Bell went coast-to-coast for Frederick, giving them a 10-point lead 22-12, the largest of the game. Price put in a lay up and a pair of free throws to cut Frederick's lead to six and giving him his tenth point of the game.
After a drive to the lane and a no-call, Price was issued a technical foul for his displeasure. After a three by Frederick's Josiah Jones, the lead went to 11.
After a small run by South Mountain, Price and Jackson traded threes and Frederick led, 31-24. South Mountain was issued their second technical foul at the 1:40 mark in the first half.
At the half Frederick led South Mountain, 39-33.
1st HALF LEADERS:
South Mountain:
#5 Jackson Price – 5-11, Fr. - 13 pts, 2 ast
#11 Terrance Johnson – 6-4, Fr. - 7pts, 3rebs
Frederick:
#10 Dashon Bell – 6-2, Fr. - 8pts, 3rebs, 2ast, 2stl
#12 Morris Robinson – 6-1, Fr. - 7pts, 3rebs, 3ast
Price opened up the second half hitting his fourth three-pointer of the game. A quick 5-0 run had the game within one point. But Frederick rallied and bumped the lead back to six, 44-38.
Five points in a row by Johnson had South Mountain within one, 46-45. Another basket by South Mountain and they had their first lead since the first field goal of the game when they lead 3-0. Frederick called timeout and executed to regain the lead 49-47 as Rashard Lewis hit a three from the left wing.
Connor MacDougall drove baseline and slammed home two points to give South Mountain their largest lead of the game, 52-49. The pace of the game picked up and the both teams began trading points.
A three pointer by Jones and a three-point play by Eric Blankson gave Frederick a slight advantage at the 10:05 mark, 59-54, capping a 10-2 run.
Price drilled his fifth three from the left corner and South Mountain was within four, 63-59 with 8:06 to go. He connected again out of a timeout to put the game back within a point. Their run continued as MacDougall knocked down a pair of free throws giving South Mountain back the lead, 64-63.
MacDougall converted a three-point play to extend South Mountain's lead to four, 67-63. By 3:00, Frederick had failed to score a point for over five minutes. A jump hook by MacDougall and the lead was six with two minutes to go in the game. Again, a minute later, Frederick still having not scored, MacDougall executed the same move and scored his ninth straight point for South Suburban to give them a 71-63 lead with under a minute left.
Finally, after seven minutes and 40 seconds, Frederick made a three pointer to cut their deficit to five, 71-66 with 44 seconds to go in the game.
Free throws sealed the game and South Mountain held on to defeat Frederick, 75-69.
South Mountain College will advance to face Columbus State on Friday at 11:00am in the consolation bracket. Frederick Community College is eliminated from the 2016 NJCAA DII Men's Basketball Tournament.
FINAL SCORE: South Mountain 75 – Frederick 69
TEAM LEADERS:
South Mountain:
#5 Jackson Price – 5-11, Fr. - 24pts, 4ast
#11 Terrance Johnson – 6-4, Fr. - 14pts, 9rebs
#55 Connor MacDougall – 6-9, So. - 20pts, 10rebs, 7/11FG
Frederick:
#10 Dashon Bell – 6-2, Fr. – 11pts, 8rebs, 3ast, 2stl
#12 Morris Robinson – 6-1, Fr. – 13pts, 6ast, 5rebs
#33 Josiah Jones – 6-3, Fr. – 14pts, 4 3PTM
#20 Rashard Lewis – 6-4, So. – 13pts, 6rebs
