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Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009
|Second half blitz propels Panthers over = East
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The OTHS boys=92 basketball squad ended the pre-Christmas portion of = their=20 schedule on a high note last Friday evening with a 62-46 shellacking of = the=20 Belleville East Lancers. The home victory, played before a large crowd = in the=20 Panther Dome, was the ninth in succession for Coach Rick Gibson=92s = charges and=20 moved them to 4-0 in Southwestern Conference play.
O=92Fallon used a 13-0 run to begin the second half as the impetus = for the=20 victory, breaking open a closely contested first half. Increased = defensive=20 pressure to start the second half was the catalyst for the Panthers who = were=20 unable to shake a pesky Belleville East squad during the first two = quarters.=20
Thomas Poston and Clarence Goldthree accounted for most of the Lancer = scoring=20 during the first two stanzas. The duo combined for 17 points to keep = O=92Fallon=92s=20 lead minimal. A 3-point basket by East=92s Joe Gilmore cut = O=92Fallon=92s advantage to=20 just three points =96 26-23 =97 with about a minute and half = remaining. =20
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The visiting Lancers had a shot at moving even closer in the final = ninety=20 seconds but misfired on two shots and a free throw opportunity. Instead, = the=20 final bucket of the half came from O=92Fallon=92s Roosevelt Jones, who = nailed a=20 jumper as time expired to give the Panthers a 28-23 lead at the = break.
Jones last second hoop was a premonition of things to come. Turning = up the=20 defensive pressure at the start of the third quarter resulted in a = barrage of=20 O=92Fallon baskets. Jones, who finished the game with a team-high 17 = points,=20 accentuated the scoring spree with two thunderous dunks, igniting the = partisan=20 crowd and adding more fuel to the OTHS offensive fire. Charles Joy and = Chevaughn=20 Lawrence added baskets, allowing the Panther lead to balloon to double=20 digits.
O=92Fallon was never seriously challenged after the early third = quarter=20 offensive explosion. After Jones=92 second dunk of the night, O=92Fallon = led=20 39-23.
"Belleville East came out early and hit some shots from the perimeter = which=20 allowed them to stay close," Gibson said. "Our plan was to pack our = defense=20 inside since we had a height advantage. That didn=92t work as well as we = would=20 have liked in the early going, but we told our kids that just because = you hit a=20 few early doesn=92t mean that those shots are going to fall all = night."
The shots didn=92t fall for Belleville East in the third period =97 = primarily due=20 to increased pressure from the O=92Fallon guards on the Lancers=92 = perimeter=20 players. Belleville East missed their three shots and committed four = turnovers=20 in a span of a minute and a half. The Panthers pounced on the = opportunities,=20 resulting in the 16-point victory.
"Our team has played extremely well through the first part of the = season,=94=20 Gibson said. "(Roosevelt) Jones has been super, and the rest of our team = has=20 complemented him well. We don=92t need him (Jones) to score 28 or 30 = points every=20 time out. We have a lot of other players who can score. Tonight, = Lawrence had 11=20 and Buie scored 10. Charles Joy and Shane Watson have hit double digits=20 consistently against good competition. We have to continue to have the = good team=20 play we have generated in early portion of the schedule. Hopefully, we = can keep=20 things going into tournament play over the holidays."
O=92Fallon will begin tourney play in the Centralia Holiday Classic = this coming=20 Monday, December 28 when they face Houston High School of Germantown, = Tennessee=20 in a 12:30 p.m. contest.
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