Cass Tech 61 vs. Southeastern 60: There was no better ending to a basketball game than what happened at Cass Tech on Tuesday the 12th of February. Trailing by double digits with a little over six minutes left in the game, most in the arena were ready to head to the parking lot. But not SE. Javon Haines single-handedly brought the Jungaleers back into the game, hitting a huge three at the mid-way point to cut the score to only 57-54. Now here is how the ending went. Cass Tech made a huge turnover with 26 seconds left in the game to give Southeastern the ball back. SE missed the first shot on their possession, but junior Darryl Bigham was their for the put back with under 11 seconds to play. With no timeouts remaining, Cass senior point guard D’Andre Johnson drove into the paint but was no good. A following put back attempt by fellow senior Kyle Steward was good however, giving CT the win and sending them to Calihan Hall on Friday night.
Pershing 50 vs. Douglass 40: Similar to the earlier SE Cass game, a team attempted to make a comeback but was not to be. Both teams struggled throughout the entire game to get into any offensive rhythm. However, in the fourth is where things changed. The score was 34-24 Pershing after three, but Douglass was able to make it 42-37 with 1:30 left in the contest. But Douglass turned the ball over too much in that time span giving Pershing the hard-fought victory.
Notes
Game 1: Javon Haines might not be the tallest player on the court, but plays with huge amounts of passion. The senior guard contributed 24 of his teams 60 points. That is over a 1/3 of their total points! He has the skills individually to create offense for himself at any time. An absolute monster on the floor. I have seen SE play many times this year, and sometimes he is the only one scoring. I would say that he is a nice D2 prospect. Daryl Bigham of the Jugaleers I could tell has made great strides throughout the entire season. Against Cass he proved that he is a reliable forward who a team can dump the ball to in order to get points. For Cass, D’Andre Johnson started of slow, but in the end finished with 19 hard earned points.
Game 2: The lone bright spot in this game for Fred D was the defensive performance was of junior Andre Frederick. At times it looked like Pershing star junior Justin Tillman wanted no part of Andre. Frederick has quick feet that makes him even a threat on the perimeter to block shots. Has an improving offensive game, but defense wins championships.
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