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By John
Enrietto
Eagle Sports Editor
BUTLER TWP - Film study pays off.
"I saw that 30 of their points came on 15 lay-ups off transition,"
Lewandowski said. "Another 15 came on D'Von
Jeter 3-pointers.
"If we could take those two things away, we could cut that point
production to 45 points or so and make every possession important. That's what
we wanted to do."
The Golden Tornado did exactly that Wednesday night in shocking the defending
WPIAL Class AA champions, 64-49, in
The game was tied four times in the first half before
"They were really prepared and they played a great game,"
Jerrod Markle guarded Jeter most of the night and
held him to six points. Jeter fouled out with
"Jerrod has become a very good defensive basketball player,"
Lewandowski said. "He's the guy we use when we want to shut down an
opposing scorer."
Herbert Pope, the Quips' 6-foot-10 sophomore center, scored 20 points and
grabbed 12 rebounds, but no other
The Quips were out-rebounded, 33-27.
"We tried to go inside a little too much to try to get their inside people
in foul trouble," Emerson said. "When that didn't work, we should
have worked the perimeter more."
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Tournament MVP Blake Anderson led
"Blake was the best guard on the floor," Lewandowski said. "We
put the ball in his hands and he handled their pressure. That was the key to
our controlling the tempo.
"We got our share of points in transition because our kids like to run and
we knew they (Quips) would sell out over the top attacking our basket.
Defensively, we were able to keep them in a half-court game."
Noah Hartung contributed 14 points, 10 rebounds and
seven assists for the Tornado. Nate Hartung had 11 points and five boards. Both made the
all-tournament team.
"Controlling the pace of the game was critical for us,"
Fox Chapel 45, Burrell 42 -
The Foxes (5-7) rallied from an eight-point deficit in the fourth quarter. Rob Tenenini scored 17 points off the bench and Tiph Harner had six of his team's
22 rebounds.
Dylan Grazier had 21 points and six of Burrell's 25
rebounds. Zack Ziemanski added 10 points for the Bucs (5-6).
Notes:
Grazier, Tenenini and Pope
rounded out the all-tournament team. …
FOX CHAPEL 45
Kevin Martincek 2-6 0-2 5, John Hastings 2-4 0-0 5,
Mike Murray 1-1 0-0 2, Tiph Harner
4-5 0-0 8, Adam Elmagoabu 2-7 3-3 7, Rob Tenenini 5-7 7-10 17, Seth Eisner 0-3 0-0 0, Adam Elmagoabu 0-1 1-2 1. Totals: 16-34 11-17 45
BURRELL 42
Zack Ziemaski 4-10 2-2 10, Marty Bertolino
1-3 2-2 4, Tyler Henderson 1-2 0-0 2, Dylan Grazier
8-18 2-2 21, Bob Johnson 0-5 1-4 1, Tyler Reifschneider
0-1 0-1 0, Aaron Brown 1-2 0-0 2, Jordan Pisano 0-1 2-2 2. Totals: 15-42 9-14 42
3-point goals:
Martincek, Hastings; Grazier
3
ALIQUIPPA 49
Tyrell Dawkins 1-1 0-0 2, D'Von Jeter 2-6 0-0 6,
Herbert Pope 8-18 2-3 20, Sjavante Gilliam 3-4 0-1 6,
Brandon Lidsey 1-4 0-0 2, Dantae
Rawlins 3-8 1-2 7, Tommie Campbell 1-6 0-0 2, Jonathan Baldwin 1-3 2-2 4.
Totals: 20-50 5-10 49
BUTLER 64
Nate Hartung 5-7 1-4 11,
Noah Hartung 5-14 1-4 14, Jerrod Markle
3-9 0-0 6, Adam Monday 1-4 0-0 3, Blake Anderson 5-7 8-12 20, Jade Burka 4-7 0-0 8, Alan Jackson 1-2 0-0 2. Totals: 24-50
10-20 64
3-point goals:
Jeter 2, Pope 2; Noah Haertung 3, Monday, Anderson 2