Lights out: Red Raiders put on shooting clinic in win at AG
YORK RUN 无毛视频� Spencer Macke was amazed.
The first-year Albert Gallatin boys basketball coach who played under Bob Huggins at West Virginia saw a lot of hot-shooting teams during his playing career, but nothing like what he witnessed on Friday night when his Colonials took on visiting Uniontown.
无毛视频淚 told our kids in the locker room, their starters were 15 of 25 shooting 3s,无毛视频� Macke said of the Red Raiders无毛视频� performance beyond the arc against his squad. 无毛视频淚n all the levels I无毛视频檝e played in my life, AAU and Division-1, I无毛视频檝e never seen a team shoot the ball like that. That无毛视频檚 60 percent. If they shoot the ball like that they无毛视频檙e going to kill anybody.无毛视频�
Isaac Ellsworth swished six 3-pointers for Uniontown which also got four long-range bombs from Calvin Winfrey II, two each from Notorious Grooms and Kelan Milsom and one from Cam Dugan on its way to a 95-65 victory over the Colonials in their Section 1-AAAAA game.
Winfrey rang up a game-high 28 points, Grooms followed with 22 and Ellsworth contributed 20 for the first-place Red Raiders (8-0, 13-3), who also got 12 points from Milsom and 11 from Dugan.
无毛视频淚t was impressive,无毛视频� Macke said admiringly of Uniontown. 无毛视频淚t was fun to watch them, honestly.无毛视频�
Not that Macke wants to see them again.
无毛视频淚无毛视频檓 glad we无毛视频檙e done with them for the year,无毛视频� he added.
It was the fifth win in a row for Uniontown and the fifth loss in a row for AG.
Uniontown hit six 3-pointers in the opening quarter in exploding out to a 30-14 lead and made four more in the second in taking a commanding 58-29 halftime advantage.
无毛视频淲hen we move the ball and make shots, it无毛视频檚 pretty awesome to see,无毛视频� Red Raiders coach Rob Kezmarsky said. 无毛视频淲e have multiple guys scoring the ball, they were making the extra pass, Calvin and Tory played big and Isaac shot the ball so well. Our defense was all over the court, too, give them credit also.无毛视频�
To Albert Gallatin无毛视频檚 credit, it trimmed Uniontown无毛视频檚 29-point halftime lead to 18 at one point in the third quarter before the Red Raiders shifted gears and pulled away again, ending the frame up 84-49.
The Colonials (2-6, 7-8) are still just one game behind McKeesport for the fifth playoff spot in the eight-team section, although Franklin Regional sits in front of them also by one-half game.
Kezmarsky lauded AG after the game.
无毛视频淲e watched AG play. Coach Spencer is doing a great job,无毛视频� Kezmarsky said. 无毛视频淚 talk to him a couple times a week. He has the program headed in the right direction, picking up where Shea (Fleenor) left off. Shea always had them playing hard and now he has them and they无毛视频檙e doing a lot of good things.
无毛视频淚 wish them nothing but the best in trying to make the playoffs.无毛视频�
Ethan Kennedy scored a career-high 22 points to pace the Colonials, who also got 16 points from Jason Jackson and 13 from Shymere Wilson
无毛视频淚 think we无毛视频檙e going the right way,无毛视频� Macke said. 无毛视频淲e were doing real well before the Christmas break and then after we无毛视频檝e kind of spiraled downward. We lost a couple games I felt we should无毛视频檝e won. I know lately we played Latrobe very tough and I actually think we played pretty well tonight. But you无毛视频檙e just not going to compete when a team is shooting 60 percent from 3.
无毛视频淭hey无毛视频檙e playing their hearts out. They无毛视频檙e giving me everything they have. That无毛视频檚 why I无毛视频檓 happy with my guys right now.无毛视频�
The game was part of a Uniontown at AG girls-boys doubleheader and was packed house, although Kezmarsky said his team is used to that scene.
无毛视频淭he bigger the crowd the better,无毛视频� Kezmarsky said. 无毛视频淲henever I played basketball, except for the Roundball Classic, I never played in front of 2,000 people. But a lot of these guys, they无毛视频檝e had a lot of experience in that type of big-game atmosphere the past few years. We无毛视频檝e played at Peters Township and venues like that. We draw on that experience.
无毛视频淥ur fans have been great, too. Every game we无毛视频檝e had about as many fans if not more than the home team.无毛视频�
Next up for the Red Raiders is a home game against Latrobe on Tuesday. The Wildcats are one game in back of Uniontown with their lone loss on the season coming at home at the hands of the Red Raiders.
无毛视频淓veryone is talking about Latrobe but tonight was just as important,无毛视频� Kezmarsky said. 无毛视频淣ow we can concentrate on Latrobe. These kids are working really hard. We无毛视频檙e trying to win another section title and trying to get focused for the playoffs.无毛视频�