Shocking!
BUTLER TWP — The numbers were crazy.
42 field goals to 14. 65 rebounds to 29.
Three players off the bench scoring in double figures.
“When you play as a team, good things just happen,”
That showed on the court during the Butler Tip-Off Tournament
championship game.
Thirteen
They outscored the Royals 32-12 in the final quarter and scored
61 points in the second half.
“Scoring 100 was exciting, but I like the way we defended,”
Clement said. “Holding a team like that to 62 points was quite an
accomplishment. They beat us in the finals here last year with their offense
(91-85).
“Since the fall, there's been a different feel to this team. I
know it's early and it's only been two games ... but things are different.”
Vincentian
averaged 90.5 points per game last year, becoming the first WPIAL team to
average 90 for an entire season since Blackhawk in 1992. The Royals scored 100
in an overtime win over Kennedy Catholic to open the
They were held to as few as 62 points for the first time since
Vincentian, a
Class A power that has won 73 of its past 84 games, played without two of its
top seven players, including returning double-digit scorer Jay Cortese.
“They're two of our bigger players physically and we missed them
tonight,” Royals coach George Yokitis said. “They
clobbered us on the boards. Still, you don't expect to lose by 40.
“Take nothing away from
“They wore us out. we couldn't stay with
them. They beat us at our own game,” Yokitis added.
Justice Lewandowski and Andrew Paterno
made the all-tournament team for
“It's all about winning,” Paterno said.
“One guy might score 20 points one game and none the next. As long as we win,
none of that matters.
“Who scores the points, who gets the minutes, who cares? We're a
team. We stick together and play together.”
Eric Hindman had 13 points and seven
rebounds off the bench for the Tornado. Damien Pickett added 12 points, Kelley Kuharic 10 points, six rebounds and three assists off the
bench.
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The
teams combined to commit 55 personal fouls.
“Hindman came in and gave us some
unbelievable minutes tonight,” Clement said. “You can go up and down the
roster. Everybody played well.”
Ryan Wolf paced Vincentian with 18
points. Jamison Nee had 14 points and six boards, but sank just three of 17
shots from the floor.
The Royals sank 32 free throws Saturday and canned 64 of 81 foul
shots for the weekend.
“We were getting the turnovers at the rate we wanted,” Yokitis said. “But we weren't doing anything with them.”
Early in the second quarter,
6-foot-8 center Sagaba Konate sank a 6-footer
with 1.1 second left for the win.
VINCENTIAN 62
Jamison Nee 3-17 8-8 14, David Jen 1-3 1-6 3, Jack Monahan 1-7
9-11 11, Connor Kruetzer 0-1 0-0 0, Nate Elias 0-1 0-0 0, Greg Kaniecki
0-3 3-4 3, Ian Taylor 2-6 4-6 9, Evin Fitzgerald 0-1
0-0 0, Ryan Wolf 6-19 5-6 18, Zach McDonough 1-8 2-2 4, Thomas Quinlan 0-2 0-0
0, . Totals: 14-57 32-42 62.
BUTLER 104
Damien Pickett 6-8 0-3 12, Kelley Kuharic
4-8 0-3 10, Kaden Rock 1-4 0-0 2, Jace
Stutz 2-4 2-3 7, Justice Lewandowski 7-10 5-5 19, Keenan Krause 2-4 0-0 4,
Andrew Paterno 5-13 2-5 14, Tyler Federick
4-7 0-0 8, Clifford Anderson 3-4 1-1 7, Joel Stutz 2-4 1-2 5, Eric Hindman 5-6 3-4 13, Connor Ollio
1-2 0-0 2, Mark Gross 0-1 1-2 1. Totals: 42-75 15-28 104.
Vincentian 14 14 22 12 — 62
Butler20 23 29 32 — 104
3-point goals: Taylor, Wolf; Kuharic 2,
Ja.Stutz, Paterno 2
JV: