Brian's team wins Area basketball

We saw an exciting game in College Station last night.

Madisonville upset favored Hutto 78-74. Madisonville was down 17-2 to start the game! Madisonville scored only 2 points the first 5 minutes of the game. They couldn't do anything right -- they couldn't get the ball in with Hutto's full court press, they couldn't shoot, they couldn't defend, and they couldn't buy a referee call. But they didn't get down. They started hitting their shots and pressuring Hutto full court. They climbed back to within 9 points at end of first quarter and then had tied the game at half time 34-34. Brian made an adjustment on getting the ball in against the press.

With a little over 3 minutes to play, Madisonville had an 8 point lead 72-64, but let Hutto score 8 straight points off turnovers to tie the game -- during that brief Hutto flurry of points, I don't believe that Madisonville ever got a shot at the basket! It was a straight set of events which reminded me of the first 5 minutes of the game. With 22 seconds to play the game was tied 74-74. With 13 seconds to play Madisonville had a 1 point lead and with clutch free throw shooting (2 out of 5 which is great for Madisonville who average about 50% in free throw shooting) pulled out a 78-74 win. The gym was packed with standing room crowd. It was so much fun and so hard to believe that a team could come back like that.

Next game is against Crockett at Sam Houston on Tues in the regional semifinals.

This is a good birthday present for Brian who is 38 on Monday.

Bo, Dad, James, Boogie
Madisonville 78 Hutto 74

Area Champions

Record (26-5)

Madisonville 12 22 25 17 78
Hutto 21 13 20 20 74

“Down 17 to 2 to start game”

Chris Whaley 15 rebs 2 steals 2 blocks 11 pts
Brock Taylor 7 rebs 1 block 12 pts
Chris Young 7 rebs 2 blocks 0 pts
Brandon Stubblefield 3 rebs 3 steals 9 pts(3 pointers)
Howard Harris 5 rebs 3 steals 2 asst 6 pts
Rob Nellums 6 rebs 5 steals 5 asst 9 pts
Nelson Veliz 2 rebs 2 steals 2 asst 3 pts(Freetrows)
Alonzo Whaley 6 rebs 3 steals 1 asst. 3 pts

Next Game Tue @ Sam Houston State 7:00 or 8:00 vs Crockett Bulldogs

Regional Quarter Finals