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Gamble doesn't pay as Dutchmen fall
Late foul, turnover on final possession prove costly for Manchester
By Ed Patino, Staff Writer
PUBLISHED: February 14, 2008
After seeing his team fall on a last-second shot in its previous game, Manchester varsity boys basketball coach Bryan Barnard took a gamble that would give his team the final shot Feb. 8 against the Addison Panthers.
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The gamble didn't pay off for the Flying Dutchmen in a 46-42 loss to the Panthers in a Cascades Conference game.
Manchester (5-11, 4-7 Cascades) trailed for most of the second half, but rallied to grab a 42-41 lead on Jarod Sawyer's layup with just over a minute remaining. Josh Debruler tied the game for Addison (8-8, 5-6 Cascades) seconds later by hitting 1-of-2 from the free-throw line.
Remembering the Dutchmen's one-point loss to Vandercook Lake earlier in the week, Barnard took his gamble. After the Panthers grabbed the rebound of a missed Manchester shot, the Dutchmen fouled Debruler with 18 seconds left. After missing his first three attempts from the line earlier in the night, Debruler sank both, giving Addison a 44-42 lead.
While working the ball up the court, Manchester was called for a traveling violation with nine seconds remaining. The Dutchmen were unable to foul again as Jaron Butts sprinted behind the defense and took the inbound for an uncontested layup at the buzzer to seal Addison's win.
"The gamble was not good, but the thought was we wanted to have the last shot," Barnard said. "We wanted to get the ball inside, then try and get it back to Justin (Welton) at the top of the arc as the clock ran out. We didn't run the play correctly at the end."
Welton got Manchester off to a good start. He buried a pair of three-pointers in the first four minutes, sparking a 10-4 run to open the game. The Panthers rallied and grabbed a one-point lead just over a minute into the second quarter on Skyler Reniger's putback. After the teams exchanged the lead, Sam Brown hit a pair of free throws, giving the Dutchmen a 19-17 lead midway through the quarter. They wouldn't hold the lead again until Sawyer's layup late in the fourth.
Addison closed the half with a 10-0 run. Jamie Leindecker started the run with an inside basket, then a putback by Debruler and jumper from Leindecker extended the lead to eight. Derek Bloomer's basket in the final minute gave the Panthers a 27-19 lead at the break.
"We didn't have enough emotion in the first half," Barnard said. "We gave them a lot of easy baskets and got behind too much early."
The Panthers extended the lead to 10 points three times in the third quarter, the last when Debruler's basket made it 33-23 midmay through the frame. Corwin Every and Welton scored on consecutive drives, pulling the Dutchmen to within four, then after a pair of Addison free throws, Josh Miller answered with a putback. Sam Hatt canned a long, off-balance three-pointer at the third quarter buzzer, bringing Manchester to within 35-34.
"We did a better job with our motion and playing hard in the second half," Barnard said. "Sam's shot gave us momentum going into the fourth."
Addison maintained a three-point lead for most of the final quarter as the teams traded scores. Sawyer scored an inside basket with 1:44 remaining, then his layup 40 seconds later gave Manchester its first lead since the second quarter, setting the stage for the final sequence.
"It's good that when (Manchester) made a run we didn't back down," Addison coach Ryan Shaw said. "We've had trouble recently when the other team makes a run on us, but we didn't tonight."
Two players scored in double figures for the Dutchmen. Welton led the way with 14 points, while Sawyer added 10 points. Corwin Every finished with nine points and Hatt had three points. Brown, Miller and Trevor Hanewald each scored two points for Manchester.
"Jarod did a good job attacking the basket and running plays for us," Barnard said.
Leindecker scored 12 points to lead Addison. Debruler added 11 points, while Jaron Butts had eight points. Dylan Curtis finished with six points for the Panthers.
The Dutchmen return to action today when they host Hanover-Horton for a Cascades Conference game. The Comets are battling with Napoleon for the league's top spot and defeated Manchester in a Jan. 11 game at Hanover-Horton.
"The kids will bounce back from this, and I don't question that they'll play hard," Barnard said. "The work ethic and attitude has been good all year. The middle of our league is pretty equal, and every game will be tight."
Dutchmen at Vandercook Lake
The Manchester varsity boys basketball team rallied to grab a one-point lead in the final minute, but it was wiped out by a jumper at the buzzer that gave the Vandercook Lake Jayhawks a 38-37 victory over the Flying Dutchmen in a Cascades Conference game Feb. 5.
Clayton Every was the only Manchester player to score in double figures, leading the Dutchmen with 10 points. Sam Brown added nine points, while Jarod Sawyer had seven points. Trevor Hanewald scored four points and Justin Welton was held to three points. Sam Hatt and Corwin Every each scored two points for the Dutchmen.
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