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Marshall beats Logan Elm 62-53 in OT
If Marshall (21-4) hopes to knock off Circleville Logan Elm (24-1) in this morning’s Division II boys state hoop semifinal, it’ll have to be done without a healthy Greg Gainey.
The burly and productive inside force for the Cougars spent most of this week on crutches and rehabbing two sprained ankles. If warmups at OSU’s Schottenstein Center are an indication, he needs more rehab. He played about three ineffective minutes in the first half and didn’t score.
First Quarter
Marshall led 7-4, but Logan Elm countered with a 9-1 run. JaQuan Johnson’s free throw at the end of the quarter drew the Cougars within two, 13-11.
Second Quarter
Melvin Banks hit a bucket to draw even and Juwan Staten put Marshall up, 15-13. That’s an 8-0 run by Marshall.
16-all: Staten has been everything as billed. Midway through the second quarter he has 10 points on 4 of 8 shooting, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.
22-all at halftime: Staten canned a couple free throws in the final minute to pull the Cougars even at the break.
Staten lead Marshall with 12 points, Shawn Robinson has 6, Melvin Banks 3 and DeAngelo Gates 1. First-team All-Ohioan Brandon Amann leads Logan Elm with 10 points.
Neither team has found its long range: Marshall is just 2 of 12 in 3-pointers and Logan Elm just 2 of 9. Logan Elm’s mad bomber, Tim Congrove, has just 2 three-pointers. Should he get untracked, Marshall will be in trouble. Congrove has hit 228 career 3-pointers.
Of course, had Marshall gotten any kind of production out of Gainey, that could have offset Congrove. Instead, it’ll be up to Staten, Gates, Robinson and Banks to carry the Cougars in the second half.
Third Quarter
Gates drew Marshall within 30-29, but Logan Elm found its touch, bolting to a 38-29 lead, their greatest. Worse, Logan Elm is in the 1-and-1 with 1:39 left in the quarter. Logan Elm has just one foul against it.
42-32 Logan Elm at the end of the third Q: Logan Hauserman, a 6-8, 275-pound junior monster, has been unstoppable for Logan Elm. He scored most of his 11 points in the decisive quarter and banked a bucket in the finals seconds.
Fourth Quarter
Too much foul trouble for Marshall. Worse, Gainey still hasn’t played since leaving early in the first quarter.
Logan Elm 44-32.
Logan Elm 44-41: Marshall has unleashed relentless full-court pressure — and a great half-court trap — to get back in at 4:18. Staten pulled the Cougars within 5 on a transition bucket and James White converted a steal into an easy layup.
44-43 Logan Elm: Gates on the bucket, but he twists an ankle afterward. He’s been good for 8 points and 14 rebounds, including 7 offensive.
46-45 Logan Elm with 2:23 left: Staten hits 2 FTs. He has 18 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists. Marshall on a 13-4 run to get back in the game.
Marshall just 4 of 24 in 3-pointers.
1:20 left: Marshall’s Quinn for 1-and-1, trailing 46-45; misses front end; Logan Elm holding ball.
47-45 Logan Elm with :48 left.
Robinson missed 3-pointer; foul, Hauserman hits 1 of 2 FTs.
48-45 Logan Elm.
Robinson snares long rebound, lets fly all alone from wing and buries the draw-even bomb, 48-all with :06 left.
Logan Elm shot in lane a buzzer misses; OT.
OVERTIME
50-48, Marshall
52-48: Staten drives, dishes to Christian Delemos for easy bucket; 2:03 left.
52-49, Marshall.
54-49, Marshall on 2 Staten FT’s; he’s 8 of 8 from line.
54-50, Marshall.
56-51, Delemos bucket; Staten at the line.
58-51, Marshall; Staten 2 FT’s; 20 points for Staten; 15 rebounds for Gates.
58-53, Marshall, :53 left.
59-53, Marshall, Robinson FT; Gates steal; White to line.
60-53, Marshall, White FT.
:43 left: Staten 1-and-1.
62-53: Staten 2 more FT’s.
62-53 final: Unreal comeback by Marshall. They’ll be in their first state final since the 1990 Colonel White team won a D-II title.
Marshall, trailing by 12, went to a full-court press and unloaded a game-ending 30-11 fourth-quarter and OT run.
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By david k
March 27, 2009 12:51 PM | Link to this
Way to go COUGARS!!!! Dayton is proud of you guys, and looking forward to seeing #2 in a UD uniform.By doug
March 27, 2009 1:23 PM | Link to this
You mean #3, he had 24 pts on 12/12 at the line, the kid can play. You need a pt to run the team even on his AAU team with all those studs, that went 68-1 last summerBy Joe
March 27, 2009 5:36 PM | Link to this
Well done Cougars!!! I’ll be there to watch you close the deal tomorrow.