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Live updates from the Shawnee and Graham boys game
9:15 p.m.: Graham wins 66-54. The Falcons completed a second-straight 20-0 season and have now won 43 straight regular-season games. Shawnee finishes second in the CBC Kenton Trail Division to Kenton Ridge.
9:05 p.m.: Graham’s up 56-44 with 4:30 left in the game. Josh Schuler has 25 points. The Graham cheering section has started a “you can’t stop him” chant.
Unfortunately for the Braves, they’re right.
9:00: Graham 49-34 after three.
8:55: Graham’s up 49-34 with 1:03 left in the third quarter. The Falcons are scoring just about however they want. Shawnee didn’t make a shot from the field until four minutes were left. They also have five turnovers.
8:30 p.m.: Graham leads 29-22 at halftime. Josh Schuler, the area’s leading scorer, has a game-high 13 points. Steven Sarven has eight points for the Braves.
Graham was hurt by turnovers in the second quarter: six in all. Shawnee, meanwhile, had two rebounds to Graham’s seven.
The game was intense at the start, but teams just can’t carry on that intensity for the entire game. That was true for Shawnee as Graham kept its cool and rarely lost its focus.
8:20 p.m.: Graham’s up 20-16. Shawnee just called a timeout.
8:15 p.m.: Graham’s up 16-12 after one quarter. Josh Schuler came alive for the Falcons and scored nine points in about four minutes. The Falcons also forced six turnovers, all in the same four minute span. Shawnee was up 6-0 and 8-2 early.
8:07 p.m.: It’s tied 10-10. Graham is picking up the defense.
8:05 p.m.: Shawnee is up 6-0 right away. Graham has missed its first three shots.
7:40: Shawnee 54, Graham 53 RESERVE. Shawnee side is partying like it’s 1999, and the varsity game hasn’t even started yet. It’s going to be a fun two hours. We should be starting here right at 8 p.m.
7:25 p.m.: It’s a tied RESERVE game in the fourth quarter. I put reserve in caps so we don’t get confused. Hopefully the varsity game will start by 8 p.m.
7:10 p.m.: I’m already at the Shawnee at Graham boys basketball game. The JV game is tied at 26 at halftime. The stands are full and the fans are happy right now. It’s not quite standing-room only, but I think we’re heading there.
I had to park in the grass out by Selma Road, probably where I wasn’t supposed to. But that’s the benefit of owning a Ford F-150.
A win for the Shawnee boys gives them a share of the Central Buckeye Conference Kenton Trail Division title. Graham has already won the CBC Mad River Division and is going for a perfect 20-0 season.
I’ll be updating throughout the game. Check back for more details.
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By brent luckenbill
February 24, 2009 8:25 PM | Link to this
reporter any relation to the Cooper fb bb player at Witt?By Michael Cooper
February 25, 2009 2:17 PM | Link to this
No. We are not related. We just share the same name. His dad is Michael Cooper as well.