Cowboys Meet the Mildcats

Bryn Lewis reported from the Friday, December 19th, CHL-leading, perfect 4-0 (2-0 CHL) Cowboys Boys Basketball game against Finneytown.

Before I start, I want to say I'm just a dad of a player and my descriptive skills about a game I never played aren't informed by much other than seeing the game.  That being said, there are a lot of details about defense I will never know and it's hard to describe in a short roundup of a game but DEFENSE is a huge player on this team and the contributions on defense of (alphabetically) Jake Edmonds, Lonnie Grayson, Walker Lewis, Nate Lowe, Garyn Prater, Hudson Rogers and Mason Rogers are not overlooked. And, defense starts with coaching.  Thanks, Coach Edmonds!

On to the game:  Wyoming won the tip against the Finneytown Wildcats for the final game of 2014. The Wildcats started the scoring but at 4:30 left in the quarter Lonnie Grayson tied it up 5-5 with a 3.  Nate Lowe had a strong defensive rebound after that and  Lonnie scored a 2 and the Cowboys never trailed again in the quarter. At the end of the quarter, Lonnie had 9 and the score was 17-7 after Walker Lewis took a hard drive to the basket for a two.

In the 2nd quarter, after a quick 2 by Walker, Garyn Prater passed inside to Hudson Rogers for a score of 21-16. The Wildcats had 8 fouls so the score inched up and then, around the 4 minute mark, Lonnie had a long 3 to get the score to 28-16. Nate got a deflection and Mason Rogers took a charge. Walker took the ball to the basket for 2 and, at 2:00 left, was fouled and brought the score to 31-18. The biggest anticipation of the quarter was waiting for Garyn's long 3 to bounce 3 or 4 times before finally bringing the score to 34-18. Walker had 7 for the quarter and the Cowboys led at the half: 36-20.

The Cowboys played just 6 deep for the bulk of the game.  In the 3rd quarter with just under 7:00, Mason had a 2 to bring the score to 40-25.  The Cowboys spread the floor on offense.  Notes:  Mason with a steal in Wildcat paint; Nate with a putback; Lonnie got big air on a D rebound; Mason with a sweet bounce pass inside to Garyn.  3rd quarter ended 58-31.

4th Quarter: Walker got a putback and an and 1; and, with 6:00 left, got another putback to bring the score to 63-33.  At 4:47 left a number of fouls were called including technicals and it took a few minutes to sort out.  With 3 minutes to go, to loud cheers from the student section, Devon Davis came in and immediately gets a D rebound. Devon had 3 points for the qtr. Max Maisel, Jack Gildea and Jacob Simons got playing time and played strong D.  Final 70-42.

Thanks to Bryn Lewis for the great report. And for our version of an almost multi-media experience, click HERE to check out a video clip from Fox 19.