Only 4 days after Thanksgiving the EHE Guardians were back at it again trying to maintain they're unbeaten streak. We were bound to be a little bit rusty in this game and it sure showed. We won the tip but were down by a few points early. We came back in the first quarter due to the shooting spark of Will Whiteside. We controlled the game until the fourth quarter when we once again proceeded to slowly start to give up the game. Our nine point 4th quarter lead was decreased to 1 point. Later in the 4th Will and Caleb both committed their 5th foul and were out of the game. Off of two free throws Greenville took the lead with a minute left. Next time down the court off a missed free throw Kai ripped down an emphatic rebound and was fouled. We were in the bonus which sent Kai to the free throw line. The gym was rocking with noise and excitement. Kai missed a close free throw which lead to a foul by me. They missed the first free throw and the ball went out of bounds In our favor of possession. We broke the press and with 15 seconds left I took a beautiful pass by Mo and hit a layup which almost fell right off the rim and missed. My head would've belonged to Coach who was frustrated after a long game of missed layups. But it went in, put us up 41-40 and the crowd went bananas. It was louder than I'd ever heard it. Anthony intercepted the ball away at the other end of the court and was intentionally fouled which meant we got two free throws and the ball. Anthony bricked the first free throw and Greenville homeschool called a timeout. We all told Anthony he was going to make the free throw and sure enough it swished right through the hoop. We inbounded the ball with 7 seconds left. Anthony found a running Kai wide open at midcourt for a long pass but when Kai caught the ball he took an incidental extra step and traveled. So with 4 seconds left they had the ball with a chance to win or tie. They inbounded it and ran their best 3 point shooter off some screens and he ended up with the ball. He checked the clcok and then shot the ball for the win. It hit the back rim and hung on the front rim for a second. There was complete stillness, Nobody moved. All of us were seeing a De Ja Vu of our game against OLR last year. The ball slowly rolled off the rim and bounced to the floor. We had pulled out a very close ball game. Our next game is tomorrow against Oconee.
Individual Scoring
Matthew O'Brien-13
Matthew Kreh-7
Caleb Cash-9
John Compton-2
Anthony Porter-1
Will Whiteside-10
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