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| 2008-09 CCC STANDINGS |
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| Miami East |
11-1 |
18-1 |
| Arcanum |
11-1 |
13-6 |
| Tri-Village |
10-2 |
14-6 |
| Bethel |
9-3 |
12-8 |
| Ansonia |
7-5 |
9-11 |
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6-6 |
11-9 |
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6-6 |
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6-6 |
8-12 |
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5-7 |
10-10 |
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3-9 |
4-16 |
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3-17 |
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1-11 |
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FEBRUARY 28, 2009 - PIQUA
The unusual 2:00pm start time for Covington's first tournament game against Bradford made for some adjustments to the normal game-day routine, but Roger Craft and the Buccs took care of business in a 50-27 victory.
"We had a change (in the game time) because another team (in the sectional) had a girls game going on at the same time," Craft explained. "They had no choice but to move our game up to allow for the other game to be played later tonight."
The Riverside - Troy Christian game was originally scheduled for 2:00 and the Buccs were slated to play Bradford at 6:00. The decision to switch the games to different times wasn't finalized until the Covington's girls basketball team lost to Bethel on Thursday night.
This left both Covington and Bradford with the distraction of getting the word out about the time change in a short time frame.
"Things like that happen and you can't control it," said Craft. "If it was us and we had a girls tournament game scheduled for the same time as a boys tournament game, we'd want one of the games changed so our fans could be there for both games. It's something you just take in stride and deal with."
Which is what both teams did as the contest was back-and-forth throughout the first half as Bradford held a 17-16 lead at the break.
"They (Bradford) did some things defensively in the first half that gave us problems, in particular pressuring the ball," Craft explained. "We had some turnovers that hurt and we missed some easy shots."
Covington didn't score until 2:50 was left on the clock in the first quarter, but Bradford could only manage two free throws and a Chris Vogler jumper.
The Buccs then closed out the frame on a 10-4 run to take a 10-8 lead after one.
But Bradford battled back in the second quarter thanks to the hot shooting of Looker and holding its own on the boards - which limited Covington to one-shot possessions.
"Give Bradford credit, they came to play," Craft praised of a gritty Bradford team. "They are very well coached and a much improved team. They are headed in the right direction as a program and that's good for our conference."
Covington took control of the game in the second half thanks to some stellar defensive play and some long range shooting by Eric Beckstedt.
Defensively, the Buccs held Bradford to just two points in the third and a total of ten points in the second half.
Logan Looker, who scored nine points in the first half, was held scoreless in the second half and Phillip Jones only scored four points in the contest after scoring 21 points against the Buccs on February 6.
"We did a good job defensively in the second half of keeping them from getting a second or third shot," said Craft. "Josh Boehringer was big on the boards tonight."
And Beckstedt canned four second half treys to get Covington rolling offensively. The sophomore ended the contest with 14 points.
"Eric's a big part of our offense," Craft explained. "We've been working with him on coming tight off the screens because teams are not going to give him much time to get his shot off. He's getting better and better moving without the basketball."
Adam Craft also came up big offensively as he led the Buccs with a game-high 17 points - much of that coming inside the paint.
"Adam did a good job of managing the offense," said Craft. "He's strong bringing the ball up the floor and he does a good job getting inside to. His strength inside made a difference."
The strength advantage for Covington was apparent throughout the contest.
"Our kids like the weight room," continued Craft. "We know we have a strength advantage against a lot of teams and we use it. But you still have to make basketball plays and we did that in the second half."
The Buccs torched the nets for 18 third quarter points and then followed with 14 more points in the final frame to cruise to a 50-27 win.
Covington was 18-for-38 from the floor for 47%, 12-for-26 from inside the paint (46%) and 6-for-12 from behind the arc. The Buccs also converted on 8 of 11 free throws for 72%.
Bradford shot 31% in the contest on 11 of 35 from the floor. The Railroaders struggled inside as they made just 8 of 23 shots from inside the paint (34%) and from behind the arc, 3-for-12 for 25%. Bradford only went to the free throw line twice and made 2 of 4.
Covington controlled the boards 21-15, while the turnover margin was virtually even - 13 for the Buccs and 15 for Bradford.
The victory advances the Buccs to the second round of the tournament on Wednesday at 7:30pm against Ft. Loramie, who defeated Fairlawn.
Unless there's an unexpected time change.
Scoring by Quarters:
Covington ............10......16......34......50 - 50
Bradford .................8.......17.....19......27 - 27
Covington Scoring:
Adam Craft - 17
Eric Beckstedt - 14
Nate Lavey - 7
Jordy Meyer - 4
Martin Leistner - 4
Andy Sparks - 2
Ben Christian - 2
Bradford Scoring:
Logan Looker - 9
Chris Vogler - 6
Phillip Jones - 4
Cody Shafer - 4
Douglas Canan - 2
Daniel Phillips - 2
3-point Scoring:
Covington: Eric Beckstedt (4), Adam Craft (1), Nate Lavey (1)
Bradford: Logan Looker (2), Chris Vogler (1)
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