Friday, December 20, 2013

Charlestown at New Mission

Well, I'm back again for the 5th year of CrunkDubHoops. I'm excited to see what happens in our Boston school system. It's always nice to shine some light on the inner city squads. Last night I headed out to Hyde Park to see what Boston's North division has in store for us this year. And clearly, after an off year, someone is ready to come back with a vengeance.

Charlestown was the Division 1 EMass North Section champion last year and would have went all the way if not stopped by Brockton in overtime at the Garden. This year they had to postpone their first game due to weather but these big boys were fired up so they had their official first game at New Mission. The Titans were pumped up as well coming off a victory in their first road game at Burke just the day before. So onto the action we go...

Both teams had to be overhyped for the near capacity crowd. They missed tons of layups to open. After a CTown timeout (6:50) and a harassing first 2 mins of CTown's backcourt, finally a score was made. Titans called a timeout (5:12) to regather themselves as well since all the steals they made in full court press led to missed layups. But when both teams finally woke up, CTown had at least 5 asts that led to post points, due to the fact that when they did get the ball over halfcourt, a big was always open. More than half the squad always pressured full court, so someone was always open. Captain and senior guard Taris Wilson had 3 asts just to forward Frederick Oliveira alone. It was a scrappy first quarter that had the Townies up by 2 to end the period.

Charlestown 17  New Mission 15

The Titans must have had an issue with holding a lead the whole quarter and giving it up to end the period. So to show their anger, they score 7 straight points to start the 2nd. This alerted Ctown to call a timeout (6:53) in which they put every last starter back in. Mission's dribble drive penetration proved too much to handle and with Fred Rivers securing the post at the other end, transition was only made easier for the Titans. They scored another 6 buckets before CTown called timeout (2:54). Rivers had 3 blocks in that quarter and a couple more to end the game later.

New Mission 40  Charlestown 22

To start the half Ctown called a timeout (5:14) because they weren't content with trading off points. At that points Mission had a 6-2 run going. Ctown proved very weak on the boards through the 2nd and 3rd quarters which isn't a good sign when more than half your squad is over 6'2 and more than half of the active players you are facing are under 6'0. The Townies forced a Mission timeout (2:23) after they capped off an 8 point run with a Taris Wilson dunk. That's when CTown started pressing full court. They had broke back under a 20 point deficit. New Mission junior guard Glenn Randall would lead in keeping the team's composure to end the 3rd including hitting 2 3 pointers from well outside the arc.
He finished with 10.

New Mission 55  Charlestown 39

Shortly after a CTown timeout (4:36) tried to stop the momentum of a 12-2 Titan run...both teams gradually sat their starters. The Titan bench made it just a lil bit worse after senior guard and captain Shaquan Murray had matched the 8 pt first quarter he had and led all scorers with 22. When it was all said and done, New Mission had gone 2-0 posting a win home and away.

New Mission 76  Charlestown 46

New Mission hopes to carry this momentum and teamwork into a hard week of practice. Their next games will consist of Nat'l powerhouse DeMatha Catholic (MD) and state power Bishop Guertin (NH) in that order just days after each other in holiday invitationals.

Interview to follow.

New Mission (2-0)- 76

Shaquan Murray 22, Glenn Randall 10, F. Rivers 9, A. Staniford 9
T. Lee 7, C. Mitchell 5, S. Nzerem 5, M. Allien 4, K. Harris 3, B. Ortiz 2

Charlestown (0-1)- 46

Frederick Oliviera 14, O. Benner 8, J. Edwards 6, T. Wilson 5
K. Platt 4, M. Spinola 3, J. Harper-Lopez 2, J. Joseph 2, J. Ramos 2

 

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