GRAHAMSVILLE--In a battle of the unbeaten and overall rights
to first place in the OCIAA Division V the S.S. Seward Spartans edged out an
overtime 54-49 victory against Tri-Valley last Thursday night at
Grahamsville.
Both teams entered this pivotal game undefeated with 3-0
league records but the determining factor in this game were turnovers and very
tough defense by both squads.
The Bears committed a total of 21 turnovers compared to
Seward's 12 and this played out big in the Spartans victory. Tough interior
defense by Seward also played big in this game.
Tri-Valley's first quarter of play proved to be the Bears
highlight as they outscored Seward 11-6.
The Spartans picked up and improved their offensive efforts
in the second quarter outscoring Tri-Valley 15-10 to even the score at half time
21-21.
Seward edged the Bears in the third quarter 17-10 to take a
38-31 lead into the fourth quarter.
A determined Tri-Valley team put it together in the fourth
quarter with three pointers by Rodney Jester and Cody Exner and driving layups
and several key foul shots by Shatik Smith to outscore Seward 16-8 and a 47-47
tie at the end of regulation play.
Overtime play went totally to Seward as Marquis Gonzalez
scored all seven of Seward's points outscoring the Bears 7-2 on two foul shots
by Smith.
The win for Seward puts their league record at 4-0 and 6-2
overall. Tri-Valley's league record is now 3-1 and 6-3 overall.
Shatik Smith had 19 points for Tri-Valley followed by 11 for
Cody Exner and 8 for James Pugh.
Marquis Gonzalez led the Spartans with 19
points.
The play by both teams put them as teams to watch in the
league championship playoffs.
Photo Identification
Tri-Valley's senior point guard Shatik Smith (No, 23) scores
two of his 19 points in Tri-Valley's 54-49 loss against S.S. Seward last
Thursday at Grahamsville.
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