LIVINGSTON MANOR--Scoring the winning basket with seconds
left on the clock is becoming part of the Tri-Valley varsity boys mystique this
basketball season as they squeaked out another amazing win at Livingston Manor
last Friday night.
Trailing by one point with a slim seven seconds remaining
Tri-Valley's point guard Shatic Smith took a driving layup to the hoop for the
winning basket with 2.1 seconds left on the scoreboard clock.
Smith's shot didn't at first find the net and rolled around
the rim and finally through the net.
The Wildcats still had 2.1 seconds but had to inbound the
ball from under the Bears basketball and a long three-point attempt from almost
half court never found the rim.
Tri-Valley's bench leaped with joy in winning their second
game of the season by one point on a last second score.
On December 21 at Tri-Valley Fallsburg had a four point lead
with 11 seconds left but a three-pointer from the corner by small-forward Rodney
T. Jester put the Bears down by only one point and six seconds on the scoreboard
clock. An intercepted inbound pass by James Pugh followed by a missed
three-pointer by Shatic Smith rebounded off the backboard into the hands of Alex
Brown who banked in the winning basket, ( 73-72 ) at the buzzer.
One could never have predicted a close game after the first
four minutes of the first quarter as Tru-Valley jumped out to a 10-2 lead on
several fast breaks and Livingston Manor turnovers.
With the clock reaching the 3:37 mark the Wildcats had
chipped away at the Bears lead to close the lead to 10-9 with two-minutes left
in the quarter.
Tri-Valley's Cody Exner then scored his third three-pointer
of the quarter as the Bears took a 13-9 lead at the end of eight-minutes of
play.
Livingston Manor evened the score at 13-13 on a nice
turnaround layup by Josh Janik at the 5:54 mark of the second quarter. Both
teams swapped two-pointers but several layups by Shatic Smith and a driving
layup by Alex Brown pushed the Bears halftime lead to 24-17. Leading the Manor's
scoring in the second quarter was Janik with six points.
Tri-Valley outscored Livingston Manor 16-8 in the third
quarter with Cody Exner adding two more three pointers for a Bears 40-29 lead.
Manor's Janik continued his good scoring with four points.
The fourth quarter totally belonged to Livingston Manor as
they outscored Tri-Valley 20-10 led by Janik's six points and several Bears
turnovers created by strong defensive play by the Wildcats.
Exner led the Bears scoring attack with five three-pointers
and several two pointers for 21 points. Smith added 13 points for Tri-Valley who
runs their overall record to 8-2 with this non-league win.
Josh Janik totaled 21 points and 14 rebounds for Livingston
Manor who's record is now 3-6.
PHOTO IDENTIFICATION
Tri-Valley's Sam Tingley avoids the Manor's T. Lockhart to
score a three pointer during the third quarter of play.
A host of Tri-Valley defenders attempt to block Livingston
Manor's Josh Janik as he scores two of his team high 21 points.
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