Windham’s First Team Suffers Second Defeat to Scarborough 59-48

Basketball - WHS Boys First Team 

January 23, 2010

 

Vlad Yerkovich defends against the Red Storm shooter. David Field photo.

 

Scarborough: The Red Storm dominated the first half of the game and maintained in the second to put away the Windham Eagles Saturday afternoon 59-48.

 

Scarborough, like Biddeford used a 2-3 zone that frustrated the Eagle squad for much of the game.  Additionally, the Red Storm’s shooting was precise as they used the long ball to record several three-pointers.  As the clocked ticked down for the end of the first quarter, Windham was wondering what they had to do to contain their opponents and generate an offense of their own.  Scarborough led 17-9 at the end of the first.

 

Connor Flynn puts a nice jump shot up for the Eagles. David Field photo

 

The second quarter again saw Scarborough out-score Windham by seven points and that was despite the foul trouble their squad got into.  The Red Storm had 12 fouls called against them in the first half compared to Windham’s five.  Windham missed a total of eight free throws in the first half to add to the frustration of the game.  At the half, Windham was down by 15 points.  That spread was actually lower than the largest spread of 20 mid-way through the second quarter.

 

Dylan Weisser with hands up to defend against his man. David Field photo.

 

In the third, Windham came out and started playing more aggressively.  They began to chip away at the Red Storm lead and also were being called for fouls.  The aggressive style also gave Windham some opportunities at the foul line as well as they began to drive to the hoop to draw fouls instead of trying to make the outside shots.  Windham outscored Scarborough 16-12 in the third quarter and looked to be making a comeback.

 

Both teams in the fourth quarter began to let the frustrations of the physical game show.  Windham continued to chip away at Scarborough’s lead and continued to have the whistles blown against them.  Not to be out-done, the Red Storm’s #21 had a call against him with 3:19 left in the game that resulted in his fifth foul of the game.  Windham got to within six points but Scarborough resorted to time killing and Windham had little choice but to force foul Scarborough.  Shawn Francoeur took a seat after being whistled for his fifth foul with just over a minute left in the game.  The Eagles applied full-court pressure, fouled and continued to send Red-Storm players to the free throw line.  Windham’s attempts to chip away at the lead were to no avail as they ended up losing by 11.

 

Catch the Eagles next Saturday at 12:00 as they take on Kennebunk in Windham.