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- Marietta’s Trey Hawkins (3) handles the ball as Warren’s Jaxon Venham (20) defends throughout Friday’s recreation in Vincent. (Photo by Jordan Holland)
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- Warren’s Shawn Adams (12) assaults the basket as Marietta’s Lucas Miller, left, and Logan Grosklos defend throughout Friday’s recreation in Vincent. (Photo by Jordan Holland)
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- Marietta’s Logan Grosklos (10) knocks down a 3-pointer throughout Friday’s recreation in opposition to Warren in Vincent. (Photo by Jordan Holland)
Marietta’s Trey Hawkins (3) handles the ball as Warren’s Jaxon Venham (20) defends throughout Friday’s recreation in Vincent. (Photo by Jordan Holland)
VINCENT — Forgive the Marietta boys basketball crew in the event that they aren’t in a rush to re-watch Friday’s 51-43 win over Warren.
Offense was arduous to return by at instances for the Tigers, even across the rim, however head coach Austin Gardner’s squad did precisely what they wanted to do to depart Warrior Coliseum with a victory.
“It might be tough to watch some of the film of that, actually, but good teams find a way to win games, especially on the road,” stated Gardner, whose crew improved to 2-0. “This is a really tough place to play. Some things didn’t go our way finishing around the basket. We got lackadaisical a little bit in the first half, but I thought in the second half we locked in and we stayed focused.”
Warren (1-2) didn’t seem like a younger crew that’s nonetheless discovering its footing, though that’s the case. The Warriors gave their rivals a troublesome battle and held leads of 12-10 after one and 27-26 at halftime.
“We’ve got to continue to get better,” stated Warren head coach Blane Maddox. “I love the way they competed. Gave a nice effort against one of the better teams in Southeast Ohio. We gave them all they wanted for a long time.”
Warren’s Shawn Adams (12) assaults the basket as Marietta’s Lucas Miller, left, and Logan Grosklos defend throughout Friday’s recreation in Vincent. (Photo by Jordan Holland)
Coming out of halftime, it was Warren that couldn’t discover the underside of the web. The Warriors have been 1 for 9 from the ground within the third interval, with the one being a 3-pointer by Hudson Elzey to start the quarter and put the hosts up 4. Warren additionally was simply 3 for 8 on the free-throw line within the third, giving the Tigers a chance to take control. They took it.
Zaiden Wittekind’s putback, which got here after a collection of misses and offensive rebounds by the Tigers, put MHS on top for good at 34-33 with 1:10 to go within the third. Wittekind then recorded a steal on the opposite finish, and teammate Logan Grosklos, who scored a team-high 11 factors, turned it right into a bucket off the glass to make it 36-33 going into the fourth.
“Just got to score points,” Maddox stated. “Defense was solid. Rebounding hurt. Very physical game. We might’ve worn down a little bit, but I thought we played extremely hard and gave ourselves a chance. Just got to finish the deal.”
Two free throws by Trey Hawkins and a 3-pointer by Owen Riley widened the margin to 41-33. Warren lower the deficit to 6 on two events, however couldn’t draw nearer as Marietta stored its foot on the gasoline. Up 44-37, Wittekind’s turnaround jumper and Hawkins’ basket gave the Tigers the primary double-digit lead of the sport.
“You’ve got to be good for 32 minutes,” Maddox stated. “We hit some shots the first half. We battled. We took care of the turnovers for the most part, but we had three or four in a row when they made their run and got that gap on us.”
Marietta’s Logan Grosklos (10) knocks down a 3-pointer throughout Friday’s recreation in opposition to Warren in Vincent. (Photo by Jordan Holland)
In the primary half, Marietta was 10 for 27 from the ground and missed a handful of makes an attempt across the basket. With the close-range photographs not working, the Tigers turned to the 3-point line. Grosklos buried three triples within the second quarter and Graeson Moat, who completed with seven factors, added one other to supply Marietta with a spark.
“Logan definitely gave us a lift,” Gardner stated. “He’s put in an incredible amount of time, and Logan’s very deserving to have that moment, especially in the first half. He’s always in the right spot, defensively. Super coachable. Honestly, he’s exactly what we want to exemplify in our program. Logan gave us a huge lift in the first half to keep us afloat. I think he tried to take the lid off the basket for us, and we ended up finding a way to get enough baskets at the end.”
Wittekind simply missed a double-double with 9 factors and a game-high 12 rebounds. Hawkins added 10 factors and 9 boards whereas Riley completed with seven factors. Marietta out-rebounded Warren 37-27.
The Tigers shot 37.5% (18 for 48) from the ground whereas the Warriors completed 42.5% (17 for 40).
Blake Grimes led WHS with a 15-point, 10-rebound double-double and in addition tallied 4 steals. Caleb Tullius added eight factors, Elzey netted seven and Jackson Perdue chipped in six.
For the third straight 12 months, Marietta defeated Warren within the first assembly of the season. Both instances, although, the Warriors obtained revenge within the rematch. The Tigers are hoping to vary that narrative this time round.
“I don’t think we’ve beaten Warren back-to-back in the same year since maybe 2009,” Gardner stated. “That’s been a big focus of ours, and job one was to come in here and get one, and we did.”
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