Bears get back on track against Mifflin
The EAHS boys basketball team hasn't had to bounce back from a loss very often this year. And doing that in the regular season is always tough. Doing it in a must-win situation after losing the league title game in overtime is even tougher. But that's exactly what the Bears did last night, beating Governor Mifflin 67-57 in the first round of the District Three Quad-A playoffs.
In the first quarter, it looked as if last Friday's loss was a distant memory for the Bears. They came out blazing from 3-point range and playing fantastic defense. With 5:09 left in the first quarter, E-town held a 5-4 lead, and then went on a 14-0 run over the next four minutes to lead 19-4. During that run, 12 of E-town's points came on 3-pointers (one each by Chad Styer and Quinn Cozzens and two by Andrew Placeres). And Jeremi Jones capped the quarter with the Bears' sixth trey of the period with six seconds left to put E-town up 22-6 after one.
In the second quarter, though, Mifflin began to close the gap, behind super quick guard Justin Rodriguez. Rodriguez scored his teams final 10 points of the half and the last eight points overall, as the Mustangs trimmed the E-town lead to five (32-27) at halftime.
But E-town just kept coming, and began to pull away in the third. The Bears again picked up the defensive pressure and forced seven Mifflin turnovers in the third en route to outscoring the Mustangs 20-7 in the quarter.
Credit to Mifflin, they never gave up and continued to battle in the fourth, but E-town was just too much. As they have been all season, E-town was led by Cozzens, Styer, Placeres, Jones, Kyle McNeil and Bradley Garber. E-town's top six shared the ball well, and are just so comfortable together that they almost make it look easy at times.
And for the second straight year, they will be playing at the Giant Center with a chance to clinch a state playoff berth. They will take on No. 6 CD East on Saturday morning at 10 a.m. East beat E-town earlier this season. We'll have a full preview of the game in the morning, once I finish digging up some more information on them.
Here are the Bears' stat lines from Wednesday night. Fantastic game by Cozzens, by the way.
Quinn Cozzens – 16 points, 8 assists, 6 rebounds, 2 steals.
Chad Styer – 16 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists.
Kyle McNeil – 10 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal.
Andrew Placeres – 8 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal.
Bradley Garber – 6 points, 1 rebound, 1 block, 2 steals.
Jordan Hoover – 6 points, 1 rebound, 1 steal.
Jeremi Jones – 5 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist.
In the first quarter, it looked as if last Friday's loss was a distant memory for the Bears. They came out blazing from 3-point range and playing fantastic defense. With 5:09 left in the first quarter, E-town held a 5-4 lead, and then went on a 14-0 run over the next four minutes to lead 19-4. During that run, 12 of E-town's points came on 3-pointers (one each by Chad Styer and Quinn Cozzens and two by Andrew Placeres). And Jeremi Jones capped the quarter with the Bears' sixth trey of the period with six seconds left to put E-town up 22-6 after one.
In the second quarter, though, Mifflin began to close the gap, behind super quick guard Justin Rodriguez. Rodriguez scored his teams final 10 points of the half and the last eight points overall, as the Mustangs trimmed the E-town lead to five (32-27) at halftime.
But E-town just kept coming, and began to pull away in the third. The Bears again picked up the defensive pressure and forced seven Mifflin turnovers in the third en route to outscoring the Mustangs 20-7 in the quarter.
Credit to Mifflin, they never gave up and continued to battle in the fourth, but E-town was just too much. As they have been all season, E-town was led by Cozzens, Styer, Placeres, Jones, Kyle McNeil and Bradley Garber. E-town's top six shared the ball well, and are just so comfortable together that they almost make it look easy at times.
And for the second straight year, they will be playing at the Giant Center with a chance to clinch a state playoff berth. They will take on No. 6 CD East on Saturday morning at 10 a.m. East beat E-town earlier this season. We'll have a full preview of the game in the morning, once I finish digging up some more information on them.
Here are the Bears' stat lines from Wednesday night. Fantastic game by Cozzens, by the way.
Quinn Cozzens – 16 points, 8 assists, 6 rebounds, 2 steals.
Chad Styer – 16 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists.
Kyle McNeil – 10 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal.
Andrew Placeres – 8 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal.
Bradley Garber – 6 points, 1 rebound, 1 block, 2 steals.
Jordan Hoover – 6 points, 1 rebound, 1 steal.
Jeremi Jones – 5 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist.
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