Ottawa Hills pulls away to capture outright crown
2/13/2010Ottawa Hills came alive Friday night with a fiery 20-0 third-quarter run and handily defeated Emmanual Christian 68-39 to claim a Toledo Area Athletic Conference boys basketball outright title.
Andrew Jamieson and Eliot Browarsky poured in 19 and 16 points, respectively for the Green Bears (16-1,11-0), who led 26-20 at halftime.
The Warriors (5-14, 3-8) were led by Julius Turner who cut loose for 23 points.
Emmanuel Christian was 10 for 17 at the foul line. Ottawa Hills was 7 for 9.
Hunter Stephens' basket in the final 30 seconds of overtime gave the Lakers the road victory.
Rodney Johnson scored 16 points to lead Danbury (9-6, 5-4 TAAC), while Stephens finished with 15 and Tyler Boring added 14 for the Lakers.
The win was the 100th for Lakers coach Joe Miller, who now has a record of 100-69 at the school.
Jeremy Weemes scored 21 points to lead the Eagles (8-6, 7-3), while freshman Dominique Pittman added 12.
The Rangers were held scoreless in the opener quarter on their home floor and could never recover.
Henry Beausejour led a balanced Maumee Valley scoring attack with 10 points.
Northwood was topped by
David Green's 20 points.