Clear Lake Falconhoops

CCISD Tournament Day 2 La Marque game There was never really any doubt about the outcome of the game once Clear Lake stepped onto the court. It was one of the easiest victories Clear Lake will earn this season. None may be easy but this will be among the easiest. At 3:35 left in the first quarter, Justin Kurtz hit a trey to make it Lake 12, La Marque 3. That was how the game would proceed. After the first quarter it was 17 to 7 in favor of Lake. At the half, it was 26 to 12. At the end of three, it was 40 to 16 and the final score was 53 to 31. Notice the opponent’s score by quarter. 7-5-4-15. Clear Lake now advances to the Championship semifinal round on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. where they will face Nacogdoches. The Dragons are ranked as high as #6 in the state in some preseason polls due largely to their two big men, #51, Jinsky Grigsby (ranked in the top 30 in the state among seniors), and #55, junior Damion James(ranked #3 in the state among juniors). These twin towers can rock although, as a team, the Dragons have not played well so far in the tournament. They have had to come from behind to win their last two games. As you might expect, they do show a lot of poise and confidence when trailing at the end of the 3rd quarter. In other action in the tournament, Clear Creek upset preseason #1 ranked De Soto 50-47 to advance to the semifinal round of the championship side of the bracket. De Soto was playing without their highest scorer and only senior on the squad, Roderick Flemings (Flemings, ranked 6th in the state among seniors, signed an LOI with Oklahoma State). In the final game of the day Friday, Clear Brook defeated The Woodlands 54-47 to advance. They face Clear Creek at 1:30 in the Girls Gym. (Because of the Creek-Brook face-off, the Clear Lake - Nacogdoches game may be moved to the Girls Gym.) Unofficial (inaccurate by 3 points) scoring for the Falcons: Gordon Abner was high with 18, Justin Kurtz 12, Andy Leveque 9, Kendrell Thompson 7, Mark Murphy 5, Lee Mazurek 3, Armie Lewis had 2. 2’s: 15 of 37 (40.5%) not good enough 3’s: 4 of 13 ( 31%) not good enough Free throws: 14 of 21 (67%) approaching respectability.