Clear Lake Falconhoops

There are some games that Clear Lake is always suppose to win in varsity basketball. Baytown Sterling is one of those games. No one explained to new Sterling Coach Mark Patton that his team was supposed to lose tonight. His players didn’t quite grasp the notion either. They out hustled, out rebounded, out shot and out played the Falcons on both ends of the court most of the game. It wasn’t that Lake played poorly. They didn’t. It was just that Sterling played better. They certainly shot better. If fact they shot the lights out for most of 3 quarters after getting off to a slow start. Lake's defense was ineffective throughout most of the contest because Sterling's outside shooting was accurate and usually uncontested. Perhaps the quickness of Lee Mazurek on the wing might have made a slight difference had he not been out due to illness. If you look at the scoring by quarter: QTR 1 2 3 4 US 10 14 25 20 Them 8 22 26 20 The second quarter was the only quarter Lake got outscored by more than a point, despite the line scores reported in the Chronicle. But in reality, Lake got out shot and out played almost the entire game after the first quarter. Sterling played uncharacteristically better team ball tonight. Clear Lake has been known for its team play for many years but tonight Sterling showed some style and some teamwork that Lake should learn from. Not to mention incredible three point shooting that would have made any coach proud. Justin Kurtz returned to play after being sidelined with his fourth broken nose. Bothersome at first, his face guard did not seem to slow him down most of the game as he scored a team high 18 points. Gordon Abner also had an impressive outing scoring 17 points. Armie Lewis went 9 of 10 from the charity stripe to chip in 15 points. Mark Murphy had another inspiring outing, garnering several key rebounds and scoring 10 points despite seeing limited play in the second half. Scoring for the Falcons: Justin Kurtz 18, Gordon Abner 17, Armie Lewis 15, Mark Murphy 10, Kendrell Thompson 5, Jordan Villarreal 4 2’s: 20 of 35 (57%) needs much improvement 3’s: 5 of 13 ) (38%) okay Free throws: 14 of 20. (70%) needs improvement