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(CONTINUED FROM PAGE B1) for them,” Braves coach Dave Benter said. “That cost us to have to come out and chase a little bit in the fourth quarter, and Tinsley was phenomenal in the fourth quarter when we had to do that.” Benter said the Braves expected the 1-2-2 half court press to come at some point. “We've been working on it in practice,” he said. “But two or three of our turn overs were against just, man-to-man half-court. It’s just tough because we real ly outplayed them 22 out of the first 24 minutes.” After a first quarter fea turing three ties and a pair of lead changes, Brownstown managed a 15-12 edge. The Braves built their lead to six twice before Carson Lambring made a move to the basket, drew a foul and sank both free throws for a 26-19 lead with 1:45 to go in the half. Silver Creek’s Jake Steele scored off of an offensive rebound near the 1-minute mark to make it a five point game at the half. The Braves were the aggressors in the first 16 minutes of play, working the ball into junior post player Cam Shoemaker, who netted nine points, five rebounds, a steal and a block. “I thought we played real ly smart, played with a huge sense of urgency. We were able to get stops in transition,” Benter said “We just let some opportu nities get away on layups and missed open shots. I really felt we could have been up 12 to 15 points at half.” A basket by Shoemaker at 5:50 of the third quarter put the Braves up 28-23. But once Silver Creek called a timeout and switched defenses, the Dragons were able to out score the Braves 16-7 to pull ahead by four heading into the fourth quarter. From there, the closest Brownstown got was 59-54 on Shoemaker’s 3-pointer from the top of the key with 2 minutes to go. Silver Creek then iced the game from the line, The Dragons (21-2) had balance with Tinsley lead ing all scorers with 20 points, Cameron Cook adding 17, Gabe Bauer contributing 15 and Christian Reed chip ping in 11 points and a game-high 11 rebounds Shoemaker led the Braves (17-4) with 18 points, while Jacoby Shade finished with 14. Both of them pulled down a team high seven rebounds Collin DeHart, the Braves’ lone senior, hit a pair of 3-pointers in his final game in a Brownstown uniform “First of all, he’s got a great understanding about the game,” Benter said of DeHart. “He's one of those guys you know is going to show up and be there every day and be disciplined. You know exactly what you're going to get from him every night.” Also big about DeHart is that he cares, Benter said. “The game of basketball and succeeding as a team and being a part of some thing is something that’s really important to him,” Benter said. “There’s some thing to be said for that, just his unselfishness and showing up every day with that type of attitude.” Benter hopes his return ing players learned from the loss and will take that as motivation into next season. “We talked about some of our younger guys’ practice habits and just our focus of understanding how every single possession is because that was just mag nified tonight because of that stretch with five turn overs in six possessions,’ he said “You take that stretch away, and we have the lead going into the fourth quar ter, and now all of a sud den, they are playing catchup, and it could have completely changed the outcome of the game,” he added. “It ended up 14 points. This is not a 14-point basketball game.” PEW TRAP AARON PIPER | THE TRIBUNE Brownstown Central junior Cam Shoemaker shoots the ball on Tuesday during the first round of sectionals at Corydon High School against Silver Creek
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Seymour, Indiana, US
Wed, Mar 04, 2015
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