JUDA - The Panthers couldn't hold a 10-point halftime lead Saturday, as Clinton's pressure defense forced Juda to turn the ball over numerous times in the second half. When the clock struck zero, the Panthers were down and out, 50-42.
"Offensively we were patient and took advantage of things when we had the chance," coach Kyle Krueger said. "But the story of the game I think was on defense. To hold them to just 15 points in the first half when they are averaging close to 70 is great."
Coming into Saturday's game, Clinton (4-5) has averaged over 64 points per game.
"Coach told us going into the game that we wanted to stop them from penetrating and slowing down the tempo of the game," junior guard Dylan Bauman said.
Bauman scored a team-high 12 points, all of which came in the first half. Bauman's biggest problem was trying to stay on the court - he had three fouls in the first half and picked up his fourth just 22 seconds into the third.
"I was really hoping I wasn't going to pick up the fifth one there at the end," Bauman said.
He sat the entire third quarter and re-entered the game in the fourth. After playing just 2 minutes and 1 second in the fourth, Bauman was called on a questionable charge at the baseline while going to the hoop, ending his night.
"We're not overly talented or overly deep with basketball players. So we need to rely on all of our guys and I think we ended up running out of gas," Krueger said.
Juda jumped out to an 11-6 lead in the first quarter and twice led by 11. By the break, the Panthers were ahead, 25-15.
"Ultimately they stepped up their pressure," Krueger said. "If we could have broken the press and controlled the tempo there like we did in the first half, it could have been a different game."
The Cougars used a stifling fullcourt press and halfcourt trap, forcing the Panthers into several inbounds and transition turnovers. By the end of the third quarter, Juda led just 31-29. A 17-5 Clinton run put the Panthers behind by ten with under a minute to play.
Free throws by freshman guard Matt Trotter and a pair of transition layups by Bryan Bauman brought the game back to within two scores.
After Bauman's second basket, with eight seconds left, the Panthers, who had used up all of their timeouts, did something that few have likely seen on a basketball court. Three Juda players grabbed the ball just after it had gone through the hoop and ran off the floor and out of the gym, which led to a delay of game call, thus stopping the clock with five seconds remaining.
"That was coach (Mike) Armitage's idea," Krueger said. "We needed to stop the clock because we had no timeouts left so we wanted a delay of game. We didn't know if knocking the ball away or whatever we might get it, so we chose to take the ball and hope the officials would call it - and they did. We were just taking advantage of the rule."
It was a last-ditch chance at getting another quick score, but when finally given the chance, Clinton cleanly inbounded the ball and ended the game.
Joey Jordan scored 10 points and Bryan Bauman added eight for the Panthers. Clinton's Justin Langley led all scorers with 20 points.
Juda travels to Monticello Tuesday.
"Offensively we were patient and took advantage of things when we had the chance," coach Kyle Krueger said. "But the story of the game I think was on defense. To hold them to just 15 points in the first half when they are averaging close to 70 is great."
Coming into Saturday's game, Clinton (4-5) has averaged over 64 points per game.
"Coach told us going into the game that we wanted to stop them from penetrating and slowing down the tempo of the game," junior guard Dylan Bauman said.
Bauman scored a team-high 12 points, all of which came in the first half. Bauman's biggest problem was trying to stay on the court - he had three fouls in the first half and picked up his fourth just 22 seconds into the third.
"I was really hoping I wasn't going to pick up the fifth one there at the end," Bauman said.
He sat the entire third quarter and re-entered the game in the fourth. After playing just 2 minutes and 1 second in the fourth, Bauman was called on a questionable charge at the baseline while going to the hoop, ending his night.
"We're not overly talented or overly deep with basketball players. So we need to rely on all of our guys and I think we ended up running out of gas," Krueger said.
Juda jumped out to an 11-6 lead in the first quarter and twice led by 11. By the break, the Panthers were ahead, 25-15.
"Ultimately they stepped up their pressure," Krueger said. "If we could have broken the press and controlled the tempo there like we did in the first half, it could have been a different game."
The Cougars used a stifling fullcourt press and halfcourt trap, forcing the Panthers into several inbounds and transition turnovers. By the end of the third quarter, Juda led just 31-29. A 17-5 Clinton run put the Panthers behind by ten with under a minute to play.
Free throws by freshman guard Matt Trotter and a pair of transition layups by Bryan Bauman brought the game back to within two scores.
After Bauman's second basket, with eight seconds left, the Panthers, who had used up all of their timeouts, did something that few have likely seen on a basketball court. Three Juda players grabbed the ball just after it had gone through the hoop and ran off the floor and out of the gym, which led to a delay of game call, thus stopping the clock with five seconds remaining.
"That was coach (Mike) Armitage's idea," Krueger said. "We needed to stop the clock because we had no timeouts left so we wanted a delay of game. We didn't know if knocking the ball away or whatever we might get it, so we chose to take the ball and hope the officials would call it - and they did. We were just taking advantage of the rule."
It was a last-ditch chance at getting another quick score, but when finally given the chance, Clinton cleanly inbounded the ball and ended the game.
Joey Jordan scored 10 points and Bryan Bauman added eight for the Panthers. Clinton's Justin Langley led all scorers with 20 points.
Juda travels to Monticello Tuesday.
