Legacy Defeats Douglas County
The Legacy Lighting defeated the Douglas County Huskies Wednesday night in the second semi-final game of the Thunderhawk Hoopfest at Prairie View High School. The Lighting held the Huskies to just five points in the first quarter and then built an 18 point lead off of tough defense, rebounding, and the hot hand of senior guard Tyler Converse by halftime. The Lightning had to hold off the hard charging Huskies in the second half.
Legacy dominated the first quarter with it’s defense and poise. The Lightning defense wasn’t a smothering whirlwind type of defense. It was for the most part a solid half court man to man defense, that defended the passing lanes, kept help side defense in the paint and that when a shot did go up they were already in rebounding position. Thanks in part to the Lighting, the Huskies offense looked stagnant, committed too many turnovers and took bad shots. Legacy had four different players score at least four points in the quarter as the Douglas County press defense did little to slow the Lighting. The Lighting led 17-5 at the end of the quarter.
The Huskies junior guard Solomon Stark started off the second quarter with back to back three balls but Converse answered back with five points of his own in less than a minute . The Huskies had severe scoring issues in the quarter, going more than six minutes with out a field goal. The Lightning on the other hand scored 20 points in the quarter, nine points came from Converse.
In the third quarter the Huskies baskets started rolling in. Freshman Davon Walker scored nine of the Huskies 20 points in the quarter. It was the Huskies defense and improved rebounding presence that started the scoring furry of the Huskies in the 3rd quarter. Meanwhile the Lighting struggled with the new half court defense the Huskies used.
As the fourth quarter got going the Lightning was holding a 43-39. The Huskies had back to back chances to cut the lead but failed to get the ball in the basket. Converse scored six points in the quarter and senior Jacob Boeckenstedt and sophomore Caden Sehr hit big three point shots that stifled the Husky comeback. The Husky’s went cold shooting again in the fourth quarter and the offense seemed to become more stagnant like it had been earlier in the game. Legacy defeats Douglas County going away 63-44.
The Lightning looked like the more experience team as the Huskies seemed to have played like a young team that was in it’s first semi-finals game.
Double Digit Scorers
Legacy
Converse – 23
Douglas County
Stark – 11
Walker – 12
