A USA-365.com Special Report
by Mark Smith
12-06-2009
Team /Record | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final |
CROWN POINT (1-1, 0-1 DAC) | 8 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 43 |
LaPORTE (3-0, 1-0 DAC) | 14 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 65 |
Friday, December 4, 2009 - Duneland Athletic Conference opener at LaPORTE, IN
CROWN POINT (43)
Michael Albrecht 6-4-17, Sean Crary 5-2-12, Tony Patrick 0-1-1, Jordan
Jurasevich 3-0-5, Billy Brown 1-0-2, Zak Bostian 1-1-3, Scooter Jacobus 0-0-0,
Dejan Stefanovic 0-0-0, Peter Parks 0-0-0. TOTALS: 17 (7-18) 43.
LaPORTE (65) Evan Jurjevic 1-0-2, Rich Leslie 6-4-15,
Patrick Spence 5-2-14, Jacob Craft 3-6-12, Dustin DeMuth 5-10-20, Scott Vaughn
1-0-2, Emerson Cooper 0-0-0, Chris Webb 0-0-0, Damon Carnes 0-0-0, Jake Eaton
0-0-0. TOTALS: 20 (22-29) 65.
FREE THROWS: CP (7-18, 38.9%) Michael Albrecht 4-6, Sean
Crary 2-4, Tony Patrick 1-3, Evan Langbehn 0-3, Peter Parks 0-2; LaPORTE (22-29,
75.9%) Rich Leslie 4-7, Jacob Craft 6-7, Dustin DeMuth 10-11.
REBOUNDS: CP (22) Jordan Jurasevich 5, Michael Albrecht 5,
Sean Crary 4, Scooter Jacobus 2, Billy Brown 2, Evan Langbehn 2, Tony Patrick,
Peter Parks; LaPORTE (29) Dustin DeMuth 10, Rich Leslie 4, Patrick Spence 3,
Jacob Craft 4, Damon Carnes 4, Evan Jurjevic 3, Scott Vaughn 2.
ASSISTS: CP (7) Michael Albrecht 6, Tony Patrick; LaPORTE
(9) Dustin DeMuth 3, Evan Jurjevic 2, Rich Vaughn 2, Chris Webb, Rich Leslie.
STEALS: CP (8) Michael Albrecht 3, Tony Patrick 2, Billy
Brown 2, Zak Bostian; LaPORTE: (5) Dustin Demuth 3, Rich Leslie 2.
TURNOVERS: CP 12, LaPORTE 16
3-GOALS: CP (2) Michael Albrecht, Zak Bostian; LaPORTE (3)
Jacob Craft 2, Rich Leslie.
FOULED OUT: CP (1) Sean Crary (4th Q) 4:12 left.
LaPORTE, IN (12-04-2009) In truth, the game might have been over before it began when Crown Point's 6-foot-9 junior center Jared Smoot did not make the bus trip to LaPorte County due to illness. LaPorte, which had previously won two run-and-gun games with South Bend schools, was favored to win on their home court anyway and the resulting 65-43 victory was disappointing for CP, but not totally a shock.
It was important that the smaller,
less physical Bulldogs did not back down. There's 'only' 13 DAC games left to
play.
"I thought we did well in that respect," said Swan who agreed that some of his
boys may have been nervous in their first varsity road game and their first DAC
game. "I thought Spike and Sean played well. But we've got to find
more scoring options. All of that (the 'firsts') made it hard."
LaPorte led 26-20 after a poor shooting first half, but started the third
quarter with a 7-2 surge. The Slicer defense recognized that either Crary
or Albrecht would be shooting for the Bulldogs and everyone on the floor gave
them special attention.
Crary, a very mobile 6-foot-1
junior, fouled out with 4:12 left in the game and the gap grew from 15 to 25
after he left. Albrecht had 17 points, five assists and four steals with
only one turnover.
DeMuth, who played inside most of the game, scored 20 with five rebounds, three
steals and four well-earned fouls. Crown Point used a 2-2-1 full court
press to slow down the Slicers, but CP simply had no offense to counter the few
points LaPorte put up in the first half.
"Their press gave us some problems," said Wells. "And I don't think we
ever totally got a handle on Albrecht. I don't think we were that good.
But we made some adjustments at halftime and I think we moved the ball better."
There may be some hard feelings between the two teams, but the rematch won't
happen until Feb. 11 at Crown Point and a lot of more important games will occur
for both sides before then.
Swan apologized for being nonspecific and all-encompassing about what he thought
of the game.
"We've just got to get better," he
said. "All around, we just have to get better."
DOG NOTES: Crown Point center Jared Smoot, who had 10
rebounds in the opening win over Hanover, was home sick. It was hoped he'd
be back Tuesday, Dec. 8 at Morton or Friday, Dec. 11 at Lake Central.
Official team statistics had a 41-29 rebound advantage for LaPorte, but those
totals included 12 'team rebounds,' whatever those are. An unofficial
total had LaPorte winning the rebounding battle 29-22.
LaPorte will play Class 4A No. 2 North Central at Purdue University on Saturday,
Jan. 2. Except for Christmas Day, Crown Point plays every Tuesday and
Friday in the month of December.
The CP starting five included Michael Albrecht, Sean Crary, Billy Brown, Evan Langbehn and Scooter Jacobus. The loss broke a four-game CP winning streak against LaPorte. The Bulldogs have still won seven of the last nine from the Slicers.
2010 CROWN
POINT Bulldogs (1-1)
Coach: Clint Swan, 44-24 (4th year) 15-8
(2009), 17-7 (2008), 12-9 (2007)
All games begin with JV game at 6:00 p.m.
Nov. 28 (W) 41-39 Hanover Central
(3-1)
Dec. 4 (L) 43-65 at LaPorte (3-0)
Dec. 8 (Tues) at Morton (0-2)
Dec. 11 (F) Lake Central
Dec. 15 (Tues) Valparaiso
Dec. 18 (F) at Michigan City
Dec. 22 (Tues) Griffith
Dec. 29 (Tues) at Merrillville
Jan. 2 (Sat) at Portage
Jan. 8 (Fri) Chesterton
Jan. 15 (Fri) at Lake Central
Jan. 22 (Fri) Michigan City
Jan. 23 (Sat) at East Chicago
Jan. 29 (Fri.) at Valparaiso
Jan. 30 (Sat) Boone Grove
Feb. 5 (F) Merrillville
Feb. 11 (Thurs) LaPorte
Feb. 19 (Fri.) Portage
Feb. 20 (Sat.) at Lowell
Feb. 26 (Fri.) at Chesterton
Michigan City (4A) Sectional
March 2 (Tu.) quarterfinals
March 5 (Fri) semifinals
March 6 (Sat) championship
Michigan City (4A) Regional
March 13 (Sat.) semifinals (a.m.)
March 13 (Sat.) championship (p.m.)
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