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Londonderry Lancers Boys Basketball '20-'21

Sat, Mar 06, 2021 05:00 PM @ Londonderry
Team 1 2 3 4 Final
Timberlane 15 6 7 13 41
Londonderry 23 3 20 23 69

Owls' run ends in Londonderry

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Saturday, March, 06 By By Dave Dyer

LONDONDERRY — Timberlane's boys basketball team lost its Cinderella slipper in the second half late Saturday afternoon.

As a result, after two tournament victories, the Owls (6-9) bowed out in the Division 1 quarterfinals, 69-41 to Londonderry.

While the final score was a bit lopsided, Timberlane was right in it at halftime, trailing 26-21 and, if not for two factors, might well have been leading.

First, the Lancers were sensational from 3-point land in the first quarter, hitting 7 of 8, while taking a 23-15 lead. Second, the Owls were miserable from the free throw line, going just 1 for 7 and missing the front end of two 1 and 1 opportunities.

"I thought we were actually fine, in a pretty good spot at halftime," said Timberlane coach Jeff Baumann. "We didn't think they could keep making those 3-pointers and we really dug in in the second quarter."

But everything fell apart in the third quarter for the Owls as the host Lancers went on an 11-2 run to start the second half and never looked back.

Timberlane, which had only four turnovers in the first half, had seven in the third quarter, and its defense weakened.

After giving up no 2-point field goals in the first half, the Owls surrendered seven in the third frame including three by usual high scorer Jackson Cox, who was held scoreless in the first half.

"Our game plan was not to let him (Cox) get in the paint and score and I thought we did a good job of that," said Baumann. "I think we just ran out of gas in the second half. We worked so hard in practice, I think the legs wore down."

Also not helpful was that senior stalwart Robert Olson, who led the Owls with 11 points and 7 rebounds, missed time in the first half with two fouls, got into foul trouble in the third quarter and fouled out 35 seconds into the fourth quarter on a questionable charging call.

"He (Olson) had a great postseason and you can see how important he is for us," said Baumann. "He came to play every game in the postseason."

Olson, who was also a fine receiver for the Owls in football, considers the Owls' basketball postseason run, the highlight of his career.

"I'm proud of the run we made and it was everything I could have wished for — I think it's been a long time since Timberlane won a playoff game, and we won two," said Olson. "We did everything we could tonight, but they just kept hitting shots."

The Lancers (9-6) finished with 11 3-pointers and were led by Rosatano with 16 points, three more than Brian Gould. William Reyes chipped in with 11.

"We've been shooting better so I had no problem taking all those (3-pointers)," said Londonderry coach Nate Stanton. "They were good looks and you could see our kids had confidence.

"But I told them at half that we can't just live on that, which showed in a rough second quarter, and we played much better in the second half. I think we're starting to peak at the right time."

Londonderry (9-6) will now play Bishop Guertin in the semifinals Wednesday at Oyster River High School.

Timberlane, meanwhile, will hope that its late season run carries over to next year.

"This game was a little disappointing but I'm proud of the growth and improvement the team has shown," said Baumann. "I think the program is headed in the right direction."

Game Statistics:

Timberlane (41): Baker 0 0-1 0, Surprenant 3 0-0 8, Chanakira 1 0-1 2, Stewart 1 0-1 2, Ventola 3 0-0 9, Olson 5 1-3 11, Roeger 2 0-0 4, Matthews 0 2-2 2, Einarson 0 0-2 0, Shivell 1 1-2 3. Totals 16 4-11 41

Londonderry (69): Gould 5 0-0 13, Reyes 3 4-4 11, Furlong 2 2-2 7, Hoggard 2 0-0 5, Rourke 0 2-4 2, Pao 1 1-2 4, Warren 1 0-0 3, Miles 0 0-0 0, Rosatano 6 1-1 16, Cox 4 0-0 8. Totals 24 10-13 69

3-pointers: Tim — Surprenant 2, Ventola 3; Lon — Gould 3, Reyes, Hoggard, Furlong, Pao, Warren, Rosatano 3

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