A Saturday morning wake-up call turned into a game of H-O-R-S-E for the Mt. Edgecumbe Braves and Barrow Whalers as they torched the nets for 79 first-half points, with the Braves taking a 47-32 lead at the half and keeping control for an 81-73 third-place finish at the 3A basketball state championships in Anchorage.
“A great way to finish the season,” Mt. Edgecumbe coach Andrew Friske said. “First off with a win, but also a great showing of how far we’ve come playing as a team, staying composed and never letting off the pedal.”
Mt. Edgecumbe hit nine of their 20 shots past the arc in the country wise email marketing list first 16 minutes of action and Barrow notched seven of eight.
The Braves’ Kaden Herrmann hit two in a row to start the game,
Richard Didrickson Jr. followed with one and added another late in the stanza as did Royce Alstrom and Xavier Gundersen, and in between big man Donovan Stephan-Standifer added a basket inside and another old-fashioned three-point play.
Mt. Edgecumbe led 27-19 after eight minutes.
Barrow firepower from outside came from Dwight Unutoa we were able to find the descriptions captured who hit 3-3 from past the arc, Ethan Goodwin, Hunter Wilhelm, Donald Adams and Alex Fruean all were perfect from deep as well.
Nothing slowed down in the second quarter as b2b fax lead Didrickson Jr. started the stanza from a step past the arc, Elden Andrew did the same and Stephan-Standifier added his second old-fashioned three-point play, and then watched as Gundersen added his second shot past the arch and Mt. Edgecumbe led 39-24 and continue its a 47-32 halftime advantage.
Barrow’s Goodwin hit two baskets to start the second half and Mt. Edgecumbe’s Didrickson Jr. notched a pair of free throws. Herrmann rebounded a missed shot and dribbled the length of the court to score for a 51-36 lead.
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Barrow would go on a 13-2 run to close to four points, 53-49 with 3:03 left in the stanza, before Stephan-Standifer stopped the bleeding with a power foul inside and hit two free throws.
Herrmann added a basket to start a 12-3 run to close the quarter with a 67-52 advantage.
Didrickson Jr. countered two shots by Barrow’s John Adams and Donald Adams to start the fourth quarter and Herrmann gave Mt. Edgecumbe a 73-57 lead.