Improved Greenville Battles Providence in High School Basketball
Story submitted by Greenville head coach J.C Eaglesmith.
The Greenville Indians traveled to play Providence of Orland Wednesday night. The game was played at Corning’s Maywood Middle School’s fine gym.
The Indians arrived with an enhanced seven player roster from the previous limitations of mostly five players. The 1st quarter saw senior co-Captain Taylor Gipe led the Indians charge, drawing three consecutive fouls as he went to the basket, converting 4 of 6 free-throws & also hit a jumper. Greenville led 10-8 after the 1st. quarter. Masked freshman guard Chris Brown led the Greenville charge in the 2nd quarter., but turn-over’s plagued the Indians and erased their lead and Providence led 24-22 at halftime. Even though Greenville was on their way to executing 21 steals & 44 rebounds, their repeated & consecutive turn-over’s effectively eliminated their opportunity to secure the victory. Providence outscored Greenville 24-22 in the 2nd half for the 46-42 victory.
Gipe played perhaps his best over-all game with 17 pts, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, 6 steals and 1 block. He has been asked to play both point-guard & wing alternately and has done a fine job.
Senior Tommy Rogers joined the team on Monday & gave a good initial effort with 6 pts, 12 rebounds, 4 steals, 3 blocks and two assists, and gave the Indians some much needed additional punch.
Freshman Chris Brown produced 13 pts, 10 rebounds, 3 steals and 2 assists. Senior Matt Reed added 5 pts, 5 rebounds, and 2 steals.
Greenville will continue to work on basic skills as remedies, and continue to improve.
“While our hustle is second to none, we must not equate activity with productivity. We will continue to strive for ’sustained intensity controlled,’ or “‘SIC, as the lads like refer to something reeeaaaallly cool!”
Posted: February 5th, 2009 under GHS Boy's Basketball.
