Scouts third at SNC tournament
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 - 7:07 pm
The David City boys avenged their first loss of the season by leading nearly all the way.
The Scouts (12-6) defeated Centennial 45-35 in the third-place game of the SNC Tournament at Milford Saturday.
That followed a 51-45 semifinal loss to Milford Thursday.
The Broncos (12-6) opened the season with a 55-41 win at David City Dec. 3.
David City did a much better job defensively and on the boards in the rematch.
The Scouts broke an early 4-4 tie by getting to the foul line. Seth Behrens hit a pair of free throws. Jerade Clark scored on a putback, then added four straight free throws to put the Scouts up 12-6 with 1:43 left in the first.
Centennial pulled within 12-9 on a driving basket by Braylon Gierhan, but Behrens scored off the drive with 12 seconds left to put the Scouts up by five after a quarter.
Aaron Schmid hit a pair of shots in the first 90 seconds of the second to put David City up 18-9. The team still had a nine-point lead at halftime.
Austin Havlena opened the third quarter with a steal and layup. Schmid hit two more shots to put David City up 30-17 with 5:30 left in the third.
David City opened the fourth with a basket inside by Clark and a three-pointer by Brian Glock to go up by 14 points.
Still trailing by 14 with under three minutes left, the Broncos made one last push. A three-point play by Gierhan cut the lead to nine, then a K.J. Gierhan cut it down to 41-35.
The Scouts would put the game away at the line, as Behrens and Havlena combined to hit four straight free throws in the last minutes.
Clark led David City with 12 points and 12 rebounds. Schmid had 12 points and eight rebounds. Behrens added nine points and six rebounds.
Tyler Wullenwaber and Braylon Gierhan scored nine points each for Centennial.
Subhed: Eagles pay back Scouts in semis
One bad quarter ultimately cost the Scouts a shot at repeating as tournament champions.
Milford trailed after the first quarter. Clark scored six points to help David City take a 14-10 lead.
The Eagles outscored the Scouts 16-7, with Jacob Weber scoring seven points, to take a five-point halftime lead.
David City (11-6), which defeated the Eagles 49-48 Jan. 9 in David City, was stuck playing catch-up from that point on.
Milford contained part of the Scouts' inside game, limiting Schmid to a season-low four points.
The Eagles' victory avenged a 49-48 loss at David City Jan. 9.
Clark finished with 17 points and nine rebounds for the Scouts. Behrens scored 14 points. Schmid had eight rebounds and five assists. Havlena had three steals.
Weber scored 20 points to lead Milford.
The Scouts played at Osceola Tuesday.
David City travels to Wilber-Clatonia Friday in a chance to knock off this year's tournament champions. The Wolverines (15-2) edged Milford (13-4) 36-33 in the championship game.
The Scouts defeated Wilber-Clatonia 63-53 for the 2009 tournament championship.
Centennial 9 6 9 11-35
David City 14 10 10 11-45
C - Wullenwaber 4 1-1 9, B. Gierhan 4 1-1 9, Ortmeier 0 0-0 0, Ken. Kucera 1 0-0 2, J. DeWaard 2 4-6 8, K.J. Gierhan 2 0-0 5, Kea. Kucera 1 0-0 2, Koski 0 0-0 0. Totals: 14 6-8 38.
DC - Havlena 2-6 2-4 7, Behrens 2-11 5-6 9, Chmelka 1-1 0-0 2, Clark 4-8 4-4 12, Schmid 6-12 0-1 12, Castillo 0-0 0-0 0, Glock 1-2 0-0 3, Thege 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 16-40 11-16 45.
Three-point goals: DC 2-6 (Havlena 1-3, Behrens 0-2, Glock 1-1), C 1-NA (K.J. Gierhan 1). Rebounds: DC 30 (Clark 12), C NA. Assists: DC 7 (Behrens, Schmid 2), C NA. Steals: DC 6 (Havlena, Glock 2), C NA. Turnovers: DC 8, C NA. Total fouls: DC 10, C 19. Fouled out: none.
Thursday game
David City 14 7 9 15-45
Milford 10 16 10 15--51
DC - Havlena 1-4 0-0 3, Behrens 5-15 2-2 14, Chmelka 1-2 0-0 2, Clark 8-10 1-2 17, Schmid 1-10 2-4 4, Castillo 0-0 0-0 0, Glock 2-8 0-0 4, Thege 0-2 1-2 1, McDonald 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 18-51 6-10 45.
M - Weber 8 4-6 20, Plessel 2 2-2 7, Anderson 0 3-4 3, Davenport 1 0-0 2, Herman 4 0-1 8, Roth 0 0-0 0, Klein 3 0-0 6, Dahle 2 0-0 5. Totals: 20 9-13 51.
Three-point goals: DC 3-13 (Havlena 1-2, Behrens 2-5, Chmelka 0-1, Glock 0-5), M 2 (Plessel 1, Dahle 1). Rebounds: DC 24 (Clark 9), M NA. Assists: DC 7 (Schmid 5), M NA. Steals: DC 4 (Havlena 3), M NA. Turnovers: DC 13, M NA. Total fouls: DC 14, M 10. Fouled out: none.
