Both teams were constantly scrambling to make substitutions to protect their foul plagued personnel. At the half, with East Canton leading 29-21, East Cantons foul dilemma broke down like this:
Cartwright, Slater and Smith (all seniors) had 3 fouls before even the 3:00 minute mark of the second period. Elseser and Stu Campbell also had 2 fouls
During the 3rd period East Canton started to break the game open. They stretched out their lead to between 15-20 points for the majority of the quarter. The most entertaining part of the game to me, an anxious spectator waiting for the two teams to go up and down the court twice without a foul call, came when a player for Windham got off their bench, made a straight line for their locker room, proceeded to not make it into the locker room before he got sick and threw up all over the baseline and padded wall, and then slipped and fell in his own bile. A five minute delay ensued for the mess to be cleaned up. I almost enjoyed this break in action because it simply broke the monotony of refs controlling the game by calling an endless supply of fouls.
After the clean up, play continued but several players slipped and fell in the same spot the mess had been made. At this point, the refs began to feel upstaged by the slippery court and went back to calling even more fouls.
Going into the 4th quarter, East Canton had four players with 4 fouls. And as you can see, Windham was whistled for more fouls than East Canton so you can only imagine what their substitution limitations were. But despite the foul trouble, East Cantons killer instinct set in and put the game out of reach. They cruised to victory, 74-51.
Leading scorers for East Canton: Bradley 21, Smith 18, and Burfield 12
The JV rolled to another win, topping Windhams JV 46-37. The East Canton JV is 2-0 in this young season. Leading the way in scoring in the win was Brandon Shultz with 12 and Justin Whitacre and Aaron Kennedy with 9 each
Bits of Randomness
Sophomores Duke Taylor and Aaron Kennedy got into their first varsity basketball game and Taylor scored his first two varsity points of his high school career
With all the fouls and foul trouble, Brandon Slater was the only Hornet to foul out. Deflation level was very minimal
The leading scorer for Windham was their elusive PG Rico Hall with 12 points
Smith was an absolute beast on the boards. I'm not sure what his rebound count was but it was impressive to watch
Zell Bradley attempted 19 free throws, converting only 11
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Canton Rep game capsules for 12/11
http://www.cantonrep.com/highschool/x2010179745/High-school-boys-basketball-results-for-Dec-11
Canton Rep game box scores for 12/11
http://www.cantonrep.com/highschool/x1769698179/High-school-boys-basketball-box-scores-for-Dec-11
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Great job Hornets. Completely dominated the final frame.
Smith had approximately 327 rebounds.
The Windham player's "mishap" was less fun to watch from the opposite corner of the gym where the sights and sounds were a little more intense. My most enjoyable moment was the Windham assistant applauding his own technical foul.
Referees had three heated discussions during timeouts.....I assume to decide who got to call the next foul.
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