Hunter sweeps past Central Comets
By C.Y. Peters
STAR Correspondent
"I'll see number 53 tonight in my dreams" stated
Central head coach Lamont Barnett after his team lost to Hunter
72-65.
That number 53 was Charles Peters, who scored
34 points, had five steals and 16 rebounds in leading the
Tigers to its third win of the season.
It was a hard fought-action packed game as the
crowd roared for 32 minutes of full court action. Hunter head
coach Mike Dorsey stated, "They played harder than we did".
Both teams played even throughout the first period
with Josh Church scoring the first points of the game. Comets
Coty Mann answered with a three, followed by Peters who hit
two foul shots for a 4-3 Tigers lead.
Chris Rutledge nailed a three -- one of his three
trey's on the day -- to put Central up seven-to-four. By the
end of the first period and the see-saw battle to game was
deadlocked at 15.
The second quarter saw a repeat of the first
and the lead changed several times with Central ending the
period on top 32-30.
Peters hit the first two points of the third
and Waters connected for three points and in less than 30
seconds the Tigers held a 37-32 lead.
Coach Barnett's team took a time-out to regroup,
but the Tigers stayed hot and outscored the Comets 18-10 in
the third for a 48-42 lead.
Twenty fouls shots were threw up by both teams
in the fourth with hunter connecting for six and Central tossing
in five as both teams runned and gunned with Hunter scoring
24 points in the quarter to Central's 21 points.
Rutledge threw in 3-three pointers and scored
18 points for Central and Mann also scored 18 points hitting
8 of 10 from the foul line and two-three pointers.
Peters led Hunter with 34 points, followed by
Josh Lowe with 11, and Church with 10.
Girls
Hunter .......................44
Central........................13
Jordan Muratori was hotter than a pistol yesterday
as she lead the Hunter Lady Tigers to a 44-13 win over the
central Lady Comets. Jordan twinkled the twine for 25 points
almost twice as many as the entire Central team.
Logan Wagenseller scored the first two points
for the Lady Tigers and Amy Colbaugh followed with a basket
and the Tigers were on their way.
Cassie Osborne threw one in for Central and the
score was 4-2. That was as close as it got, as the Tigers
rolled off the rest of the points in the first quarter and
held a 13-2 lead after one.
Playing subs most of the second period, Central
stayed with the Tigers, only being outscored 6-5 and trailed
19-7 at the half.
In the third, someone let the Tigers out as Muratori
made bucket after bucket and outscored the Lady Comets 15-3
in the third. The Lady Tigers went on to win 44-13.
Along with Muratori's 25, Wagenseller scored
8, and Amy Colbaugh scored 5. For Central Osborne scored 5
and Tia Hughes scored 3.
