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HCS Unintimidated by Waterville in Narrow Home Loss

Sat, Jan 29, 2011

HCS Unintimidated by Waterville in Narrow Home Loss

Flash back six weeks ago: the HCS boys basketball team made the quick trip to Waterville and returned home with a difficult 63-25 loss.

Now, consider Friday night: Hamilton hosts the neighboring Indians and all but turns the tables on them. HCS lost 51-46 in front of an enthusiastic hometown crowd, but controlled the tempo of the game with unrelenting defense, key rebounds and more than a few timely steals.

"They were warriors tonight," HCS Coach David Rhyde said of his team. "We handled the pressure and did an awesome job on defense."

Waterville did a decent job on defense themselves. They held HCS' leading scorer Cam Fisher to just 11 points.

But, senior Lucas Rhyde filled the gap, scoring 16. But, Rhyde also had four steals, most of he converted to points on quick breakaway layups. Rhyde also kept the pressure up on defense.

"Cam never got a good look at the basket tonight," said Rhyde, adding that Fisher played much of the game with a painfil elbow injury. "But, Lucas really stepped up for us."

Fisher ended the game with 11 points and six rebounds. Tom Hilgenberg had six points and eight rebounds. Also scoring for Hamilton were: John Andrzejek with six, Sam Owens with three, Sam Riley with two and Phil Douchinsky with two.

The loss makes HCS 4-8 overall and 3-3 in league play.

The Knights play at Oriskany on Tuesday and host Westmoreland on Friday.

 

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