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Late Run Means Victory for Knights

Fri, Dec 17, 2010

Late Run Means Victory for Knights

Hamilton outscored the Warriors from Owen D. Young 13-5 in the final three and a half minutes to post a solid 55-47 home victory tonight.

The JV won by a similar score, beating ODY52-42.

Leading the way in the late surge was the Emerald Knights' always-affable big man Tom Hilgenberg, who had 10 of his 12 points in the fourth period. Hilgenberg was the beneficiary when HCS found the key to breaking ODY's press. Once Hamilton hustled the ball up court, it was easy to get it to Hilgenberg who finished effectively.

Two other Knights -- Cam Fisher and John Andrezejek -- topped tonight's scoring column with 15 points each.Lucas Rhyde finished five five points and a like number of steals. Phil Douchinsky had five and John Valencia had three points.

"Everybody played well for us tonight," said Coach Dave Rhyde. "We did a great job once we learned to break their press. Tommy (Hilgenberg) did a good job and John (Andrezejek) helped keep us in the game."

The game was back and forth for the entire first half with neither team managing to move out to much of a lead. the first period ended up with ODY 9-8 and 18-17 at the half.

ODY jumped out to a quick 23-18 lead in the early part of the third period. But Hamilton reigned them in, keeping it close on timely shooting and capitalizing on some turnovers.

It wasn't until the home stretch that the Knights pushed past the Warriors for good.

Perhaps the best shot of the night came as time wound down in the first half. With two seconds left, HCS' Lucas Rhyde put up a prayer from the half court stripe. The ball hit part of the basket assembly above the rim -- either the 35 second clock or the another piece of equipment -- and the ball dropped straight through the net. The basket was nullified because it hit an object that technically was out of bounds.

Hamilton plays twice between now and the arrival of Santa Claus. The Knights are at Waterville Monday and host Orisknay Wednesday in a pair of league divisional games.

PHOTO: Hamilton's Sam Owens levitates under the basket in the Emerald Knight's win over ODY.

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