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It was a tough week for the North Pocono boys basketball team, falling to Abington Heights in triple overtime, 73-67, and then having an 11-point lead going into the fourth quarter against Honesdale and dropping the game 59-50.
“We ran out of gas,” said Trojans’ coach Pat Shields after the loss to the Hornets on Thursday.
“Coming off that triple overtime game the other night, I was worried about that coming in. At practice yesterday (Wednesday) we went pretty light, but you have to give all the credit tonight to Honesdale.
“They played a great game and they made shots. Coach Wood and his staff and kids did a good job.”
Honesdale Game
Marty Kelly opened up the game’s scoring for North Pocono early in the first minute of action, and would add three more points from beyond the arc less than a minute later, but Honesdale’s Chris Nagel answered the call and rippled the twine for a trey to knot the score at 5-5.
Jack Williams and Ricky Goodall opened up the Trojans’ lead to 9-5, but again Honesdale responded and tied the game at 9-9.
“It was a step forward for him (Goodall) and I think he did a better job tonight in some of the situations we’ve asked him to improve upon,” said Shields.
When the first quarter expired, North Pocono had a slight advantage, 13-11.
In the second stanza, Honesdale’s David Bierma again tied the score at the 7:11 mark, but the rest of the quarter belonged to the home team.
Goodall, Williams, Justin Haddix, Randy Darrow, and Brody Dial all put points in the scorebook, and held Honesdale to just eight points, while scoring 18 themselves.
When the buzzer sounded for the intermission, the Trojans held an 11-point lead, 31-20.
Second Half
Honesdale came out of the locker room and scored four straight points before North Pocono responded with Williams collecting back-to-back buckets.
With 0.8 seconds remaining in the third stanza, Alex Carling converted 1 of 2 from the charity stripe to give the Trojans a nine point advantage heading into the final eight minutes of regulation.
Final Push
Honesdale controlled the tempo of the fourth quarter, and with 5:50 left on the game clock, Jesse O’Connell nailed another three-pointer that cut the Honesdale deficit to just four points, 42-38.
The Trojans called a much needed time-out and seemed to regroup, coming back out on the hardwood and immediately knocking down a trey of their own off the hands off Haddix with 4:51 on the clock.
It was a tough week for the North Pocono boys basketball team, falling to Abington Heights in triple overtime, 73-67, and then having an 11-point lead going into the fourth quarter against Honesdale and dropping the game 59-50.
“We ran out of gas,” said Trojans’ coach Pat Shields after the loss to the Hornets on Thursday.
“Coming off that triple overtime game the other night, I was worried about that coming in. At practice yesterday (Wednesday) we went pretty light, but you have to give all the credit tonight to Honesdale.
“They played a great game and they made shots. Coach Wood and his staff and kids did a good job.”
Honesdale Game
Marty Kelly opened up the game’s scoring for North Pocono early in the first minute of action, and would add three more points from beyond the arc less than a minute later, but Honesdale’s Chris Nagel answered the call and rippled the twine for a trey to knot the score at 5-5.
Jack Williams and Ricky Goodall opened up the Trojans’ lead to 9-5, but again Honesdale responded and tied the game at 9-9.
“It was a step forward for him (Goodall) and I think he did a better job tonight in some of the situations we’ve asked him to improve upon,” said Shields.
When the first quarter expired, North Pocono had a slight advantage, 13-11.
In the second stanza, Honesdale’s David Bierma again tied the score at the 7:11 mark, but the rest of the quarter belonged to the home team.
Goodall, Williams, Justin Haddix, Randy Darrow, and Brody Dial all put points in the scorebook, and held Honesdale to just eight points, while scoring 18 themselves.
When the buzzer sounded for the intermission, the Trojans held an 11-point lead, 31-20.
Second Half
Honesdale came out of the locker room and scored four straight points before North Pocono responded with Williams collecting back-to-back buckets.
With 0.8 seconds remaining in the third stanza, Alex Carling converted 1 of 2 from the charity stripe to give the Trojans a nine point advantage heading into the final eight minutes of regulation.
Final Push
Honesdale controlled the tempo of the fourth quarter, and with 5:50 left on the game clock, Jesse O’Connell nailed another three-pointer that cut the Honesdale deficit to just four points, 42-38.
The Trojans called a much needed time-out and seemed to regroup, coming back out on the hardwood and immediately knocking down a trey of their own off the hands off Haddix with 4:51 on the clock.
Honesdale again answered the call and went on a 13-2 run before North Pocono’s Kelly stopped the bleeding with a three-point play the hard way with just a minute left in the game.
The Trojans were forced to foul, Honesdale converted from the stripe, and the visiting Hornets walked out of Covington Twp. with the 59-50 victory.
“The theme tonight is that Honesdale won the game and they did a great job and they deserve all the credit,” Shields said.
Haddix paced the Trojans with a team-high 12 points. Kelly and Williams each collected 10 points.
Jordan Meyer scored a game-high 20 points for Honesdale.
Comet Connection
On Tuesday, the Trojans kept pace with one of the best teams in the Lackawanna League before falling 73-67 to Abington Heights after four quarters of regulation, and then three overtime periods.
North Pocono took a four point lead after eight minutes of play, and extended that advantage to 23-18 when the buzzer sounded for the half-time intermission.
In the third, North Pocono again extended the lead by two points, but the Comets responded in the fourth and outscored the Trojans by a margin of 23-16 to force overtime.
In the first overtime period, the teams battled to an 11-11 stalemate, neither squad scored in the second overtime, and in the third, Abington finally pulled away for the victory, outscoring the Trojans down the stretch by six points.
“We played great against Abington and I think we grew up quite a bit during that game, but we still have some growing up to do as well,” said Shields.
Williams paced North Pocono with a team-high 19 points. Kelly had 17, Haddix with 13, and Darrow collected 12.
“It was a tough week, but we have to come back and keep working hard. We’ll continue to move forward,” Shields added.
