WEST WINDSOR, NJ–After work on Saturday night, GMC Hoops hustled down to West Windsor-Plainsboro South High School to take in the action from the final three hours of games on the second day of contests at the 2014 Summer Prime Time Shootout. The first matchup seen was a contest involving one of the two GMC schools in the event, South Brunswick, which was taking on Ridge of the Skyland Conference. Leading by only two at 17-15 with 6:10 to go in the first half, Ridge went on a decisive 28-16 surge over the next 15:18 to take a 45-31 lead with under 10 minutes to play in the game, and went on to win, 55-46. Below are game notes from the final 27 minutes of the contest.
First Half
7:00–SB–Greg Lee fouled, and makes 1 of 2 fts for a 15-12 RID lead.
6:30–SB–Eric Savage drives in for layup and a 15-14 RID lead.
6:10–RID–layup for a 17-15 lead.
5:30–SB–Jack Engel scores on layup for a 19-17 RID lead.
4:56–RID–two fts for a 21-17 lead.
4:07–RID–three pointer from right wing for a 24-19 lead.
2:23–RID–timeout–leads 24-21.
1:45–RID–basket and foul–missed bonus ft.
1:02–RID–basket and foul–missed bonus ft for a 28-21 lead.
0:55–RID–gets offensive rebound, draws foul, but misses both fts.
0:00–SB–Savage misses jumper and Tavian Alford misses on follow. Ridge leads 28-21 at the half.
Second Half
18:30–RID–fouled and makes both fts for a 30-21 lead.
16:29–RID–three pointer from left side of key caps 7-0 spurt to start half for a 35-21 lead
14:49–SB–timeout–after RID score. SB had 4 straight points on baseline jumper and two fts by Savage. RID leads 37-25.
14:30–SB–Savage–fouled and makes two fts for a 37-27 RID lead.
10:52–RID–goes on an 8-4 run including two threes, a layup and a putback for a 45-31 lead.
7:11–RID–timeout after a 9-2 run by SB that includes two layups and two fts by Savage for a 47-40 RID lead.
6:27–SB–after a score by RID, Engel scores on a follow for a 49-42 RID lead.
5:22–SB–Savage draws charge.
4:00–SB–Engel scores on follow for a 51-44 RID lead.
3:08–SB–timeout after Engel hits jumper from left wing–kind bounce–RID leads 53-46.
1:30–RID scores on layup for a 55-46 lead.
0:00–RID–runs out the clock for a 55-46 victory.