Frazier falls to Avella, 53-48
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Frazier蘑菇视频 Keyshaun Thompson hangs in the air on a drive to the basket against Avella during Saturday蘑菇视频 McGuffey Tip-Off Tournament. Thompson scored a game-high 21 points and was named to the All-Tournament Team but the Commodores lost, 53-48.
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Avella蘑菇视频 Colton Burchianti (25) scores over Frazier蘑菇视频 Brock Alekson (back) and Keyshaun Thompson after grabbing an offensive rebound to give his team a 48-45 lead in the fourth quarter of Saturday蘑菇视频 game at the McGuffey Tip-Off Tournament. Burchianti scored eight points in the Eagles鈥� 53-48 win.
Frazier coach Zach Keefer talks to his players during a timeout in Saturday's game against Avella at the McGuffey Tip-Off Tournament.
Frazier's Logan Butcher puts up a shot in the lane as Avella's Cody Day defends during Saturday's McGuffey Tip-Off Tournament.
Frazier's Brennan Stewart defends as Avella's Westley Burchianti takes a jump shot during the McGuffey Tip-Off Tournament on Dec. 3.
Frazier's Lucas Roebuck sinks two free throws to pull the Commodores even with Avella early in the fourth quarter of Saturday's game at the McGuffey Tip-Off Tournament.
Frazier's Keyshaun Thompson is fouled by Avella's Cody Day while driving to the basket as Westley Burchianti and Eagles coach Mike Macik look on during Saturday's McGuffey Tip-Off Tournament.
Avella's Westley Burchianti takes a jump shot over Frazier's Keyshaun Thompson (3) and Logan Butcher (4) during Saturday's McGuffey Tip-Off Tournament. Burchianti scored 19 points in the Eagles' 53-48 win and was named to the All-Tournament Team.
Frazier coach Zach Keefer watches the action as the Commodores' Logan Butcher handles the ball against Avella during Saturday's McGuffey Tip-Off Tournament.
Avella's Westley Burchianti dribbles the ball as Frazier's Logan Butcher (4) and Josh Higbee (2) defend during Saturday's game at the McGuffey Tip-Off Tournament.
CLAYSVILLE 鈥� Frazier rallied from a nine-point deficit in the second half but Avella scored the final five points to pull out a 53-48 boys basketball victory at the McGuffey Tip-Off Tournament on Saturday.
Westley Burchianti tossed in a team-high 19 points, Bryce Wright added 12 points, including two clinching free throws, and Colton Burchianti scored six of his eight points in the fourth quarter along with a key block and assist as the Eagles improved to 1-1.
Keyshaun Thompson hit four 3-pointers in scoring a game-high 21 points for the Commodores (0-2) who also got seven points apiece from Logan Butcher and Brennan Stewart. Frazier was coming off a 66-32 loss to the host Highlanders on Friday.
鈥淲e didn鈥檛 want to be 0-2 after this tournament, however, I鈥檓 proud of their effort in both games,鈥� Commodores coach Zach Keefer said. 鈥淢cGuffey is a real good team. I thought they stressed us and put us in situations where we were able to learn from it and be better because of it.
鈥淭oday, we had some opportunities down the stretch but in the end-of-the-game situations we didn鈥檛 make our layups or take care of the ball. We just didn鈥檛 execute well enough and Avella did the little things to win.鈥�
Frazier fell behind 35-26 early in the third quarter after an 11-point run by the Eagles sparked by 3-pointers from Wright, Westley Burchianti and Ryan Marker. Burchianti drew his third foul soon after and went to the bench for the rest of the quarter.
The Commodores took advantage, closing the frame with an 11-4 run that included a 3-pointer by Butcher and five points by Stewart to pull within 39-37.
Frazier opened the fourth quarter with an 8-3 burst on a pair of 3-pointers by Josh Higbee and two free throws by Lucas Roebuck to go up 45-42.
Colton Burchianti rallied the Eagles back in front by scoring the next six points, the last two coming after an offensive rebound, to put Avella on top 48-45.
Brock Alekson蘑菇视频 bucket got the Commodores within one and Butcher蘑菇视频 steal led to a Thompson foul and he made one of two free throws to tie it at 48-48.
Stewart grabbed the rebound of the missed free throw to give Frazier a chance to reclaim the lead but Colton Burchianti blocked Alekson蘑菇视频 shot and Avella grabbed possession.
The game was still tied with 37 seconds remaining when freshman Cody Day scored off of Colton Burchianti蘑菇视频 inbound pass to put the Eagles ahead by two, and Wright, also a freshman, swished both ends of a one-and-one with 13.7 seconds left to seal the win.
The Commodores missed three close-in shots and turned the ball over three times in the final two minutes.
鈥淚 think they realize we鈥檝e got to work on all the fundamental things to be a little more efficient,鈥� Keefer said. 鈥淏ut credit to Avella. They got their hands in passing lanes, they moved the ball well and they hit shots in critical moments and they finished it off at the line.鈥�
鈥淵ou can鈥檛 ask to be in a better game, coming down to the last couple possessions. Even with the loss I think we can learn from this and we鈥檒l be better moving forward.鈥�
Thompson was named to the All-Tournament team, as was Westley Burchianti for the Eagles.
鈥淜eyshaun is our engine,鈥� Keefer said. 鈥淲e go as he goes. He蘑菇视频 our soul, our energy guy, whether it蘑菇视频 on offense or defense. I thought he was well deserving of that honor.
鈥淚 know, though, that he would rather have a team victory than that.鈥�