Free basketball was obtainable in Portland on Friday night time as White Home Heritage and Portland went to time beyond regulation in an thrilling end.
The shorthanded Patriots edged previous the Panthers and claimed a 55-49 victory on the street.
“I used to be happy with them getting a gritty win on the street towards a great basketball crew,” mentioned White Home Heritage coach Carl Miller. “Everyone did their half.
“We now have not performed a single sport this yr with our full crew – we’re enthusiastic about getting our full crew quickly. As soon as we get our full crew it’ll be thrilling. We now have some depth. Youthful guys stepped and did a great job. We now have 15 (gamers) and we’re not afraid to place all 15 in.”
Avery Coles had eight factors within the first interval for Heritage, which ended the body with momentum after a buzzer-beater from John Bale.
Each groups began off sizzling from the 3-point line combining for 11 triples within the first half. White Home Heritage held a 30-27 lead over the Panthers going into intermission.
Portland (5-9) remained sizzling from behind the arc with three 3-pointers popping out of halftime. Nate Honeycutt made 4 of the Panthers’ 9 triples and was the main scorer of the sport with 17 factors.
To start out the fourth interval White Home Heritage (12-2) began out on an 8-0 run to distance itself. Isaiah Eubanks made some clutch baskets for the Patriots throughout the run.
Within the last two minutes, Portland got here surging again with a run of its personal, tying the sport up with 12 seconds left. The Panthers had an opportunity to win the sport on the ultimate possession of regulation, however a block by Avery Coles with two seconds left despatched the sport to time beyond regulation.
White Home Heritage outscored Portland 8-2 within the time beyond regulation body to earn a gritty win with massive performances from Coles and Jeffery Whittaker.
“Portland is all the time a tricky crew to get a win towards, and an time beyond regulation sport was a particular win to get,” Coles mentioned. “Robust, gritty wins like this (are) undoubtedly going to make us extra able to profitable more durable video games down the street. When dealing with some adversity, we can suppose again to video games like this.”
BOX SCORE
White Home Heritage (55): Avery Coles 13, Jeffery Whittaker 13, Isaiah Eubanks 11, John Bale 6, Gordon Christe 6, Greyson Koch 3, Deacon Thompson 2, Aric Lopez 1
Portland (49): Nate Honeycutt 17, Keilen Dalton 11, Evan Brown 7, Evan Ferguson 6, Avery Hughes 4, Quenten Totten 2, Tristan Calvert 2
With out Steinbrecher, Portland women basketball makes use of sturdy third quarter for tenth win
Portland earned its tenth win of the season on Friday and improved its report to 10-7 on the yr with a 52-28 victory over White Home Heritage.
The Panthers have been coached by Brianna Gillen instead of head coach Scott Steinbrecher and led by UT Southern dedication Taya Totten, who scored a game-high 21 factors. Guorchiek Mut recorded 18 factors of her personal for Portland, and she or he began the sport by scoring six of their first 10 factors.
White Home Heritage was led by Lucy Richardson with 13 factors and Yaromi Garcia with 11. Garcia drained two 3-pointers within the second quarter that helped the Patriots minimize down the result in 23-16 at halftime
The third interval was a giant one for Portland. The Panthers outscored White Home Heritage 21-4.
The protection for Portland stiffened up with three blocks within the quarter and closed the body on a 12-0 run.
“Numerous our offense stems from how we play protection. Simply including that pleasure issue and the way we play protection. Coach Steinbrecher is all about protection,” mentioned Gillen, who served as head coach at Greenbrier earlier than becoming a member of Steinbrecher’s workers within the offseason.
Portland, the District 9-3A runner-up from a season in the past, will play at Rossview on Jan. 7.
White Home Heritage fell to 6-8 within the defeat and can journey to face Gallatin on Tuesday.
BOX SCORE
Portland (54): Taya Totten 21, Guorchiek Mut 18, Nyalauk Pal 8, Arielle Lindsey 2, Mia Humphreys 2, Ke’Ava Bradley 2, Addy McKelvey 1
White Home Heritage (28): Lucy Richardson 13, Yaromi Garcia 11, Kendall King 3, Contessa Wilder 1
