Varsity boys hoops teqm moves to 18-0 after thrilling OT win

by Justin Fish

With the final week of the regular season here, the Wildcats have three games, but the first one was a huge one: the once-ranked Battle Creek St. Philip Fighting Tigers. The ‘Cats would come out victorious with another road win by beating them 50-47 in OT.

During the third and second quarter the Wildcats were down at times 3 or maybe 4 points at a time but they would come back in the final 3 minutes of regulation to tie it up at 44-44 off a Garet Lee lay-up to send it into overtime. “I was thinking that we wanted to get the ball in the right peoples’ hands, and execute the play that was drawn on the board. The kids did what we asked them to, they made the plays, and we got it to Garet (Lee) and we tied the game,” commented Coach Burger. Senior Clark Pelham hit a long three-pointer to begin the overtime, and P-ford never looked back.

Pittsford had three players scoring in double figures. Junior Garet Lee had 12 points while pulling down 17 rebounds. Junior Wes Smith continued his hot streak by going 4-7 from the 3-point line, adding 12 points himself. Senior Corey Gamble added 11 and junior Seth Weber had five assists. “I thought we were patient; I thought that we grinded it out; I thought that our focus and tenacity mentally really kind of worked to take St. Phil down,” said Coach Burger.

The Wildcats are two wins from history—versus NA-J on Thursday and Hudson on Friday, both at home. Fill the stands to watch the possibility of a 20-0 regular season unfold.