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Dobie unable to catch Falcons California Dreamin’
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| Dobie’s Deylan White attempts an off-balance shot in the paint during first-half action at the Bill Krueger Field House Friday afternoon. White scored 13 in the losing cause. On defense for the Falcons is Brick Pomeroy (23) and Jackson Hardage. The game represented the final non-district contest for both teams. |
By ROBERT AVERY
HOUSTON – Apparently one of the things Clear Lake’s varsity boys basketball team learned while away in California last week for a tournament was to do a better job at capitalizing on opponent’s mistakes.
Dobie was Lake’s first opponent since arriving home and the Longhorns gave the Falcons ample opportunities to show just what they learned while on the west coast.
Clear Lake scored 12 fourth-period points directly off Dobie turnovers, enabling the Falcons to pull away for a 49-39 non-district win at the Bill Krueger Field House Friday afternoon.
With Clear Lake only leading by two entering the final eight minutes (33-31), Dobie’s misfortunes on offense enabled Clear Lake to manufacture a damaging 7-0 run, producing a game-best 42-33 advantage.
“We were looking mostly for our guys to show a little gut check, I guess,” Clear Lake head coach Lynn McDonald said. “We left California on New Year’s eve at 5:45 a.m. We left our hotel at 3 a.m. We got here in Houston about 10:45. We didn’t practice New Year’s Eve, but we practiced New Year’s Day in the afternoon and they were lethargic and I was afraid they were going to be lethargic today. We were in some sense but we gathered enough energy when we needed to.”
Against Dobie, Clear Lake wasn’t only trying to overcome jet lag, but it’s also trying to overcome the injury bug.
Clear Lake has been without its leading scorer and rebounder since the Lee College Tournament in mid-December. Kyle Ashton is out with a broken foot but the Falcons made do against Dobie by receiving a game-high 17 points from Jacob Horton. Horton drained three 3-point goals in the second half, including two on back-to-back Falcon possessions in the third period that turned a 24-23 Dobie lead into a 29-24 Clear Lake advantage. The Falcons never trailed again.
“He’s done that several times this year,” McDonald said of his 6-foot-4 junior. “He’s shooting a pretty good percentage from the threes.”
Dobie only scored 15 second-half points. Ten second-half turnovers, seven in the fourth period, to go with a second-half shooting percentage of 33 percent (7-of-21) doomed the Longhorns offense of any chance at consistency.
That chilly shooting cost Dobie at a moment in the game when it could have made a difference. After Clear Lake scored the first points of the second half to create a 24-23 deficit, Dobie went its next five possessions without a score.
That drought hurt because at the same time, Lake’s offense went four straight possessions without a score. The scoring drought by both sides ended with Horton’s back-to-back 3s.
Deylan White, fresh from earning All-Tournament honors at the 22nd Alvin Holiday Classic, accounted for 33 percent of Dobie’s points, netting 13. It was a three-point play of his with 3:50 to play in the third period that kept the team’s hopes alive of a victory in which he knotted the game at 29-29.
They would be tied at 31-31 after Dobie’s Cody Catney converted, but more Longhorn misfirings coupled with just one look at the basket eventually led to the damaging 7-0 run.
Dobie’s largest lead of the game came in the second period and the Longhorns up 22-17 after a 7-0 run of their own. Randy Owens and Jarvis Charles capped it with buckets.
Dobie was Lake’s first opponent since arriving home and the Longhorns gave the Falcons ample opportunities to show just what they learned while on the west coast.
Clear Lake scored 12 fourth-period points directly off Dobie turnovers, enabling the Falcons to pull away for a 49-39 non-district win at the Bill Krueger Field House Friday afternoon.
With Clear Lake only leading by two entering the final eight minutes (33-31), Dobie’s misfortunes on offense enabled Clear Lake to manufacture a damaging 7-0 run, producing a game-best 42-33 advantage.
“We were looking mostly for our guys to show a little gut check, I guess,” Clear Lake head coach Lynn McDonald said. “We left California on New Year’s eve at 5:45 a.m. We left our hotel at 3 a.m. We got here in Houston about 10:45. We didn’t practice New Year’s Eve, but we practiced New Year’s Day in the afternoon and they were lethargic and I was afraid they were going to be lethargic today. We were in some sense but we gathered enough energy when we needed to.”
Against Dobie, Clear Lake wasn’t only trying to overcome jet lag, but it’s also trying to overcome the injury bug.
Clear Lake has been without its leading scorer and rebounder since the Lee College Tournament in mid-December. Kyle Ashton is out with a broken foot but the Falcons made do against Dobie by receiving a game-high 17 points from Jacob Horton. Horton drained three 3-point goals in the second half, including two on back-to-back Falcon possessions in the third period that turned a 24-23 Dobie lead into a 29-24 Clear Lake advantage. The Falcons never trailed again.
“He’s done that several times this year,” McDonald said of his 6-foot-4 junior. “He’s shooting a pretty good percentage from the threes.”
Dobie only scored 15 second-half points. Ten second-half turnovers, seven in the fourth period, to go with a second-half shooting percentage of 33 percent (7-of-21) doomed the Longhorns offense of any chance at consistency.
That chilly shooting cost Dobie at a moment in the game when it could have made a difference. After Clear Lake scored the first points of the second half to create a 24-23 deficit, Dobie went its next five possessions without a score.
That drought hurt because at the same time, Lake’s offense went four straight possessions without a score. The scoring drought by both sides ended with Horton’s back-to-back 3s.
Deylan White, fresh from earning All-Tournament honors at the 22nd Alvin Holiday Classic, accounted for 33 percent of Dobie’s points, netting 13. It was a three-point play of his with 3:50 to play in the third period that kept the team’s hopes alive of a victory in which he knotted the game at 29-29.
They would be tied at 31-31 after Dobie’s Cody Catney converted, but more Longhorn misfirings coupled with just one look at the basket eventually led to the damaging 7-0 run.
Dobie’s largest lead of the game came in the second period and the Longhorns up 22-17 after a 7-0 run of their own. Randy Owens and Jarvis Charles capped it with buckets.
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