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Volume 3 Issue 4 - Tuesday, January 31, 2023
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OVERTIME IS HAMMERTIME IN NORTH EAST WIN OVER ELKTON By Kevin Phillips
NORTH EAST–Before the start of overtime of a UCBAC Susquehanna Division girls` basketball contest against Elkton, North East head coach Matt Haack preached patience with the basketball. The Indians got good looks at the basket in the first 90 seconds of the extra sessions, and
instead of being patient, they were aggressive with their shot selection and scored seven quick points en route to a 42-38 home victory over the Golden Elks Thursday. “The girls must have known something that I didn’t because I said ‘let’s slow it down and play our half-court offense,’ and they said ‘let’s just attack the rim and see what happens.’”
Haack said. “You know what, they were aggressive, and it paid off early. … I just credit their intensity. We talked to them about playing for four quarters, and they did it for four quarters plus tonight.” When North East won the opening tipoff in overtime, the ball wound up in the hands of Katy Hammer, who attacked the basket, and she made a
layup to give the Indians the lead four seconds into the extra period. After Reagan Hassell made a basket late in the first minute, Hammer made a three-pointer to make it a seven-point game at 39-32 with 2:30 remaining, and Hammer said North East just fed off the emotion of the crowd in overtime. “I think we really fed off the
energy of the crowd and the game in general,” Hammer, who had five points, said. “We had a really clutch first minute.” The Indian defense clamped down on the defensive end in overtime as well, as they did not allow a field goal until there was 15 seconds remaining in the extra period, and that defense in the final enabled them to hold on to the win.
Before overtime, the teams’ engaged in a defensive slugfest in which both sides had prolonged stretches of defensive dominance in which they did not allow a field goal for over 10 minutes. North East’s defensive dominance happened in the second and third quarters as it held
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