COLONY — Crest High’s Lancers were on the nines Tuesday night. That was not a good thing.
The Lancers scored nine points in each of the quarters and lost 48-36. Northeast High’s Vikings had double-figure scoring in three of the four quarters.
“Our effort was very good tonight, probably the hardest we’ve played since before Christmas,” said Travis Hermreck, Crest head coach.
“Northeast was a good team and showed us that execution and effort beats just effort.”
Northeast led 12-9 after one quarter and 21-18 at halftime. The Vikings outscored the Lancers 10-9 in the third period and 17-9 in the fourth.
The Vikings sank 15 of 22 free throws on the night. Crest was 6 of 10.
“We were not good offensively and I give most of the credit for that to their defense,” Hermreck said.
“We need to all get back on the same page, right now we’re going in a million different directions with the ball. Give us a few days and we will be alright.”
Crest dropped to 2-1 in Three Rivers League play and 7-4 overall. Northeast climbed into a tie atop the league standings with Uniontown at 3-0 and 9-3.
The Lancers were led by Kyle Hammond with 16 points.
Chase Cleland poured in 17 points for the Vikings. J.T. Richardson added 10.
Crest goes to Uniontown Friday in Three Rivers League action.
Crest (9-9-9-9—36) (FG/3-pt): C. Bowen 2/1-0-3-7, Boone 2-1-3-5, Morton 0/1-0-3-3, Hammond 7-2-2-16, Brallier 0-2-3-2, J. Bowen 1-1-2-3. TOTALS: 12/2-6-16-36.
Northeast (12-9-10-17—48) (FG/3-pt): Richardson 2-6-2-10, McCloud 3-0-1-6, Baker 1/1-3-0-8, Robinson 1-0-3-2, Chandler 0-0-1-0, Slingluff 0-0-1-0, Popejoy 1-3-1-5, Cleland 7-3-0-17. TOTALS: 15/1-15-9-48.
