St Mary's 39 - Nishimachi 43
The Grade 8 Titans got off to a slow start against Nishimachi on Saturday. St. Mary's found themselves down by a score of 14-4 in the first quarter, and had their work cut out for them to get back in the game.
The Titans made a run in the later stages of the 3rd quarter, led by the second unit of Tanjib Hasan, Dylan McGuire, Takumi Kinjo, Shakir Kumar, and Tommy Someya, pulling within 4 points of Nishimachi. The first unit traded baskets with Nishimachi for the fourth quarter, and tied the game on a dramatic 3-pointer by Yuta Kobayashi with less than a minute remaining. St. Mary's ended up losing by 4 points in overtime, by some valuable lessons were learned by the Titans, namely the value of playing hard for the whole game, and the importance of hitting free throws.
Yuta Kobayashi led all scorers with 18 points, followed by Ji Yong Seung with 5. Mark Dunphy, Takumi Kinjo, and Tanjib Hasan each had 4 points Hustler-of-the-game honors went to Taiki Hirata for his relentless efforts in tracking down loose balls and rebounds, and to Yuta Kobayashi for his pressure defence.
The Titans play Nishimachi at 5:00pm this Tuesday, January 16th, 2007 here at St. Mary's.
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