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Grossmont: Tommy Rutherford 26 (17 reb, 3 blk, 1 ast, 1 stl), Branik Brown 9 (2 ast, 2 reb), Matt Murray 11 (7 reb, 2 ast), Hunter Gaines 8 (1 ast), Dayveion Crawford 1 (3 reb, 2 ast, 1 blk), Jacob Niskey 1, Ryan Shirley (4 reb, 1 ast), Jonah Hebel (1 reb).

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Hunter Gaines hit both free throws to force Cole Henderson’s last second heave which rimmed out and allowed the Foothillers to march on without a blemish on their league record. Valhalla then turned the ball over after a scramble on the floor. Sako was nowhere near the play in question however and the scoring table did not buzz Sako out during Grossmont’s free throws.Īfter the free throws a heated discussion at the table ended with officials correcting their call and distributing the call to the correct player. Officials signaled a foul on MATTHEW SAKO of Valhalla, which would have been Sako’s fifth and eliminating foul.

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Gaines went to the line with 3.3 seconds to play after a somewhat odd series of events. HUNTER GAINES showed up at just the right moment for Grossmont, hitting a big three point shot to open the fourth quarter for Grossmont then knocking down two free throws down the stretch for the Foothiller’s final two points. He got a lot of open looks there and that’s what we need out of him in our offense,” Foggiano said of Murray’s night.

“I thought Matt played well on the high post tonight. MATT MURRAY who finished the night with 11 points on 4-16 shooting saw a number of open looks, but simply couldn’t get the bounces to go. Grossmont did find timely points when needed. For the game the Foothillers connected on just 20-50 from the floor and 5-19 from beyond the arc. Grossmont didn’t fare much better on the shooting end, however they did pick up 28 points in the paint on a number of high percentage shots. “He does it all,” Grossmont coach FRANK FOGGIANO said of his senior in the middle “He stopped a lot of their drives just being in there, you could see they didn’t want to go in there with Tommy standing in the middle.” The Norsemen finished 18-51 from the field and 6-19 from three point range.

Shooting in general wasn’t strong on the night for Valhalla.

Henderson finished the night with 14 points on 4-15 shooting. The Norsemen received a balanced effort on the floor as JOHN MURAD led the scoring for Valhalla with 16-points on 6-13 shooting, including two long range shots late in the game and 2-2 from the free throw line. It wasn’t in the stars for Valhalla though. Valhalla had a few attempts to tie or win the game late, but a physical Rutherford block ended the Norsemen’s first attempt, a turnover ended the second and desperation three from COLE HENDERSON nearly found the bottom of the basket at the buzzer, which would have forced overtime. When the game was on the line however Rutherford came through, hitting 2-2 to give Grossmont a 54-53 lead with under a minute to play. Rutherford did struggle from the line for much of the night, connecting on 4-8 total from the charity stripe. UC Irvine-bound Rutherford led all scorers with 26 points on the night and pulled down 17 rebounds as well. With a playoff-like atmosphere Valhalla and Grossmont remained close the entire night. Grossmont used a 15-8 fourth quarter to take the night cap of the Foothiller-Norsemen doubleheader 56-53 at Valhalla High School. Grossmont’s Tom Rutherford puts up a close shot on Friday night.

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