Jackson Survives Scare vs. Bellevue
By Colin Caruso
| Monday- January 21 | Game 4 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Brougham Pavilion – 2:30pm | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | |
| Bellevue | 11 | 12 | 21 | 11 | 55 | |
| Jackson | 16 | 9 | 16 | 17 | 58 | |
The game began with a frantic pace, both teams running up and down the floor in transition. With a lot of dribble penetration, Jackson was able to create open jump shot opportunities. Eight straight points by Jackson in the first quarter answered Bellevue’s 7-0 run, giving the Timberwolves a 16-11 lead at the end of one. Bellevue countered early in the second, starting the quarter on an 11-4 run and taking the lead by three. Jackson answered with a few buckets of their own, closing the quarter with the lead 25-23. Only two Jackson players scored in the first half, Jason Todd with 13 and Brian Zehr with 12.
Bellevue dropped back into a 2-3 zone to start the second half, forcing outside shots from the Timberwolves. The Timberwolves made four threes in the quarter, led by Dan Kingma’s 3 three pointers. Bellevue’s Michael Carlson avenged his 0 for 8 start in the first half, scoring eight points in the quarter to give the Wolverines a 44-41 lead. The frantic pace of the game kept up in the fourth quarter, with the Timberwolves irking out a one point lead with 49 seconds left in the contest. Jackson forward Jason Todd made six clutch free throws down the stretch to give the Timberwolves a three point win, 58-55.
Leading Scorers:
Jackson
Jason Todd (21)
Brian Zehr (17)
Bellevue
Michael Carlson (13)
Jack Walton and Jackson Rezab (11)