Walters’ big night leads Greene boys past Sidney, 55-40
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Pete Mansheffer
Sun Sports Contributor
GREENE – Evan Walters sat the bench in Greene’s overtime loss to Sidney on Dec. 7, but he certainly made presence felt in the rematch Wednesday night, scoring a career-high 24 points in just over three quarters in the Trojans’ 55-40 Midstate Athletic Conference boys’ basketball victory.
Walter was a “Did Not Play, Coaches Decision” in the first game at Sidney – Coach Chris Rice hoping to “light a fire” under his 6-foot-6 junior. It’s worked, as Walters has been one of the top players in the area.
“The Sidney coach (Mike Brazee) said they had no answer for him tonight,” Rice said.
“Since that (first Sidney) game, Evan’s been dominant,” he added. “Tonight, the game plan was to get inside to Evan and he responded.”
Walters scored 14 points in the opening half, including Greene’s first six points of the game to help the Trojans erase an early 7-0 deficit. Down 15-13 at the conclusion of the first quarter, Greene finally took the lead for good with 3:21 to play in the half when Walters grabbed his own miss and scored for a 22-20 lead. Nate Erickson’s three-pointer and Alec Frair’s short jumper gave Greene its biggest lead of the first half (29-21) before Sidney closed the halftime gap to 29-24.
17 first half turnovers did not allow Greene to pull away further.
“We turned the ball over way too much in the first half. It’s something that we have to clean up going forward,” Rice said.
Erickson and Spencer Klumpp three-pointers bookended a pair of post-up buckets by Walters in Greene’s 10-0 getaway to start the third quarter. Walters scored eight in the stanza to give the hosts its biggest lead of the night at quarter’s end, 47-29.
Game in hand, Greene slowed the tempo in the fourth and put away its seventh win in ten tries (3-1 in the Midstate Athletic Conference).
Erickson added 12 points for the Trojans, but it was his defense on Sidney’s Ryan Harris that Rice highlighted afterwards.
“(Erickson) just shut down Harris,” said Rice.
Harris finished the night with five points, none after halftime.
Greene’s man and full-court press defense forced Sidney into turnovers and rushed shots all night long. Rice said with the quality athletes and size, “we athletically match up well against any team.”
Rice also gave credit to his bench. Nate Parker and Frair combined for seven points off the pines and Tristan Austin, even though he did not score, brought energy to both ends of the floor.
Liam Matthews and Jon Palmatier led Sidney with 12 and 9 points, respectively.
Greene travels to Deposit to play Deposit-Hancock Friday night.
GREENE 55, SIDNEY 40
SIDNEY: Colby Finch 1 1-2 3; Levi Green 0 1-2 1; Ryan Harris 2 0-0 5; Liam Matthews 5 3-8 13; Jon Palmatier 3 2-2 9; Glenn Rogers 0 2-2 2; Matt Hoskins 0 0-0 0; Nick Gravel 1 0-0 2; Mike Gravelin 1 3-4 5; Brandon Kane 0 0-0 0. Totals: 13 12-20 40
GREENE: Evan Walters 12 0-3 24; Nate Barry 3 0-2 6; Nick Shoemaker 0 0-0 0; Brandon Whitaker 0 0-0 0; Alec Frair 1 1-2 3; Spencer Klumpp 1 0-0 3; Nolan Butler 0 0-0 0; Nate Parker 2 0-0 4; Nate Erickson 4 1-1 12; Tristan Austin 0 0-0 0; Nate Hurlburt 0 0-0 0; Robert Champlain 1 1-2 3; Josh Titus 0 0-0 0; Steven Mills 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 24 3-10-55
3-point goals: Sidney 3 (Palmatier 2, Harris); Greene 4 (Erickson 3, Klumpp). JV Game: Greene won.
Sun Sports Contributor
GREENE – Evan Walters sat the bench in Greene’s overtime loss to Sidney on Dec. 7, but he certainly made presence felt in the rematch Wednesday night, scoring a career-high 24 points in just over three quarters in the Trojans’ 55-40 Midstate Athletic Conference boys’ basketball victory.
Walter was a “Did Not Play, Coaches Decision” in the first game at Sidney – Coach Chris Rice hoping to “light a fire” under his 6-foot-6 junior. It’s worked, as Walters has been one of the top players in the area.
“The Sidney coach (Mike Brazee) said they had no answer for him tonight,” Rice said.
“Since that (first Sidney) game, Evan’s been dominant,” he added. “Tonight, the game plan was to get inside to Evan and he responded.”
Walters scored 14 points in the opening half, including Greene’s first six points of the game to help the Trojans erase an early 7-0 deficit. Down 15-13 at the conclusion of the first quarter, Greene finally took the lead for good with 3:21 to play in the half when Walters grabbed his own miss and scored for a 22-20 lead. Nate Erickson’s three-pointer and Alec Frair’s short jumper gave Greene its biggest lead of the first half (29-21) before Sidney closed the halftime gap to 29-24.
17 first half turnovers did not allow Greene to pull away further.
“We turned the ball over way too much in the first half. It’s something that we have to clean up going forward,” Rice said.
Erickson and Spencer Klumpp three-pointers bookended a pair of post-up buckets by Walters in Greene’s 10-0 getaway to start the third quarter. Walters scored eight in the stanza to give the hosts its biggest lead of the night at quarter’s end, 47-29.
Game in hand, Greene slowed the tempo in the fourth and put away its seventh win in ten tries (3-1 in the Midstate Athletic Conference).
Erickson added 12 points for the Trojans, but it was his defense on Sidney’s Ryan Harris that Rice highlighted afterwards.
“(Erickson) just shut down Harris,” said Rice.
Harris finished the night with five points, none after halftime.
Greene’s man and full-court press defense forced Sidney into turnovers and rushed shots all night long. Rice said with the quality athletes and size, “we athletically match up well against any team.”
Rice also gave credit to his bench. Nate Parker and Frair combined for seven points off the pines and Tristan Austin, even though he did not score, brought energy to both ends of the floor.
Liam Matthews and Jon Palmatier led Sidney with 12 and 9 points, respectively.
Greene travels to Deposit to play Deposit-Hancock Friday night.
GREENE 55, SIDNEY 40
SIDNEY: Colby Finch 1 1-2 3; Levi Green 0 1-2 1; Ryan Harris 2 0-0 5; Liam Matthews 5 3-8 13; Jon Palmatier 3 2-2 9; Glenn Rogers 0 2-2 2; Matt Hoskins 0 0-0 0; Nick Gravel 1 0-0 2; Mike Gravelin 1 3-4 5; Brandon Kane 0 0-0 0. Totals: 13 12-20 40
GREENE: Evan Walters 12 0-3 24; Nate Barry 3 0-2 6; Nick Shoemaker 0 0-0 0; Brandon Whitaker 0 0-0 0; Alec Frair 1 1-2 3; Spencer Klumpp 1 0-0 3; Nolan Butler 0 0-0 0; Nate Parker 2 0-0 4; Nate Erickson 4 1-1 12; Tristan Austin 0 0-0 0; Nate Hurlburt 0 0-0 0; Robert Champlain 1 1-2 3; Josh Titus 0 0-0 0; Steven Mills 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 24 3-10-55
3-point goals: Sidney 3 (Palmatier 2, Harris); Greene 4 (Erickson 3, Klumpp). JV Game: Greene won.
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