Gilbert Tiger Basketball

●●● GILBERT - MOUNTAIN POINTE ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●

Game #25 - February 03, 2012

The Tigers were able to get a great road victory versus the Mountain Pointe Pride on Friday night by the score of 62 - 49. The Tigers jumped out to an early 19 - 8 first quarter lead, but the Pride played inspired basketball and outscored the Tigers by 1 in the second to trim their deficit to a 36 to 26 halftime score. The Tigers jumped out in the 2nd half by scoring the first 5 points, but then went cold and eventually got outscored by 5 points in the quarter. In the final stanza the Tigers really did a nice job of finding the open man like they did throughout, but were able to covert 8 field goals to pull away from Mountain Pointe.

The Tigers did a pretty good job of holding Kari Holloway to 11 points, which is 8 points below his average. Also, the Tigers dominated the glass and out-rebounded Mountain Pointe 36 - 23.

Erik Crawford had a great game as he had a game high 18 points and 12 boards to give him a double-double on the night and was just 4 assists shy of a triple-double. Other double figure scorers were DeAndre Myles' 14 points and Freddie Lash's 13 points. The Tigers also assisted on 21 of their 27 field goals on the night.

Next up for the Tigers is a sectional game versus a very talented Buena team next Wednesday at 5:45 at Mesquite high school. More information about the sectional tournament and state tournament will be posted on the home page. Hope to see all the Tiger fans out cheering on the Tigers Wednesday night.

TEAM	1	2	3	4	F
GILBERT	19	17	07	19	62
MOUNTAIN POINTE	08	18	12	11	49

PLAYER	ASST	REB	STL	2PT	3PT	FT	PTS	TO
Lash	-	`2`	1	4-9	1-2	2-6	13	1
Thomas	-	`1`	-	-	-	-	-	1
Myles	3	6	2	7-10	-	-	14	-
Harper	2	5	1	2-2	0-4	-	4	1
Helvig	5	3	-	1-2	0-2	-	2	2
Reber	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Valladolid	-	`-`	`-`	-	-	-	-	-
Claw	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Bryant	3	5	-	2-6	-	2-4	6	3
Martin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Crawford	`6`	12	1	8-12	0-2	2-2	18	3
Murrell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hurd	1	2	-	1-1	1-1	-	5	1
TOTAL	21	36	5	25-52	2-11	6-12	62	14
PCT				48%	18%	50%

●●● GILBERT - WILLIAMS FIELD ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●

Game #24 - February 02, 2012

On senior night the Tigers were able to play well enough to take home the win versus Williams Field by a score of 49 - 20. On a night where the Tigers were not very sharp, their defense was strong enough to only allow 5 field goals in the game. All 12 Tigers were able to get significant playing time and again the Tiger's scoring was balanced and they were led by Freddie Lash's 11 points.

Senior guard, Josiah Claw, gave the Tigers a spark off the bench in the first half which helped give the Tigers momentum going into the locker room at the half.

The final regular season game is tonight on the road versus a very athletic Mountain Pointe team. Thanks to the fans and pep band who have continued to support our guys. Hope to see you out at the game tonight.

TEAM	1	2	3	4	F
GILBERT	11	18	17	03	49
WILLIAMS FIELD	02	04	10	04	20

PLAYER	ASST	REB	STL	2PT	3PT	FT	PTS	TO
Lash	1	3	1	3-5	1-2	2-3	11	-
Thomas	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	2
Myles	3	9	-	2-4	-	-	4	1
Harper	2	-	-	0-1	1-1	-	3	-
Helvig	1	4	1	0-1	2-4	2-4	8	4
Reber	-	1	-	0-1	1-1	0-2	3	1
Valladolid	2	`1`	`-`	1-1	-	1-1	3	1
Claw	2	-	-	2-2	0-1	-	4	2
Bryant	-	3	-	2-3	0-3	-	4	4
Martin	-	-	-	-	0-1	-	-	-
Crawford	3	4	1	1-2	1-3	-
Murrell	-	2	-	1-2	-	-	2	1
Hurd	1	6	2	-	-	-	-	1
TOTAL	15	36	6	12-22	6-16	5-10	49	18
PCT				55%	38%	50%

●●● GILBERT - BASHA ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●

Game #23 - January 31, 2012
By Kyle Odegard, Tribune

Freddie Lash threw down a left-handed dunk, then couldn't help himself.

With the home crowd whipped into a frenzy, the senior guard lifted his arms above his head and flexed his biceps.

The move drew a technical foul, and truth be told, the wiry 6-foot-3, 145-pounder doesn't have much muscle to show off, but Lash and the Gilbert boys basketball team proved once again on Tuesday night that looks can be deceiving.

The No. 7 Tigers beat No. 4 Basha for the second time this season, 75-54, in a critical Division I power points contest.

The Bears boast three juniors - Torren Jones, Jaron Hopkins and Maurice Kirby - that may go on to play Division I college basketball, but Gilbert's unimposing group made this victory look even easier than the first.

"I knew they were going to be out to beat us, obviously," Gilbert coach Jay Caserio said. "It was a big win."

Basha had an early 11-6 lead, but the Tigers went on a 16-0 run to take a lead they never relinquished. The Bears were within 41-36 midway through the third quarter, but Gilbert quickly pushed the lead back up to double digits in less than a minute.

Lash put the exclamation point on the victory by getting a pass in transition and throwing down the dunk for a 66-46 lead with 3:52 remaining.

"It felt so good," Lash said of the dunk. "You don't even know."

The Tigers entered the game eighth in the Division I power point rankings and the win should help them move up. The top-8 teams earn a first round bye in the state tournament.

Gilbert has two more games this week to end the regular season while others have only one, so the Tigers seem to have a good shot at making a move up in the standings.

"It should help, but it doesn't if you don't win," Caserio said.

Lash had 18 points to lead Gilbert and Erik Crawford added 15 points.

Jones led Basha with 13 points and eight rebounds. Hopkins had 11 points but shot only 4-of-16 from the field.

The Bears were second in the power point rankings heading into the contest. Coach Brad Pinter said Gilbert poses match-up problems for Basha.

"They did a good job of hitting outside shots, and once you're hitting that many 3's, you're going to get some inside stuff," he said.

Gilbert guard Cody Martin injured his knee with 9.8 seconds remaining in the first quarter and didn't return. Caserio said it was a muscle injury, and Martin, one of the team's best players, will be checked out on Wednesday morning.

TEAM	1	2	3	4	F
GILBERT	13	24	17	21	75
BASHA	11	15	16	12	54

PLAYER	ASST	REB	STL	2PT	3PT	FT	PTS	TO
Lash	1		-	4-5	2-3	2-3	10	1
Thomas	-	-	-	1-1	-	0-2	-	-
Myles	4	8	-	5-5	-	-	4	1
Harper	2	-	-	1-2	1-3	-	4	1
Helvig	3	3	-	1-2	1-1	2-2	8	2
Reber	-	1	-	1-1	-	-	-	-
Valladolid	-	`-`	`-`	-	-	-	-	-
Claw	-	-	-	-	-	1-2	-	-
Bryant	10	2	-	2-3	0-3	0-1	15	1
Martin	1	2	-	-	0-1	-	7	-
Crawford	1	3	1	4-5	2-4	1-2	12	-
Murrell	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
Hurd	1	2	-	4-4	1-1	-	2	-
TOTAL	23	22	1	23-28	7-16	6-12	75	7
PCT				82%	44%	50%

BASHA GAME GALLERY

●●● GILBERT - DOBSON ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●

Game #22 - January 27, 2012

The Tigers suffered a tough road loss Friday night against the Dobson Mustangs by a score of 65 - 62. The highly motivated Mustangs on senior night used sharp shooting to open up an early 10 point lead on the Tigers. The Tigers were trying to limit Dobson's big man, Marcus Tipton (game high 20 points and 14 rebounds), from getting paint touches, but Dobson made that difficult by their guards torching the nets from long distance. At the half the Mustangs had a 9 point lead.

Despite the loss the coaching staff was pleased to see the Tigers battle in the second half to trim that Dobson lead back to a one possession game. The way the game was going early it could of easily of been a blow out in the second half, but the Tigers weren't going to go down without a fight. The Tigers shared the basketball on offense to get good shots and flat out scrapped on the other end of the court to get loose balls and stops. The Tigers scoring was balanced again and they were led by Anthony Bryant's 15 points and 8 assists. The Tigers had a couple of chances late in the game to either take the lead or tie the game, but give credit to Dobson as they were able to make enough plays on both sides of the court to conserve the victory.

Up next for the Tigers is a home game next Tuesday night versus the Basha Bears who are currently the #3 team in Division 1. Tuesday night we will also be honoring the parents of our varsity team as it is Parent Night. Come out to see great high school basketball at "The Jungle."

TEAM	1	2	3	4	F
GILBERT	14	16	15	17	62
DOBSON	22	17	10	16	65

PLAYER	ASST	REB	STL	2PT	3PT	FT	PTS	TO
Lash	-	-	-	2-4	2-4	-	10	1
Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Myles	1	6	1	2-4	0-2	-	4	2
Harper	1	2	-	1-3	0-3	2-4	4	1
Helvig	1	1	3	3-3	0-1	2-2	8	-
Reber	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Valladolid	-	`-`	`-`	-	-	-	-	-
Claw	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bryant	8	2	2	6-10	0-2	3-4	15	1
Martin	-	3	-	1-5	1-1	2-2	7	1
Crawford	-	2	1	2-4	3-6	1-2	12	1
Murrell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hurd	-	-	-	1-1	0-1	-	2	-
TOTAL	11	16	7	17-34	6-20	10-14	62	7
PCT				50%	30%	71%

●●● GILBERT - MESQUITE ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●

Game #21 - January 26, 2012

The Tigers were back in action Thursday night on the road versus the Mesquite Wildcats after not playing since last Friday night. The Wildcats played their tails off and made every possession for the Tigers difficult. Gilbert was able to take a 10 point lead once in the first half and then again in the second, but Sami Bazi's (18 points) three point bombs pulled them to within a basket late in the game. Freddie Lash did a nice job late in the game guarding Bazi by tipping a shot attempt and getting a great defensive block in transition.

The Tigers scoring was very balanced again and DJ Hurd led the Tigers with 11 points, all in the first half including three 3 pointers. Anthony Bryant made 2 out of 3 freet hrows down the stretch in a one possession game that helped Gilbert seal the victory. The Tigers are going to have to get focused quickly as they turn around and go on the road again Friday night to play the very balanced Dobson Mustangs.

TEAM	1	2	3	4	F
GILBERT	18	08	21	06	53
MESQUITE	11	09	18	11	49

PLAYER	ASST	REB	STL	2PT	3PT	FT	PTS	TO
Lash	3	3	2	1-4	1-2	1-2	6	1
Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Myles	1	4	1	1-4	-	-	2	`-`
Harper	1	-	-	2-4	1-3	-	7	1
Helvig	1	-	-	3-4	1-3	-	9	-
Reber	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Valladolid	-	`-`	`-`	-	-	-	-	-
Claw	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bryant	6	4	1	3-3	-	2-3	8	1
Martin	3	6	1	1-4	0-1	-	2	2
Crawford	4	6	-	2-4	1-1	3-4	10	2
Murrell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hurd	-	2	-	1-3	3-5	-	11	-
TOTAL	19	25	5	14-30	7-15	6-9	53	7
PCT				47%	47%	67%

●●● GILBERT - DOBSON ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●

Game #20 - January 20, 2012
by Les Willsey - aia365.com

Gilbert High's plan of action against Dobson Friday night was to limit scoring opportunities for Dobson's 6-foot-5 forward Marcus Tipton. The Tigers did a good job of that themselves the first half. Tipton did that for Gilbert in the second half.

Using an 8-0 run in the final two minutes of the opening quarter, Gilbert grabbed control of the game and ran away midway through the third period to notch its sixth straight victory, a 62-45 triumph over Dobson in a Division I boys game at Gilbert High.

"I've seen Dobson enough that he becomes a monster if you let him catch it down low," Gilbert coach Jay Caserio said. "I though Erik Crawford did a great job guarding him. Crawford is 6-2 and what he does guarding other teams big players goes unnoticed."

Tipton made a three-point play in the opening period. He didn't get a shot attempt in the second. When Tipton started to warm up in the low post in the opening minutes of the third period (scoring seven quick points), he disappeared shortly thereafter.

Tipton was assessed two technical fouls in a matter of a few seconds and ejected with 4:11 left in the third period. An official ruled a jump ball rather than a foul when Tipton and a Gilbert player scrambled for a rebound. Tipton slammed the ball down and was awarded technical No. 1. No. 2 came when he said something to the official. That ended his night. Tipton won't be able to play in Dobson's next game on Tuesday against Red Mountain since his ejection carries a one-game suspension.

Dobson (16-8, 9-5 power-point games) trailed 39-31 when Tipton was ejected. Gilbert's Austin Harper made three of four technical-foul free throws to bump the lead to 11. The margin was 52-37 when the third period finished.

"We did a poor job of getting the ball inside," Dobson coach Rick McConnell said. "It's something we want to do having Marcus. But we got away from it. We hurried some shots and didn't slow down to look inside. We threw some passes that weren't there. They took advantage of the turnovers and our impatience."

It was a very balanced scoring night for Gilbert (15-5, 11-2 ppg), which got 13 points from Cody Martin (11 in the first half), 11 from Austin Harper (all in the third period) and 11 off the bench from Conner Helvig. Four other players scored between five and nine points

Harper opened the third quarter with two threes that extended a 27-21 halftime lead to 33-21 less than a minute deep in the period. Defensively, Gilbert held Dobson without a field goal for an 11-minute stretch -- the last two minutes of the first period through the first 90 seconds of the third period.

Dobson was led by Kyle Tomlinson with 13 points and got 10 points each from Tipton and Kodi Justice.

TEAM	1	2	3	4	F
GILBERT	19	08	25	10	62
DOBSON	14	07	16	08	45

PLAYER	ASST	REB	STL	2PT	3PT	FT	PTS	TO
Lash	-	2	`-`	2-10	1-2	-	7	2
Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Myles	1	8	1	2-5	0-1	1-2	5	`-`
Harper	1	3	-	1-2	2-2	3-4	11	-
Helvig	4	6	2	2-6	1-4	4-6	11	2
Reber	-	2	-	-	0-1	-	-	1
Valladolid	-	`-`	`-`	-	-	-	-	1
Claw	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bryant	6	`-`	`-`	0-3	-	-	-	`-`
Martin	3	6	1	2-5	3-4	0-1	13	1
Crawford	-	3	1	2-6	1-2	2-3	9	2
Murrell	-	2	-	0-1	-	-	-	1
Hurd	-	1	1	3-4	-	0-2	6	4
TOTAL	15	35	6	14-42	8-16	10-18	62	11
PCT				33%	50%	56%

●●● GILBERT - SKYLINE ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●

Game #19 - January 17, 2012
The Tigers were able to win their 5th game in a row by defeating Skyline by a score of 63 to 29. The Tigers jumped out to a convincing 18 to 3 first quarter lead are were able to push it to a 56 to 26 lead going into the final stanza.

Ten Tigers were able to get into the score book and all the players played fairly well and were able to get significant minutes. Up next for the Tigers is a home game Friday night versus a well-coached Dobson Mustang team led by Coach Rick McConnell who is one of the very best coaches in the state.

Hope to see all the fans supporting the Tigers in "The Jungle" Friday night!

TEAM	1	2	3	4	F
GILBERT	18	17	21	07	63
SKYLINE	03	15	08	03	29

PLAYER	ASST	REB	STL	2PT	3PT	FT	PTS	TO
Lash	-	`-`	`-`	6-8	0-1	2-2	14	`1`
Thomas	-	1	1	-	1-2	0-1	3	`1`
Myles	2	`7`	`1`	3-4	0-1	-	6	`1`
Harper	1	1	-	1-2	0-1	-	2	2
Helvig	3	`5`	`1`	1-1	2-2	0-2	8	`3`
Reber	-	2	-	1-2	0-1	-	2	1
Valladolid	1	`1`	`-`	-	-	-	-	`-`
Claw	1	2	1	1-1	-	-	2	-
Bryant	2	`4`	`3`	0-2	0-1	-	-	`4`
Martin	1	1	1	0-2	2-5	1-2	7	1
Crawford	-	`4`	`4`	3-3	0-1	3-4	9	`1`
Murrell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Hurd	3	2	-	1-2	1-2	5-7	10	-
TOTAL	14	30	12	21-37	6-17	11-18	63	16
PCT				57%	35%	61%

●●● GILBERT - BASHA ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●

Game #18 - January 16, 2012
Freddie Lash had waited 360 days for a chance at redemption, and for two quarters, it looked all for naught.

The eighth-ranked Gilbert boys basketball team fell behind No. 2 Basha by nine at intermission, but used a hot-shooting second half to pull off the long-awaited upset, 68-52 in the MLK Basketball Classic on Monday at Wells Fargo Arena.

Lash, Gilbert's senior shooting guard, remembered the 62-35 pasting the Bears handed the Tigers a season ago, something the team used as motivation for this one.

"Last year was one of my worst seasons because we only won eight games," Lash said. "Basha was one of the teams that beat us by, like, 30, so we had to come back at them. I just wanted payback. We were waiting for this game."

It looked like history would repeat itself in the first half, as Maurice Kirby and Jaron Hopkins helped Basha to a 30-21 halftime lead. The Tigers trimmed the deficit to two points heading into the fourth, and finished the final eight minutes on a 23-5 run to cruise to the victory.

Basha didn't score its first points of the fourth quarter until a three-point play from Torren Jones with 3:02 remaining. By that time, Gilbert had a 62-50 lead and the Bears (16-3) never seriously threatened.

"I think we hung our heads a little bit," Basha coach Brad Pinter said. "We got out of the game mentally. Once you get out of the game mentally, then everything starts to fall (apart) for you."

Gilbert hit 18-of-29 shots in the second half and shot 52.8 percent from the field for the contest. Lash led the way with 24 points. Conner Helvig added 10.

Basha struggled mightily in the second half, getting outscored by 25. Hopkins finished with a team-high 14 points, but hit only 6-of-15 shots. Jones (13 points) and Kirby (11) both scored in double figures, but Gilbert's 2-3 zone kept them from dominating inside.

"The plan was to keep Jaron out of the paint and keep the two big men out of the paint," Lash said. "Plug it up and make them shoot jump shots."

Gilbert (13-4) has now won four in a row, including the past three over Mesquite, Highland and Basha all by 15 points or more.

"Our chemistry is just out of the gym right now," Lash said. "I've never felt this confident in the team before."

TEAM	1	2	3	4	F
GILBERT	13	08	24	24	68
BASHA	13	17	17	04	52

PLAYER	ASST	REB	STL	2PT	3PT	FT	PTS	TO
Lash	-	`2`	`1`	8-13	2-4	2-2	24	`-`
Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Myles	2	`6`	`-`	3-5	1-1	-	9	`-`
Harper	1	1	2	2-5	0-1	-	4	2
Helvig	4	`1`	`3`	3-6	1-3	1-2	10	`1`
Reber	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Valladolid	-	`-`	`-`	-	-	-	-	`-`
Claw	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bryant	10	`5`	`-`	2-3	0-1	1-1	5	`1`
Martin	1	1	-	0-2	2-3	-	6	-
Crawford	1	`3`	`-`	2-2	0-2	1-1	5	`1`
Murrell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hurd	-	-	-	1-1	1-1	-	5	-
TOTAL	19	19	6	21-37	7-16	5-6	68	7
PCT				57%	44%	83%

BASHA GAME GALLERY

●●● GILBERT - HIGHLAND ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●

Game #17 - January 13, 2012
The Tigers were able to win their third game of the week on Friday night on the road versus their rivals of Highland. The Gilbert - Highland match-up is one of the best rivalries in the state and this year didn't disappoint as the fans packed Highland's gym to see a good basketball game.

The Tigers played a nice opening quarter by taking a 5 point lead and then they coupled that with an even better second quarter to take a 32 to 21 halftime lead. There was not much scoring in the second half as both teams defended and rebounded well. Gilbert's team defense and specifically Cody Martin played very well all night as he was assigned the task of defending sophomore Jake Toolson who has been Highland's leading scorer all year. Jake was the leading scoring on the night with 13 points. Gilbert's scoring was very balanced again as they were led by Erik Crawford's 12 points and DeAndre Myles' 10 points.

Gilbert plays their next game in the annual MLK Basketball Classic at Wells Fargo Arena on Monday night at 5:30 versus the Basha Bears who are one of the most talented teams in the state. Go to the home page to learn more about the day's events to honor Martin Luther King, Jr.

TEAM	1	2	3	4	F
GILBERT	15	17	14	09	55
HIGHLAND	10	11	13	06	40

PLAYER	ASST	REB	STL	2PT	3PT	FT	PTS	TO
Lash	4	1	1	1-7	1-2	1-2	6	1
Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Myles	2	4	2	5-7	-	0-1	10	-
Harper	2	2	-	1-2	-	-	2	-
Helvig	2	2	-	2-6	1-2	2-2	9	2
Reber	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Valladolid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Claw	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bryant	4	2	2	2-5	-	1-3	5	2
Martin	2	3	-	1-3	1-1	3-5	8	1
Crawford	1	1	-	3-5	2-4	-	12	-
Murrell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hurd	1	1	-	1-2	0-1	-	2	1
TOTAL	18	16	5	16-37	5-11	7-13	55	7
PCT				43%	46%	54%

●●● GILBERT - MESQUITE ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●

Game #16 - January 12, 2012
The Tigers played one of their most complete games of the season Thursday night at "The Jungle" by defeating Mesquite by a score of 72 to 55. The game really changed in the 2nd quarter as the Tigers out-scored Mesquite 31 to 15. The Tigers moved the ball well for open shots and those shots were falling which allowed the Tigers to get into their full court defenses.

This was the best shooting night for the Tigers on the season as they connected for 10 three pointers and assisted on 22 of their 26 field goals. Sami Bazi led the Wildcats with 28 points and Fred Lash, Cody Martin and Conner Helvig led the Tigers with 18, 14 and 11 points respectively. Next up for the Tigers is a huge road game at Highland.

TEAM	1	2	3	4	F
GILBERT	12	31	14	15	72
MESQUITE	08	15	16	16	55

PLAYER	ASST	REB	STL	2PT	3PT	FT	PTS	TO
Lash	-	3	1	3-5	4-6	-	18	-
Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Myles	2	5	1	4-4	-	-	8	1
Harper	3	1	-	1-2	1-2	1-2	6	-
Helvig	2	2	2	1-4	2-3	3-4	11	-
Reber	-	`1`	-	0-1	-	-	-	-
Valladolid	-	2	-	-	-	0-1	-	-
Claw	-	`1`	-	1-1	-	-	2	-
Bryant	4	3	-	0-5	0-1	4-6	4	5
Martin	2	4	1	4-8	2-3	-	14	-
Crawford	6	4	1	1-5	1-3	1-2	6	-
Murrell	-	-	-	0-3	-	1-2	1	-
Hurd	3	2	-	1-3	0-1	-	2	-
TOTAL	`22`	28	6	16-41	10-18	10-17	72	6
PCT				39%	56%	59%

●●● GILBERT - MARYVALE ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●

Game #15 - January 10, 2012
The Gilbert Tigers got back into the winning column with a victory over Maryvale Tuesday night. The Tigers jumped out to a good first quarter by hitting some outside shots and pushing the ball in transition.

In the second quarter the game started to get away from the Tigers a bit as those shots weren't falling and the Tigers committed too many turnovers and breakdowns in defensive transition. At halftime the Tigers wanted to try to continue to push the ball like the first half, but with better effort and concentration on limiting Maryvale's offensive efficiency. The Tigers did much better outscoring Maryvale in the second half by a score of 37 to 20.

Fred Lash led the Tigers with 22 points and Austin Harper and Cody Martin scored in double figures too with 11 and 10 points respectively. Cody also had a really nice floor game with 7 rebounds and 7 assists. Up next for the Tigers is one of our two cross-town rivals at home versus the Mesquite Wildcats.

TEAM	1	2	3	4	F
GILBERT	23	14	18	19	74
MARYVALE	08	18	09	11	46

PLAYER	ASST	REB	STL	2PT	3PT	FT	PTS	TO
Lash	-	8	3	9-22	1-5	1-3	22	2
Thomas	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-
Myles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Harper	2	4	1	3-7	1-3	2-2	11	-
Helvig	3	4	2	2-5	0-1	2-2	6	3
Reber	1	`1`	-	-	-	-	-	-
Valladolid	1	2	-	2-3	-	-	4	-
Claw	-	`1`	-	1-2	-	-	2	-
Bryant	5	6	-	1-8	-	3-4	5	3
Martin	7	7	2	3-5	0-1	4-4	10	-
Crawford	1	4	1	3-10	0-2	3-4	9	2
Murrell	-	-	-	1-2	-	-	2	-
Hurd	1	1	-	-	1-2	-	3	-
TOTAL	`22`	40	10	25-64	3-14	15-19	74	10
PCT				42%	21%	79%

●●● GILBERT - DESERT MOUNTAIN ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●

Game #12 - December 28, 2011
The Tigers lost to a tough Desert Mountain team in the semi-finals of the Holiday Hoops Fest at Boulder Creek on Wednesday night by a score of 47 - 41.

Both teams displayed tough defense and DM held a slight 22 - 20 lead at halftime. The Tigers had a nice third quarter as they were able to cause some turnovers and score in transition to take a 3 point lead going into the 4th quarter. Unfortunately the Tigers went absolutely cold from the field in the 4th quarter.

The Tigers worked for pretty good shots, but nothing would drop and that didn't allow the Tigers to get into their full court defenses. The Tigers certainly didn't help themselves either by going 5 - 11 from the free throw line, including missing the front end of a 1 - 1 three times. Desert Mountain made their free throws in the 4th quarter to close out the Tigers.

TEAM	1	2	3	4	F
GILBERT	09	11	14	07	41
DESERT MOUNTAIN	16	06	09	16	47

PLAYER	ASST	REB	STL	2PT	3PT	FT	PTS	TO
Lash	-	4	3	1-6	2-4	-	8	1
Thomas	2	-	1	0-1	0-2	-	-	1
Myles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Harper	2	3	1	1-3	1-2	3-5	8	-
Helvig	2	5	2	0-4	2-4	1-3	7	4
Reber	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Valladolid	1	4	-	-	0-2	0-1	-	-
Claw	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bryant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Martin	-	5	2	2-6	0-1	1-2	5	1
Crawford	3	4	1	2-7	1-6	-	7	-
Murrell	-	-	-