While Wheatley was shutting down Scarborough's top scorer Hunter Janacek, Janacek's teammates took care of beating Wheatley at The Pavilion Saturday afternoon, 68-61. While I didn't see a box score, I'd be surprised if Janacek was in double figures. However, Jonathan Garcia-Loza and Johnathan Crew figured out a way to get the ball in the paint and into the basket numerous times to pick up the slack.
I heard from a source that Crew had 24 points, but I couldn't confirm that number. Either way, he and Garcia-Loza had numerous putbacks to lead the Spartans. I JUST RECEIVED CONFIRMATION FROM Martin Wall THAT CREW HAD 21 points. (Posted Saturday night)
The win puts the Spartans at 2-0 in district play. They are now 17-4 over-all.
NOTE: (Sunday afternoon) Here are a few more thoughts on the win. I mentioned previously that Wheatley shut down Janacek as a scorer, but I didn't go into how they did that. Now, I will.
Wheatley played a full court press for most if not all of the game. Because of this tactic, getting the ball to the front court was Janacek's responsibility a large majority of the time. He was instrumental in the Spartans beating the Wheatley press. In fact, many times Scarborough would beat the press in such a manner that they scored before Janacek was fully in the front court and able to participate in the offense.
Janacek didn't score much, but his ball control was key to everybody else on the team being able to score. In the games that I had attended previously this season, getting the basketball up the court wasn't as big of a challenge for the Spartans, so Janacek's ability to fulfill this role wasn't as prominently displayed. It was impressive to see those skills on display contributing to a big win on Saturday.
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