Tyler Mertiff scored a game-high 24 points in leading the Tyrone Golden Eagles over visiting Bishop Guilfoyle Maurauders 55-50 Friday evening in boys\u2019 basketball action.
\nThe Marauders came out fast, outscoring Tyrone 7-2 through the opening minutes of the game. Eagles head coach mike Harris said he told his team to relax.
\n\u201cThey came out hard,\u201d he said. \u201cI told our guys, \u2018just relax, work the ball, get good shots and play good defense\u2019.\u201d
\nAfter falling behind early, Harris\u2019 sqaud got things together quickly. After Mertiff hit his first of four 3-pointers on the night, he fed Dan Domenick the ball underneath the basket to knot the score. The Eagles then put nine more points on the board before quarter\u2019s end, but Guilfoyle hung tough, nailing three shots from behind the arc for a 19-16 lead.
\nSophomore Kevin Hershberger gave the Golden Eagles their first lead of the game on his seventh consecutive point. He had tallied the final three Tyrone points in the first quarter and scored two quick buckets for a 20-19 score.
\nTyrone continued pouring on the offense, highlighted by a Ben Gummo 3-pointer that capped a 10-4 Eagle run. The run contributed to a 20-point second quarter for Tyrone and a 36-30 lead at halftime.
\n\u201cWe outscored them 20-11, we made our foul shots and we played really aggressive,\u201d said Harris, reflecting on the team\u2019s second quarter performance. :Kevin Hershberger came off the bench and made some big shots. Dan Grazier played with some toughens out there coming off the football injury.\u201d
\nThe pace slowed in the second half as Tyrone held the ball in its backcourt for four straight minutes of the third quarter as. The BG defense huddled in the middle.
\nUsing a stingy and ball controlling offense, the Golden Eagles were able to protect their lead through the fourth and earn their fifth straight win.
\nMertiff scored 10 points in the second quarter, part of a 15-point first half, lead to a game-high 24. Harris said with the Eagles\u2019 defense crowding big man Brady Hoover and limiting him to a 7-point night, Mertiff\u2019s performance was all important and contributed to the attitude of the team.
\n\u201cTyler really wanted this game bad,\u201d said Harris. \u201cHe was really into it out there. We were all into it.\u201d
\n\u201cIt\u2019s a big motivator,\u201d said Harris. \u201cThat\u2019s what we talked about tonight. We said we won four straight and we had to keep it going.\u201d
\nHarris and the Eagles hope to take that motivating factor for a sixth straight in Huntingdon and Indian Valley. Both road games promise to be tough conference clashes.
\nIn jayvee action, the Eagles chalked up their 12th victory against just one defeat with a 36-31 down-to-the-second win. Eleven different Eagles pierced the net.
\nTyrone 55 Bishop Guilfoyle 50
\nBISHOP GUILFOYLE – Foor 4 4-4 13, Destefano 1 0-0 3, Mathis 6 3-3 15, Pacifico 3 1-2 7, Stoehr 1 0-1 2, Toomey 0 0-0 0, Miller 2 3-4 9, Cotto 0 1-2 1. TOTALS
\nTYRONE – Mertiff 9 2-4 24, Hoover 3 1-5 7, Gummo 1 0-0 3, Ashcroft 1 0-0 2, Domenick 1 0-0 2, Hershberger 3 0-0 7, Grazier 1 2-5 4, Wilson 1 4-4 6. TOTALS 20 9-18 55.
\nScore By Quarters
\nBishop Guilfoyle\t19 11 9 11 – 50
\nTyrone \t\t16 20 7 12 – 55
\nThree-point goals: Bishop Guilfoyle 4 (Foor 1, Destefano 1, Miller 2); Tyrone 6 (Mertiff 4, Gummo 1, Hershberger 1)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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