My Ferris Saxons ended up losing to Mead by 3 tonight after leading by 9 points at the half. The second half in particular was a pretty intense series of momentum shifts with Mead charging back into the lead within the first two or three minutes of the third quarter thanks to strong offense and a series of Saxon miscues. We eventually came around in the fourth quarter and reestablished about a 7 point lead thanks to some stops and timely 3s from Zach Fleming and Kobe Smith, but then inexplicably let Mead star Tyson Rogalette score 12 straight points off 3s and free throws to take an insurmountable four point lead with about two seconds and change.
Then things got weird. Down 4 points, with just over two seconds left in the game Zach Fleming received the ball and dribbled up the sideline directly into Mead coach Glenn Williams who had inexplicably stepped onto the court1 and directly into his path. The refs huddled up and made the correct call of a technical foul, awarding Ferris two free throws attempts, and one last possession with the ball. What should have been a sure win for Mead suddenly was in doubt yet again. Rubber Chicken hero McCoy Spink took the free throws, but only made the first, and we were forced to put a final desperation three as time expired. It didn't happen and we had only our horrendous free throw shooting (6-16 which was more like 6-20 based on front ends of 1 and 1 shots missed), dumb turnovers, and rebounding margin (-14 according to our stats guy) to blame.
In other GSL news tonight Gonzaga Prep got a huge 69-63 win over Mt. Spokane to virtually assure themselves a second place finish in the 4A with a real shot to still pickoff Central Valley as well when they meet Friday.
More bizarrely this is actually the second time he's gotten a technical for interfering with play along the sideline in a game against us. Both times I would describe it as a flukey lapse of thought rather than anything else.