Memorial ball coming out.
Salem must:
1. Control the defensive glass.
2. Get Josh Jones going.
3. Find a way to stop Jason Cheverfils
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A 5-0 run off the break with Cheverfils scoring twice, 27-21 memorial
Make that a 7-0 run with nobody on Salem stopping Cheverfils … (6 for the half, 13 for the game).
Timeout by a lethargic bunch of Blue Devils, 29-21 with 4:55 left.
Cheverfils again, there’s nobody in a Salem uni even trying to step up, traditional three-point play and Salem faces its biggest deficit 32-21.
The Devils finally break the ice on a Josh Jones answer 2+the foul, 3:34 left, a Jones FT and it’s 32-24.
The trap pays dividends, Mike Kimball steal to Alex LaRosa for the hoop and a hack, 3:22 left in the third, it’s 32-27
1:10 Jones triple is pure, 33-30
Cheverfills answers against the zone.
35-30 Memorial as we head to the fourth.
Pierre Reyes 3, Josh Jones 3 … 38-33 with 5:50 left…
Guess who, Cheverfils, 40-33, 5:40 left
Sam Shields follow, time out Salem, 40-35 with 4:45 left…
Cheverfils follows his own miss, 42-35 …
Jones 3 plus the hack, 3:21 left in the game, possibly the season, and with the FT miss, it’s 42-38
Salem had the ball and LaRosa was tackled on a drive, no call as he hit the floor hard, Memorial at the line with 2:21 left, 1+1 , 44 -38
1:30, LaRosa cool stepback triple, timeout Salem, Memorial ball, 44-41
LaRosa triple in and out, but he forces a memorial turnover, 47.6 left
Jones triple try from the top misses, 34.4 to go, Jon Brandon at the line for two for Memorial
1 of 2, 45-41
jones misses another triple, 22.0 left, Pierre Reyes at the line for two
makes both 47-41
Kimbal misses three and that’s all … 49-41.
