GAME TEN: DESALES 73; GARFIELD HEIGHTS 68
Ohio Scholastic Play-by-Play Classic
(at Value City Arena, The Ohio State University, January 10, 2009)
Season Record: Overall: 9-1; Central Catholic League: 3-0
 
SCORE BY QUARTER
 
    1     2     3     4   Final
Garfield Heights 18 15 19 16 68
DeSales 10 18 21 24 73
 
BOX SCORE
 
Garfield
Heights		 Field
Goals		 Free
Throws		 Tot.
Pts.		 DeSales Field
Goals		 Free
Throws		 Tot.
Pts.
3s 2s Md. Att.  3s 2s Md. Att. 
Carl Jones 3 10 7 8 36 Ike Ariguzo 2 4 9 12 23
Trey Lewis 3 1     11 Nick Goff 5 1 1 2 18
Will Weeks   4 2 3 10 Nick Kellogg   4 4 4 12
Roy Brown   2 1 2 5 Seun Adejobi   3 2 3 8
Fred Chatmon   2     4 Adam Griffin   2 4 5 8
Mario Hines   1   2 2 Zak Gaborcik   2     4
TOTALS 6 20 10 15 68 TOTALS 7 16 20 26 73
 

(66.7%)

    

(76.9%)

  
   
 
PLAY-BY-PLAY SCORING
 
FIRST HALF DHS GHH
FIRST QUARTER:
Carl Jones field goal 0 2
Carl Jones field goal 0 4
Seun Adejobi field goal 2 4
Carl Jones three-point field goal 2 7
Carl Jones field goal 2 9
Carl Jones field goal 2 11
Fred Chatmon field goal 2 13
    Time-out DHS (2:56 left to play)
Seun Adejobi two free throws 4 13
Trey Lewis three-point field goal 4 16
    (GHH's largest lead)
Ike Ariguzo two free throws 6 16
Nick Kellogg field goal 8 16
Mario Hines field goal 8 18
Ike Ariguzo two free throws 10 18
    Time-out GHH (:17.7 left to play)
END OF FIRST QUARTER 10 18
SECOND QUARTER:
Ike Ariguzo field goal 12 18
Nick Goff three-point field goal 15 18
    (Goff's three-pointer completed
    an 11-2 DHS run that started
    with Ariguzo's first free throw
    in the first quarter)
Trey Lewis three-point field goal 15 21
Seun Adejobi field goal 17 21
Fred Chatmon field goal 17 23
Nick Kellogg field goal 19 23
Adam Griffin field goal 21 23
Trey Lewis three-point field goal 21 26
Zak Gaborcik field goal 23 26
    Time-out DHS (2:54 left to play)
Fred Chatmon field goal 23 28
Carl Jones field goal 23 30
Carl Jones free throw 23 31
Ike Ariguzo field goal 25 31
Nick Kellogg field goal 27 31
Trey Lewis field goal 27 33
Nick Goff free throw 28 33
END OF SECOND QUARTER 28 33
SECOND HALF
THIRD QUARTER:
Will Weeks field goal 28 35
Ike Ariguzo three-point field goal 31 35
Carl Jones field goal 31 37
Seun Adejobi field goal 33 37
Ike Ariguzo field goal 35 37
Ike Ariguzo free throw 36 37
Nick Kellogg field goal 38 37
    (1st lead change -- Kellogg's
    field goal completed a 10-2
    DHS run that started with
    Ariguzo's three-pointer)
Carl Jones first free throw 38 38
    (1st tie score)
Carl Jones second free throw 38 39
    (2nd lead change -- 4:16 left to
    play)
Will Weeks field goal 38 41
Carl Jones field goal 38 43
    Time-out DHS (3:12 left to play)
Will Weeks field goal 38 45
Ike Ariguzo three-point field goal 41 45
Will Weeks field goal 41 47
Nick Goff three-point field goal 44 47
Roy Brown field goal 44 49
Carl Jones three-point field goal 44 52
Nick Goff three-point field goal 47 52
Nick Goff field goal 49 52
END OF THIRD QUARTER 49 52
FOURTH QUARTER:
Nick Kellogg two free throws 51 52
    Time-out GHH (7:19 left to play)
Ike Ariguzo field goal 53 52
    (3rd lead change -- Ariguzo's
    field goal completed a 9-0 DHS
    run that started with Goff's
    second three-pointer in the
    third quarter)
Carl Jones field goal 53 54
    (4th lead change)
Nick Goff three-point field goal 56 54
    (5th and last lead change)
Carl Jones field goal 56 56
    (2nd tie score)
Ike Ariguzo two free throws 58 56
Will Weeks two free throws 58 58
    (3rd and last tie score)
Adam Griffin field goal 60 58
    (DHS led for the rest of the
    game)
Nick Kellogg two free throws 62 58
    (Kellogg's free throws
    completed a 9-4 DHS run that
    started with Goff's first three-
    pointer in this quarter)
Carl Jones two free throws 62 60
Ike Ariguzo two free throws 64 60
    (3:42 left to play)
Carl Jones two free throws 64 62
Nick Goff three-point field goal 67 62
    (DHS's largest lead)
Carl Jones three-point field goal 67 65
    Time-out GHH (2:56 left to play)
    Time-out DHS (2:25 left to play)
Zak Gaborcik field goal 69 65
Carl Jones field goal 69 67
    Time-out GHH (1:15 left to play)
Roy Brown free throw 69 68
    Time-out DHS (:32.6 left to play)
Adam Griffin two free throws 71 68
    (:09.5 left to play)
Adam Griffin two free throws 73 68
    (DHS's largest lead -- :08.2 left
    to play)

FINAL SCORE

 73 68
 
From THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
 
DESALES 73  |  GARFIELD HEIGHTS 68
 DeSales just keeps after it to pull out gritty win

 Sunday, January 11, 2009
By Steve Blackledge
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
 
Events such as the Ohio Scholastic Play-By-Play Classic last night in Value City Arena are about showcasing some of the state's finest college prospects.

But coach Blair Albright was adamant that DeSales' 73-68 come-from-behind victory over Garfield Heights was monumental in the development and confidence of his team.

"The players are being just a little (politically correct) in calling this just another win for us," Albright said after listening to senior guard Nick Goff address the media matter-of-factly.

"I see this as a huge win because of the grit we had to show and sustain throughout the game against a very, very good team. … It showed what kind of team we can be when we put it all together. Hopefully, we can look back and say that this was a starting point for something really big."

In this game, the Stallions' starting point was pretty lackluster. They fell behind 13-2 as 6-foot senior guard Carl Jones scored 11 of his 36 points in the first quarter for the Bulldogs (7-2).

Jones, who has signed with St. Joseph's (Pa.), made 13 of 22 shots from the field. He scored many of his baskets by simply beating DeSales downcourt in transition.

The Stallions (9-1), however, didn't buckle. With Ike Ariguzo and Goff leading the charge, they cut into the deficit and -- between Jones' bursts -- even led briefly twice in the third quarter.

"We just kept trying to regroup and convince ourselves that if we do what we do best, play great defense, that things would come out in our favor," Ariguzo said.

The Stallions made a minute-long defensive stand to open the fourth quarter, forcing Garfield Heights to call a timeout.

"That sure got our momentum going and it might have been the most important sequence of the game," Albright said.

"We've struggled all year with lapses and we emphasized coming in that things wouldn't always come easy for us tonight against this team … that we would have to make shots difficult over the course of the whole game, even when things aren't going our way."

The outcome remained in doubt until Adam Griffin made four free throws in the final 9.5 seconds, and Jones actually proved human with two misses and a traveling violation down the stretch.

Ariguzo, a 6-7 senior forward, had 23 points and 10 rebounds.

"(Ariguzo) gives us production in every area every night, and he's often overlooked," Albright said.

Goff broke out of a slump with 18 points, including five three-point shots.

Copyright © 2009, The Columbus Dispatch
 
From THE NORTHLAND NEWS
 
 
 

Stallions boys show toughness in hoops Classic

By SETH SHANER
Monday, January 12, 2009
Playing in a cavernous arena and giving its opponent a sizable advantage early, the DeSales boys basketball team could have packed it in at the Ohio Scholastic Play-by-Play Classic Saturday, Jan. 10, at Ohio State University's Jerome Schottenstein Center.

The Stallions, however, didn't give up, and despite giving up 36 points to Garfield Heights guard Carl Jones, they persevered and overcame an early 16-4 deficit to win 73-68.

Jones, a St. Joseph's, Pa. signee, scored his team's first 11 points, and teammate Trey Lewis made all three of his three-point attempts, but DeSales (9-1, 3-0 Central Catholic League) kept to its game plan of making the bigger Bulldogs take tough shots.

"I think when you're playing a team as good as Garfield Heights, you can't expect to come into the game and not go through some tough times," DeSales coach Blair Albright said.

"What I'm most proud about with our performance is the toughness that we showed. (Jones) is a terrific guard who can do so many things. We had to call a timeout in the first quarter and obviously things weren't going our way, but we tried to keep it in perspective. They had made some really difficult shots...and we knew we'd have to give up some of that."

DeSales senior Ike Ariguzo, a 6-foot, 7-inch post player, remained undeterred when it came to battling up to three players two inches taller and scored a team-high 23 points.

"Before the game, we talked about really getting into their bodies and drawing fouls," Ariguzo said. "That's really what I was focusing on in the first half, when I got almost all my points at the free-throw line."

The senior was 9-of-12 from the charity stripe in the game.

The Stallions didn't take their first lead until junior Nick Kellogg scored with 4:31 to go in the third quarter, but it looked like they had expended all their energy just to get the lead as the 'Dogs promptly went on an 8-0 run.

"We just had to regroup and key in on what we do, and that's play great defense," Ariguzo explained. "We told ourselves all we had to do was play great defense to win the game, so every man took it upon himself to lock down on their guy."

An Ariguzo three-pointer and eight points from senior Nick Goff kept DeSales in it through the end of the third and a seesaw battle ensued before the Stallions could gain control.

Goff scored 18 points and Kellogg 12 to join Ariguzo in double figures.

The win over the Bulldogs, probably the best team the Stallions have played to this point, could serve as a landmark victory.

"We hadn't had a real marquee win to this point in the season," Albright explained. "We've played how we would have been expected to play, but this was an opportunity to come in against a very good program and a very good team, and show the direction and potential that our team has.

"I think it was certainly a very monumental win. It's something we can take from and learn from and continue to build from. I told the guys in the locker room that this is a starting point for us."

The Stallions also picked up a 53-48 CCL win at home over Hartley Friday, Jan. 9.

Kellogg tallied 23 points, Ariguzo 15 and Goff 11 in the decision.

DeSales is to travel to St. Charles Friday, Jan. 16, at 8 p.m. before going to Cleveland Benedictine Saturday, Jan. 17.

The Bengals, who were also at the Classic at OSU, defeated Canal Winchester 64-52. Ohio State signee Cameron Wright scored 17 points against the Indians.

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