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January 28, 2011 · 10:49 pm

Matt Talbot (22 points) and Tyler Lay (20 points) Shoot Amesbury to a Win Over Ipswich 53-46

Tyler Lay (#20) and Matt Talbot (#5) shot Amesbury to their first win.

Amesbury team celebrates first win.

(Amesbury) Matt Talbot (22 points) and Tyler Lay (20 points) carried the Amesbury Indians (1-12) to their first win of the 2010-11 season against winless Ipswich (0-10) on Friday night by the score of 53-46.

This battle for Win #1 was tight through three quarters with eight lead changes.

Ipswich took the lead for the last time (35-34) on a pair of Dan O’Flynn (7 points) free throws with 34 seconds left in the third quarter.

The Indians followed with a run of nine unanswered points that elevated them to a 43-35 advantage with five minutes left and put them in control the rest of the way.

Tyler tries to deny Doug Shaughnessy a pass.

Both Matt and Tyler were big in the winning surge. Matt (5-10) scored on a Rajon Rondo looking runner in the lane over 6-6 Doug Shaughnessy. Next he assisted on Sean Ward’s jumper. Tyler started the consecutive offense with an old-fashioned 3-point play to end the third quarter. Later he stripped Doug (they were matched up throughout the game) and went the length of the court for a two-handed jam. That dunk really fired up the Amesbury crowd as well as his teammates.

Thereafter, the Tigers cut the lead a couple of times to five points on the shooting of Brenden Gallagher (19 points) but could never get to the point of taking a shot that would tie the game.

Ipswich did themselves no favors in the final quarter by committing nine turnovers. Bad passes seemed to be the primary culprit. They had only eight turnovers over the previous three quarters.

Tyler did an excellent job in the middle of the Amesbury defense denying Doug (9 points) the ball and making every shot by the normally high scoring Ipswich captain a heavily contested one.

Brenden Gallagher (#10), here with Stephan Deas, led Ipswich with nineteen points.

Ipswich was an excellent 6-for-11 long range but made only one in the second half.

Both Matt and Brenden connected on four 3-point shots.

The shot-blocking interior of the Ipswich defense kept 5-4 Stephan Deas’ darts to the basket to a minimum.

Active Dan O’Flynn had numerous deflections in the first half.

Both teams missed eight free throws. My theory is that high school players practice more 3-point shots away from coach-directed practices than they do free throws. A stationary shot is different from all of the other shots attempted.

Amesbury 16 8 13 16 = 53
Ipswich 13 12 10 11 = 46

(I collect my own stats, take my own pictures, and draw my own conclusions. Errors are unintentional and unavoidable.)

Newburyport Boys Survive Slow Start Defeating Amesbury 52-44 In Season Opener

Amesbury coach Thom Connors and Newburyport coach Tom L’Italien chat before the season opener.

Clipper Chris Jayne tallied 13 points and did a nice job defending dangerous Stephan Deas of Amesbury.

(Amesbury) The Newburyport Clippers (1-0) survived a terrible start and defeated the Amesbury Indians (0-1), 52-44, in the season opener for both teams on Tuesday night at Amesbury.

The Clippers missed all seventeen shots they took from the field in the first quarter while the Indians missed all fourteen shots they took in the second quarter. First game jitters? Did that breeze from the outside escape into the gym?

The difference in the game? While Newburyport was shooting poorly in the first quarter, Amesbury could only put seven points on the board because the Indians had nine turnovers. On the other hand, when Amesbury turned cold in the second quarter the Clippers put together a 9-1 run to get the lead (11-8) and later nine straight to start to pull away, 22-12.

In that crucial second quarter Newburyport showed long range accuracy (Matt Leavitt/Zach Fenton/Chris Jayne) and inside strength with rebound conversions by Ian Michaels and Eric Meyer.

Matt Leavitt was covered closely (here by Stephan Deas) but his consecutive 3’s early in the second half gave Newburyport a 15-point lead.

Matt Leavitt put two 3’s together in the first minute of the 3rd quarter and Newburyport was away 30-15. In the 4th quarter it was Chris Jayne’s turn to put a couple of 3’s together and his twosome gave the Clippers a 49-30 spread with 4:40 left.

This was more than enough despite a late seven-point unanswered rush by Amesbury in the last 2:46 of the game.

The Clippers showed plenty of offensive weapons after the slow start. They also took very good care of the ball with just 13 turnovers – 3 of them came in the last frantic two minutes of the game.

The Clippers also have some outside shooters. Their top scorers (Matt Leavitt and Chris Jayne) each registered thirteen points.

I kept no rebound stats but you should know that Newburyport had 21 more shots than Amesbury. There were thirteen times that the Clippers had an extra shot at the basket. Amesbury had just five.

Matt Talbot led Amesbury’s scorers with 18 points. He didn’t create his own offense but could make an open shot including four 3’s in this one.

Stephan Deas ended up with fourteen points but an excellent defensive job by Chris Jayne was evident. Newburyport also employed a zone that gave Stephan few good looks. The speedy junior deserves the special attention.

A good crowd turned out for the season opener. It looked as if one Amesbury student got the gate while a Newburyport 26-0 sign didn’t last the entire game. The enthusiasm in both sections was evident.

(I keep my own stats, take my own pictures, and interview no one. Therefore, everything in this blog entry is unofficial statistically. Inaccuracies are unintentional.)

Late North Reading run snuffs out Amesbury 68-51

Stephan Deas – Has 27 points in Amesbury loss

(Amesbury) North Reading (9-4) finished its sweep of Amesbury with a 68-51 victory on Friday night at Amesbury. They had won earlier in January at North Reading, 69-48.

The Indians (1-13) were coming off their first win Monday (vs Danvers) but after a competitive first period fell into a double-digit deficit in the second period (22-11). Hornet’s senior Jeffrey Tyner (6’5”) did most of the damage in an 11-2 run with seven points on two baskets from in close and three free throws.

Amesbury’s lack of size (tallest player 6’3” Tyler Lay) and depth had them playing zone most of the night. The Hornets attacked the zone with passing and patience and turned up plenty of high percentage shots ( 26-for-56 ) many after penetration.

Another unanswered run, this time of eight straight, ballooned the NR advantage, to 36-16, one minute into the second half. It seemed like a good time to suspect that the rout was on but the home team had other ideas.

Fast forward ahead to just 2:46 left in the game and the Hornet lead had been trimmed to 56-48. What happened? NR certainly helped by misfiring on free throws (11-for-26 for the game) and three point shots (4-for-15 for the game). On the other side, the electric Stephan Deas and co-captain Tyler Lay generated some offense.

Stephan, who poured in a game-high 27 points, contributed fourteen of them during the Indian rally. The 5’5” sophomore used his quickness to get open and seldom missed when he got there. NR used an assortment of defenses during the game to try to neutralize him. The best matchup to watch was the Hornet’s Bobby Rosano defending him one-on-one.

Tyler nailed a couple of jumpers in a row (he had eight points during the rally) and that had NR head coach Joe Casey burning a timeout to try and ice the Indian attack.

Unfortunately, for Thom Connor’s squad, North Reading turned up twelve points on their next six possessions and Amesbury only three on a very late long one by Stephan. A converted miss started the downfall, followed by a turnover that turned into a layup. Four quick points and the Indians were toast.

Captain PJ Dionne (20 points) and junior Nick Rosano (16 points) paced NR’s scoring. Both of them were quick enough to find openings in the Amesbury zone especially during the second half when they each had eleven points.