Bradenton, Fla - The SCF basketball team (15-10, 5-4 Southern) secured their first and only conference sweep of the season as they defeated Hillsborough (15-11, 2-8 Southern) 90-85 at Hal Chasey Gymnasium. With the win, the Manatees are now 19-19 overall against the Hawks.
"It's a big round for conference play and it's hard to beat a team three times in conference," said head coach Tom Parks. "Hillsborough has continually improved over the years since I have been here and they have a lot of fight, which showed tonight after they didn't give up against us. They lead a lot of the game through coach Coleman's style, so hats off to them for the fight."
"I thought our guys did a really good job for the most part making plays down the stretch, getting rebounds, dunks and layups while pushing the ball down the floor."
"While we started off rough in the beginning and did not play as a team, we had to turn it around in the second half," said sophomore Ametri Moss "We rebounded better than them (HCC) and played together with intensity to get the win and that was our mindset. It felt amazing getting the sweep over them, being that this is my last season with the team."
"Overall, we played really well," said freshman Elijah Terry. "We were sluggish in the first half where we were making difficult shots that were hurting us, so when the second half came in, we stepped it up and didn't take our foot off the gas and got the win. It felt good getting the sweep over Hillsborough and we look to keep that same intensity when we play FSW."
The first saw the Manatees score their first 10 points off of the hands of sophomore Skylar Wicks, but the Hawks lead from shooting by sophomore Jasper Floyd. While the Manatees tried to counter with Moss scoring, the first half would go in favor of Hillsborough by a score of 44-38.
At the start of the second half, the Manatees started to build up their offense with a little bit of a secret weapon. As the Manatees took advantage of miscommunication from the Hawks and take their first lead thanks to back-to-back 3-point shots by sophomore Isaiah Josue before Terry lead the offense with several monster dunks. In the end, the Manatees took over the second half and took the win at home.
Four Manatees scored in double figures in the game. It was Terry that lead the way as he secured his second collegiate double-double of a career-high 22 points (9-for-13 FG, 4-for-4 FT), 10 rebounds, three assists and one block off the bench.
"Slim has the ability to be a mismatch problem for the other team," said Parks on Terry. "While we don't use him often as a five, he can play really well there. The thing about him is we don't call a play for him because no one ran a play for him, but he had ways to help the team whether he's scoring, rebounding or getting his hands ready. That's his nature."
Moss would follow with 14 points (6-for-14 FG, 1-for-1 3PT, 1-for-1 FT), eight rebounds, seven assists and one steal.
"I just had to step up in the second half," said Moss on his game. "I wasn't able to find my rhythm on the offensive side in the first half, so I had to step up and get involved with my team to get the win."
Wicks and Josue would round out the order with 12 points each. Wicks (4-for-7 FG, 2-for-5 3PT, 2-for-2 FT) added four rebounds, three assists and a steal, while Josue (4-for-7 FG, 4-for-5 3PT) had four rebounds, two assists and three steals off the bench.
Freshman Kasheem Grady added nine points (4-for-9 FG), three rebounds and three assists, while classmate Josh Ijeh and sophomore Cobey Harraway had six points each. Ijeh (3-for-5 FG) added four rebounds and one assist, while Harraway (3-for-9 FG) added three rebounds and four assists.
Sophomore Ronnail Tape (three points, four rebounds, two assists and one steal), redshirt freshman Zach Smith (two points and two assists) and freshmen Malyk Rebetez (two points, two rebounds, three assists and one steal) and Dresean Knight (two points, one rebound, one assist, one steal and one block) also contributed in the game.
For the Hawks, Floyd lead the way with 35 points (12-for-21 FG, 4-for-6 3PT, 7-for-8 FT), six rebounds, two assists and four steals, while sophomores Georden Rogers and Dominic Gooden each had 15 points. Rogers added five rebounds, one assist and two steals, while three rebounds, seven assists and four steals.
Other Southern Conference Scores:
Florida Southwestern (17-8, 5-5 Southern) defeated Miami Dade (16-12, 5-5 Southern) 79-56. The Sharks will take on #25 Indian River State (21-6, 7-2 Southern) Thursday night, February 16 at 7 pm.
Southern Conference Standings:
1. #25 Indian River State (21-6, 7-2)
2. SCF (15-10, 5-4)
3. Florida Southwestern (17-8, 5-5)
4. Miami Dade (16-12, 5-5)
5. Hillsborough (15-11, 2-8) e
e - eliminated from tournament
Up Next:
The Manatees will head on the road to Fort Myers as they will face FSW at the Suncoast Credit Union Arena Thursday night, February 16 at 7 pm.
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