SMETHPORT — Layne Shall simply would not be denied.
As Smethport and Otto-Eldred battled back and forth down the stretch, Shall twice put the Hubbers on his back, as he had for most of the night.
The guard, who scored a game-high 25 points, hit the game-winning shot in overtime, a layup after a eurostep through traffic, that lifted Smethport to a thrilling 49-47 win on Tuesday night.
The Terrors (0-5) had possession with about 15 seconds to go and called a timeout to set up a play. An O-E guard drove, but Smethport (2-4) was able to block the shot, gather the ball and get it into Shall’s hands.
The senior drove the length of the court, eurostepped his way through O-E’s fast break defense in the paint and hit the game-winner with two seconds to go.
“He had a monster game,” Smethport coach Jay Acker said. “From start to finish, he looked really good and really strong.”
Of the winning shot, he added, “He made a heck of a shot, because it was a tough one.”
And it wasn’t his only bit of heroics on the night, either. Shall went 11-for-11 at the line, which included sinking three to end regulation after he was fouled on a last-second 3-pointer.
Alex Ognen, who connected on three treys, added 10 points for Smethport, which hit seven as a team.
O-E was paced by Jake Merry’s 16 points and Gavin Jimerson’s 15 points. Braden Maholic added 10 for the Terrors.
AT SMETHPORT
Otto-Eldred (47)
Jake Merry 5 4-4 16, Gavin Jimerson 5 5-5 15, Braden Maholic 5 0-0 10, Cousins 1 0-0 2, Bell 1 2-4 4. Totals: 17 11-13 47
Smethport (49)
Layne Shall 6 11-11 25, Alex Ognen 3 1-4 10, McDowell 1 0-2 2, Higley 2 0-0 6, Adamoski 3 0-0 6. Totals: 15 12-17 49
Otto-Eldred 10 20 28 41 47
Smethport 8 21 32 41 49
Three-point goals: O-E 2 (Merry 2), Smethport 7 (Ognen 3, Higley 2, Shall 2); Total fouls: O-E 15, Smethport 14; fouled out: Burdick (S)
Cameron County 41, Coudersport 38
EMPORIUM — Cameron County held Coudy scoreless in the first quarter en route to an early 15-0 lead, and then survived a late Falcon surge for the win.
The Red Raiders (8-1), which topped Coudersport in Potter County 50-46 earlier this season, led 23-10 at halftime and 34-23 after three quarters before the Falcons (4-2) went on a furious rally to come back to within a single possession.
“We had a great, disciplined first half,” said Cameron County coach Marcus Brown. “But in the second half, not so much. We took a step back in both aspects, but we were able to close it out.”
Hayden Brown and Caden Beldin each tallied 10 points for Cameron County, while Dylan Guisto added eight points and Gavin Morton scored seven.
Coudersport picked up 11 points from Hayden Keck and 10 points from Derek Easton.
“Offensively, we came out flat,” Coudersport coach Scott Easton said. “We missed open looks and turned the ball over in the first quarter. We outscored them in the other three, but we were never able to overcome the deficit.”
AT EMPORIUM
Coudersport (38)
Hayden Keck 4 2-2 11, Derek Easton 4 0-1 10, Keglovits 1 0-0 2, Furman 3 0-0 8, Kightlinger 2 1-2 5, Kellert 1 0-0 2. Totals: 15 3-5 38
Cameron County (41)
Hayden Brown 4 0-0 10, Caden Beldin 4 1-3 10, Guisto 2 4-5 8, Allison 2 1-2 5, Morton 3 0-0 7, Fowler 0 1-2 1. Totals: 15 7-12 41
Coudersport 0 10 23 38
Cameron County 15 23 34 41
Three-point goals: Coudy 5 (Furman 2, Easton 2, Keck), CC (); Total fouls: Coudy 12, CC 8; fouled out: None.
