The Hilltop boys rose to the occasion, in front of a roaring crowd at the Elkmont gymnasium, to punch the Red Devils' ticket to the Northwest Regional tournament. With a strong defense and a flurry of late free throws Elkmont wouldn't be denied the 51-34 win over the Carbon Hill Bulldogs on February 13.
Elkmont coach Dennis Black and his players were ecstatic about the win.“We're going to enjoy the next 24 hours and let the kids enjoy this moment,” Black said. “We haven't looked that far ahead (to Hanceville) yet.”
Carbon Hill hit a 3-pointer at the end of the first quarter to knot the score 10-10. Elkmont's Preston Robinson and Layton Smith scored the first six points of the second quarter on back to back 3-pointers and never looked back. Robinson later converted a 3-point play to push the Red Devils' to a 24-17 lead into halftime.
Patrick Jobman nailed a 3-pointer to increase Elkmont's lead to 29-17 early in the third quarter. The fourth quarter started with an Elkmont 34-25 lead. The Bulldogs scored the first points of the fourth quarter to cut the lead to seven points, but Ben Hobbs hit a 3-pointer to extend the lead back out to 10 points, at 37-27.
In the final three minutes, the Bulldogs tried to get back in the game by the fouling/missing freethrow strategy. Many a game has been won by forcing the team in the lead to show if they can make freethrows. However, it didn't work on this night as the Red Devils made a parade to the free throw line. Elkmont made 14 free throws in those final three minutes to extend the lead for the win, 51-34.
Free Throws:
Elkmont 19/24 - 79%
Carbon Hill 09/13 - 69%
Total Fouls:
Elkmont 12
Carbon Hill 21
SCORING:
BEN HOBBS 05 points
*2's-0; 3's-1; FT 2/2 Fouls 1
CARDENAS AUSTIN 05 points
*2's-0; 3's-1; FT 2/2 Fouls 1
PRESTON ROBINSON 09 points
*2's-2; 3's-1; FT 2/2 Fouls 2
PATRICK JOBMAN 07 points
*2's-1; 3's-1; FT 2/4 Fouls 3
*2's-1; 3's-1; FT 2/4 Fouls 3
LAYTON SMITH 03 points
*2's-0; 3's-1; FT 0/0 Fouls 2
RYAN BOYD 04 points
*2's-2; 3's-0; FT 0/0 Fouls 1
BRETT PARKER 02 points
*2's-1; 3's-0; FT 0/0 Fouls 1
*2's-1; 3's-0; FT 0/0 Fouls 1
HUNTER PITMAN 02 points
*2's-1; 3's-0; FT 0/0 Fouls 3DAVIS HOBBS 14 points
*2's-0; 3's-1; FT 11/14 Fouls 0
Elkmont (14-16) will take on Lauderdale County (21-9) at 4:30 p.m. Saturday in the Northwest Regional at Wallace State Community College in Hanceville.
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