BOYS: Conference 36 - Consolation/Championship

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CONFERENCE 36
All games at higher seeds
First round - Tuesday, Feb. 7
Stuarts Draft 77, Wilson Memorial 60
Page County 61, Nelson County 44
East Rockingham 72, Buffalo Gap 30
Semifinals - Thursday, Feb. 9
Robert E. Lee (Staunton) 123, Stuarts Draft 87
East Rockingham 67, Page County 61
Consolation - Saturday, Feb. 11
Page County vs. Stuarts Draft
Championship - Saturday, Feb. 11
East Rockingham at Robert E. Lee (Staunton), 7:30

 

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End of 1Q Stuarts Draft 22, Page County 22.

Garrett Campbell hit a 3 for Draft, but Nathan Lucas answered with a 3 to tie game

 

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Halftime: Page County 43, Stuarts Draft 41

Ryan Cave leads Page at the break with 18 points.

A little more balanced for Draft, but Antonio Ruiz-Haynes has 8 to lead the Cougars.

 

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Draft has used a 13-0 run to open up a 67-57 lead over Page County. 3Q 1:48.

 

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End of 3Q: Stuarts Draft 72, Page County 61. Cougars with their first double digit lead of the contest

 

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Stuarts Draft pulling away after pair of 3s by White. Cougars lead 82-63. 6:27 left

 

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Draft leading Page 89-71. 3:57 remaining

 

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Carson Peck put Draft over the century mark. Cougars lead Page 101-81. 4Q 1:35.

 

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FINAL: Stuarts Draft 110, Page County 81.

Cougars will face the runner-up out of Conference 35 next week in 2A East tourney.

 

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Lee out to an early 8-7 lead over East Rock behind four points from Manny Johnson. 1Q 4:21

 

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Dalton Jefferson's 3 gives East Rock an 11-8 over Lee. 1Q 3:45.

 

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Chris Rogers heating up for East Rock. Eagles lead Lee 15-11. 1Q 2:18.

 

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Back-and-forth we go. East Rock leads Lee 19-16. 1Q 1:08

 

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Jarvis Vaughan with a bucket and free throw, puts Lee up by 1

End of 1Q: Robert E. Lee 20, East Rockingham 19.

 

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Darius George catches an alley-oop lob and Lee leads East Rock 22-21. 2Q 7:05

Blaize Velvin's 3 gives Lee a 27-24 lead over East Rock. 2Q 6:09

Jayden Williams scores off of a turnover and Lee leads East Rock 29-24 2Q 6:09 of Conference 36 boys championship game

Javon Butler with a one-handed slam in transition. East Rock now trails Lee 29-28. 2Q 4:58.

 

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Blaize Velvin with a 3, puts Lee back on top 32-30

 

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Halftime: Robert E. Lee 41, East Rockingham 41. Living up to the hype. Great game so far.

Lee's Darius George leads all scorers with 17 points. Logan Comer has 16 for East Rock while Javon Butler added 14.

 

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Lee and East Rock still knotted at 45 apiece. 3Q 5:34

 

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Javon Butler with a bucket as East Rock leads Lee 51-49. 3Q 3:43

 

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Collin Wigley's 3 opens up a 54-49 lead for East Rock and forces a Lee timeout. 3Q 3:30

 

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East Rock opening this thing up following a Chris Rogers 3 to go up 57-49 over Lee. 3Q 2:29

(Lee's downfall all season has been the 3rd quarter)

 

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Back-to-back buckets from Javon Butler give East Rock a 61-51 lead over Lee. 3Q 1:08

 

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End of 3Q: East Rockingham 61, Robert E. Lee 56. Jayden Williams with a big 3 for the Leemen at end of the frame.

 

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Manny Johnson jumper gets Lee within 3

Johnson scores again in transition, getting Lee within 1 of East Rock 61-60. Lee on 9-0 run.

4Q 7:04

 

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Lee got the brief lead, but East Rock back up 63-62 on Butler bucket. 5:22 left in 4Q

 

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Javon Butler's spinning fadeaway jumper gives East Rock a 69-68 lead over Lee. 4Q 3:44.

 

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Back and forth we go. Lee up 70-69. 9 lead changes in 4Q so far. 3:44 left.

 

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Darius George tip-in puts Lee up 75-73 over East Rock. 1:50 remaining.

 

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East Rock just missed three three throws and a jumper. Lee heading to the line with a 75-73 lead. 1:20 remaining

 

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Jarvis Vaughan at the line with Lee up 77-75. 44.8 seconds remaining.

 

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Vaughan hit 2 FTs, but Rogers answers with bucket. Lee up over East Rock 79-77 4Q 37.3 left.

 

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Jarvis Vaughan's putback extends the Lee lead to 81-77. 24.9 seconds remaining.

 

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FINAL: Robert E. Lee 83, East Rockingham 77.

Darius George led Lee with 25 points.

Lee rallies from 10-point deficit late in 3Q to knock off Eagles

Leemen are the 2017 Conference 36 boys basketball champions

 

[Mayberryite]

Sounds like defense was optional in this one.

 

[AntGZee]

I saw scores on both games; defense being optional is stating it mildly. I know when Martinsville played Lee, we made them earn those buckets. Congrats to Lee!!

 

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I saw scores on both games; defense being optional is stating it mildly. I know when Martinsville played Lee, we made them earn those buckets. Congrats to Lee!!

Yea, the games were so high scoring the last few games, but at least Lee's offense finally woke up.

East Rock is going to be a tough out for anyone....and I think Lee is starting to play better now, which is what really matters at this stage.

Maybe we will see another Lee vs Martinsville down the road again......sure hope so.

 

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Sounds like defense was optional in this one.

I sure do miss the "old days" when Lee defense was a staple in their game.

 

[AntGZee]

It's a possibility that Lee and Martinsville could meet again. There's still a lot of basketball to be played. I just want my Dawgs to concentrate on their upcoming game and handle buzinesssss.

 

[RELEEball]

I sure do miss the "old days" when Lee defense was a staple in their game.

R E LEE Boxscore

George 11 2-5 25 10 rebounds
Vaughan 4 14-17 22 10 rebounds
Johnson 9 0-0 18
Velvin 4-0-0 11
Williams 2 0-0 5
Pettiford 0-2-2 2
Team 30 18-24 83

3 points FG-Velvin 3, George 1, Williams 1

East Rockingham scoring leaders: Butler 26, Comer 18, Rogers 15

This game featured two first team all-state players IMO, George from Lee and Butler from ER. It wasn't a half court defensive slugfest. If there are fans in 2A who think because it was a high scoring game, neither Lee or ER can compete for the title, don't count your chickens before they hatch. I wouldn't be surprised to see both in the final 4, and yes, compete with the defensive teams like Martinsville (gasp, maybe beat them ).

 

[AntGZee]

If I remember correctly, the last time Lee played Martinsville; Lee lost. It was a short handed Martinsville team. They were missing their most versatile player, Jordan Turner.