KW-NC hoops
Posted by:
Dave Buck on
January 24, 2008 at
3:57PM EST
I’ll add my two cents to Patrick’s preview for tonight’s Kelly
Walsh-Natrona County basketball games at Swede Erickson Thunderbird
Gymnasium at Casper College. The girls tip off at 6:15 p.m. and the
boys are scheduled for 7:45 p.m.
Don’t count either team out in
the girls game. I saw NC (8-6) overcome a 10-point deficit in the
fourth quarter against Billings (Mont.) Senior, then win overtime in
late December. The next day I saw KW (3-9) cut a 12 point deficit down
to two points in the fourth quarter before Billings Senior held off the
Trojans with late free throws.
This is what NC junior guard Taylor Diehl said about the Fillies comeback:
"We
kind of like comebacks. We are kind of into those. We've done that in a
lot of games, come back. We don't always pull ahead, but we seem to
always do best in the fourth quarter."
Both girls teams are
coming off wins, and KW’s 49-38 victory against Star Valley was from
behind. The Trojans rallied from 9 points down in the third quarter to
beat the Braves.
As for the boys, I’m looking forward to seeing
NC’s Michael Dietz and KW’s Cobi Eskew go up against each other. As
Patrick mention in his preview Eskew, 6-foot-3, is averaging 18.2
points per game, while Dietz, 6-6, is averaging 18.1 points per game.
Both big men put up 25 points in the last games they played, and both
made a 3 pointer. Dietz and Eskew can both play on the inside or
outside, are good defenders and good passers. If these guys aren’t
scoring, you know they are helping their team in others ways.
The
Trojan boys are in new territory, coming off their first win of the
year — a 61-56 victory against Star Valley on Saturday. KW (1-9) might
have some confidence coming into this game because they finally got a
win, but it’s hard to be overly confident when you face Natrona County
(12-0), the No. 1 team in Class 4A.
I’m looking forward to
seeing the atmosphere tonight. This will be the second KW-NC sporting
event I’ve seen. I covered the John Miller Memorial wrestling match in
December, and crowd was loud and went nuts during a big move and after
each match. I expect tonight to be a raucous atmosphere.
The Swede has wireless Internet, so I might give game updates and the final scores on this blog. Stay tuned.
Dave
