With the brisk weather outside, today is the one of the days we are thankful that winter sports are played indoors. Boys and Girls Basketball faced off against Teaneck while Bowling battled it out with Old Tappan. Lets see how it all played out.
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Boys Basketball:
Teaneck 66, Pascack Valley 50
If there was a theme to Pascack Valley this season, it would be close games.
Throughout the year, the Indians have played countless classics but have failed to win hardly any of those games.
Their struggles in close games continued on Tuesday night when they fell to Teaneck 66-50.
This was a game of quarters. In the first, Teaneck was doing whatever it wanted on offense and Pascack Valley couldn't stop them. The Indians were scoring, but couldn't keep Teaneck off the offensive glass and were down 16-13.
During the second quarter, Coach Al Coleman put his team into a zone that proved to be super effective. Teaneck was missing their open shots and Pascack Valley was grabbing every defensive rebound.
On offense, balanced scoring was the key to the Indians success. Senior Kyle Schneider scored 10 points in the first half and kept Pascack Valley under control. Going into the break, the Indians held a 2 point lead and were sitting pretty.
Just like in the Girls game, Teaneck made their move in the third quarter. They started hitting their outside shots which opened up room for Lindsey to get into the lane. The officials were calling absolutely nothing, which was a disadvantage because Pascack Valley was getting mugged. Down 43-36 after 3, the game wasn't out of reach but it was certainly danger time.
The game only got chippier in the fourth. Fans started yelling and coaches were furious. This worked to Teaneck's advantage because they were the ones in the lead. Poor officiating took a 7 point game to a 20 point one in only a matter of minutes. Although Pascack Valley lost 66-50, the score does not indicate how close the game really was.
Kyle Schneider and Ryan Onderdonk each scored 12 points to lead the Indians. Kyle Onderdonk (11) and Jamie Seymour (10), were also in double figures.
On Thursday night, Pascack Valley will face a team in Tenafly that took them to overtime last time around. Throughout the season, that game was one of the few that they were able to pull out.
With the season coming to an end, Pascack Valley must improve in late game situations.
It is do or die now for the Indians and they must take advantage of every opportunity they have going forward.
Record: 6-7
Next Game: Thursday, January 24th at 7 PM against Tenafly (Home)
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Girls Basketball:
Teaneck 47, Pascack Valley 43
57-33
That was the score of the game the first time these two teams met on December 18th. Simply put, Teaneck was on the right side of a blowout while Pascack Valley was left in the dust.
More than a month later, these teams met again with Pascack Valley determined to make it a game and hopefully come out with a win.
The game started out well for the Indians as they led 14-9 at the end of the opening period. The second quarter was no different with Pascack Valley dictating tempo and putting points up with ease (something that has been hard to do this season). By the time halftime strolled around, Valley led 28-26 and had all the confidence in the world to pull the upset.
The third quarter is where Pascack Valley struggled. Teaneck stepped up the defense and held the Indians to 5 points in the quarter. On offensive, Teaneck was now the team getting the open looks and scoring 16 points because of it. Teaneck led by 7 after the third and the upset bit seemed to be in jeopardy.
Through tough times, the Indians never quit. They kept even with Teaneck and even pulled within 1 with three minutes left in the game. However, Teaneck proved to be too much for Pascack Valley and walked out of there with a 47-43 win.
Despite the disappointment, Coach Jasper has to be proud at the way his team competed. They scored 10 more points then they did in their first match up and allowed 10 fewer.
When looking at that statistic, it screams to me one thing.
Improvement.
Pascack Valley is continuing to improve and will prove to be dangerous in the County Tournament.
Record: 9-5
Next Game: Thursday, January 24th at 4 PM against Tenafly (Home)
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Girls Bowling:
Girls Bowling defeated Old Tappan on Tuesday afternoon.
Jamie Saslaw had the high game of 158 and Alexa McManus had the high series of 423.
Record: 4-7
Next Game: Monday, January 28th at 4 PM against Demarest (@Bowler City)
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Boys Bowling:
Boys Bowling also defeated Old Tappan on Tuesday afternoon.
Ryan Vasel had both the high game of 255 and the high series of 717.
Record: 8-3
Next Game: Monday, January 28th at 4 PM against Demarest (@Bowler City)
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