Game 3 vs. Pipkin

The 7th grade Boys hosted Pipkin Middle School in basketball action yesterday. The B game started out with both teams playing good defense leading to the low score at half-time of 8-5 with Carver in the lead. The third and fourth quarters were much more exciting if you were a cougar fan with Carver scoring a combined twenty-nine points and playing top level team defense. Nicholas Cole led the team with seven points while Coltin Smith and Shannon Ryan both had six. Chaviz Nguyen and Elvis Edwards did a great job running the offense while Darnell Parker, Shamar Redix, Noah Tews , and Andrew Langley helped hold Pipkin to their low score in the 37-18 Carver win.
The A team Cougars came out hungry and it showed with their stifling defense and hot shooting leading to an early 17-5 lead. Pipkin played tough and tried to get the ball to their big man inside but Michael Fowler and Hayden Schmitz denied him easy access to any points. On offense the team was hitting on all cylinders with outside shooting from Fowler and fast breaks that led to inside drives from Nathan Townsen and Niekie Thomas that paved the way to the 35-8 half-time lead. In the second half as in the first Merrick Altis was instrumental to the team defense with his quick hands while teammate Seth Holyfield was all over the place and at one point denied the Pirates biggest player from going to the basket. The B team came in during the fourth quarter to seal the victory for Carver 51-16.


B team stats
Bollenbach 6 pts., 1 defensive rebound, 1 steal, 2 offensive rebounds, 3 assists
Cole 7 pts., 2 defensive rebounds, 3 offensive rebounds, 2 assists
Edwards 2 pts., 1 defensive rebound, 1 offensive rebound, 2 assists
Nguyen 5 pts., 2 defensive rebounds, 1 steal
Parker 2 pts., 5 defensive rebounds, 2 steals, 1 offensive rebound
Redix 1 defensive rebound, 1 steal, 3 offensive rebounds
Ryan 7 pts., 1 defensive rebound, 1 offensive rebound
Smith 6 pts., 2 defensive rebounds, 1 offensive rebound
Tews 2 pts., 1 defensive rebound, 1 steal, 1 assists
A team stats
Altis 2 pts., 2 defensive rebounds, 2 steals, 1 assists
Fowler 8 pts., 1 defensive rebound, 1 steal, 1 offensive rebound, 1 assist
Holyfield 2 pts., 2 defensive rebounds, 2 steals, 1 assist
Schmitz 3 pts., 3 defensive rebounds, 1 steal, 1 offensive rebound 1 assist
Smith 1 offensive rebound
Tews 2 pts., 1 defensive rebound
Thomas 10 pts., 3 defensive rebounds, 1 steal, 2 offensive rebounds, 2 assists
Townsen 18 pts., 3 defensive rebounds, 2 steals, 1 offensive, 1 assist