The Lions share of the buzzer

Prologue
An unexpected second visit to Hope Academy to see them take on Legacy Christian.  My original trip of AFSA at Chesterton was a wreck, show up and nothing there, oooof.  But at least we still get some TCAC representation.  A&W Root Beer tonight and another Snickers to squash my travel issues.  That means we've already hit the 2000 calories mark for beverages.

Song of the Day: All The Ways - Meghan Trainor

Number of Teams I've Seen: 39 (24 games, 12 days, 9 buildings, 2 online)

Beverage Ticker: 173.8 ounces (2000 Calories)

• A&W Root Beer: 12 ounces (170 calories)
• Dr. Pepper: 12 ounces (150 calories)
• Fruit Punch Gatorade: 28.9 ounces (200 calories)
• Pepsi: 72 ounces (900 calories)
• Sprite: 48.9 ounces (580 calories) 

Food Ticker:

• Hot Dogs: 4
• Pizza: 1
• Walking Tacos: 2 
• Extras
• Lays Chips (160 calories)
• 2 Snickers (500 calories)

Game Time:
Legacy jumps out to a 9-0 lead.  Hope coach Kelby Brothen not happy and he takes 2 quick timeouts.  That jump starts Hope with Caleb Hoilien scoring the next 12 points of the game to put Hope on top.  The rest of the half is back and forth.  Jordan Sperl with a late 3 (looked easily on the line) to send Legacy to the half with a 26-24 lead.

Hoilien with the 1st 8 of the half for Hope but Legacy extends the lead to 43-32 with just over 12 minutes left.  Carter Franze with 2 free throws and converts a turnover in that spurt.  Justin Demars with a putback and jumper to keep the Legacy lead at 12 with 10:40 left.  But Hope would fight their way back.  Hoilien with 2 bombs around a coast to coast bucket from frosh guard Elijah Wade.  Wade with a 3 point play and its Hoilien from the deep beyond again.  57-56 Hope regains the lead inside 4:30 to play.  That's an 11-2 run in just 2 minutes. 

Wade adds bonus free throws and Hope with 2 more freebies at the 2:09 mark for a 4 pt lead.  Total run is 16-2 in 4:18 for a 61-56 lead.  Legacy rallies with 2 Trenton Harrison free throws and a Harley Kendall freebie off a turnover.  Hope had a timeout called to avoid that turnover and the officials didn't see it.  Wade makes 1 of 2 with 35 seconds left.  Legacy goes quick and Demars scores inside with 20 seconds left to cut the lead to 1.  Hope inbounds and gets it across the timeline to Hoilien.  He gets trapped and throws it to the backcourt for an Over and Back violation with 10 seconds left.  out of the Legacy timeout, PG Carson Sharp goes left baseline and Nash like under the rim.  He kicks out to the right slot to a wide open Primeau Hill who buries the 3 at the buzzer.  Legacy steals one late 64-62.  They trailed by 5 with under 2 min left.

Post Game
Caleb Hoilien another big night for Hope Academy.  He hits 6 3s and finishes with 33 points.  19 of those points with 5 3s in the 2nd half.  Frosh guard Elijah Wade with 11 of his 14 in the 2nd half.  Both players are sleepers to watch.  Hope as usual living by the 3 point shot with a total of 11 of them tonight.  This loss will hurt though as they missed a free throw and committed 2 turnovers in the last 45 seconds.  The Lions fall to 1-4 overall.  Cleveland comes calling tomorrow.  2 years ago these teams played a classic with Hope winning at the buzzer.  Teams are having success faceguarding Hoilien so they'll need to find a solution for that.  They really don't move much or set screens which makes the tactic more effective.

Legacy improves to 3-1 with the win for new coach Nate Bellefeuille.  They also have the quick turnaround with St. Paul Academy making the trip north tomorrow.  Then a tough league trip to St. Croix Prep on Friday.  Great balance for Legacy with Jordan Sperl, Justin Demars and Harley Kendall all scoring 13 points.  Loved how they moved the ball and played their game.  They aren't overly talented, quick or big but they're unselfish and don't make crazy mistakes.  They made a nice adjustment in each half to put a bigger defender on Hoilien when he took advantage of a smaller guard in the post.