South Carroll ‘ basketball teams have been to the Comcast Center before. But they were never part of the unusual strategy.
On Friday night, the Cavaliers ‘ third State semi-final appearance in four years came to an end with a loss 46-34 for the city of Baltimore the power of Lake Clifton. Coach Doug Goff squad came out ready to run against the Lakers, but that’s not the Lake Clifton ideas.
After a 14-11 lead into the second quarter, the Lakers held the ball for almost the entire quarter, content to wait until the Cavaliers pulled out of the 2-3 zone defense.
While the Cavaliers stayed in the zone, coach Herman Harried the team handed the ball in its possession the end of the quarter and South Carroll junior forward Ryan McTavish canned a three-pointer with just four seconds left to send the Cavaliers to the locker room tied at 14-14 and their fans, who had been booed Lake Clifton strategy hard, into a frenzy.
It’s not the first time the squad coach Goff has faced a slowdown. When he was coaching South Lansdowne against Baltimore in the last nine years ago, his opponent is holding the ball for the entire third quarter and part of the fourth.