DUBOIS CC 71, CAMERON COUNTY 68, 2 OTS

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March 1, 2010 - District 9 Class A Quarterfinals

Information for this story is courtesy of the DuBois Courier-Express

DUBOIS – Fourth-seeded DuBois Central Catholic outlasted fifth-seeded and visiting Cameron County 71-68 in double overtime Monday night to advance to the District 9 Class A boys’ basketball semifinals.

The Cardinals, who led 34-21 at halftime and 42-25 in the third quarter watched Cameron County fight back over the final 12 minutes of regulation to tie the game at 60 at the end of regulation thanks to a 3-pointer by Chris Barnett, one of four treys in the game by Barnett.

It was DCC’s time for last-second heroics in the first overtime, as Chris Marshall putback of his own missed shot late in the overtime tied the game at 64 forcing a second extra session.

In the second overtime, DCC outscored Cameron County 7-4 to get the win.

Cameron County, which lost 73-41 to DCC Dec. 18, was down six, 50-44 with four minutes left and by five, 55-50, with a minute to go before tying the game on Barnett’s desperation shot.

Then in the first overtime, DCC took the lead at 62-60 before Cameron County scored four straight to go up 64-62 prior to Marshall tying the game.

Marshall had a monster game with 27 points, while Joe McNally added 15 for the Cardinals.

Jason Blose led Cameron County with 21 points, including 10 of 12 from the free-throw line, while Ryan Grimm had 19 and Barnett 15.

DCC will now face Keystone in the semifinals Wednesday at time and place to be determined.

DUBOIS CENTRAL CATHOLIC 71, CAMERON COUNTY 68, 2 OT

Score By Quarters

Cam. Co.  12  9  13  26  4  4  -  68

DCC  19  15  9  17  4  7  -  71

Cameron County – 68

Ryan Grimm 9 1-2 19, Chris Barrett 5 1-2 15, Joe Holjencin 1 0-0 3, Jason Blose 5 10-12 21, Jake Brown 3 2-3 8, Andrew Sestina 1 0-0 2. Totals: 24 14-19 68.

DuBois Central Catholic – 71

Chris Marshall 11 5-8 27, Seth Galluzzi 1 0-0 2, Alex Welch 3 0-0 6, Jake Krause 2 0-0 4, Will Gangewere 0 1-2 1, Joe McNally 4 4-5 15, Dan Fitzpatrick 5 2-4 12, Brad Gallagher 2 0-2 4, Taylor Pentz 0 0-0 0. Totals: 28 12-21 71.

Three-pointers: Cameron County 6 (Barrett 4, Holjencin, Blose), DuBois Central Catholic 3 (McNally 3).