LANDON HOOPS 52 SSSA 44

Saint Stephen’s / Saint Agnes, on paper, is a lot better than its 3-9, 0-4 (IAC) record. The Saints have four players who are 6’5” or taller and more impressively their squad includes seniors who have committed to Lehigh (Justin Goldsborough, 6’7”) and USNA (Phil Guglielmo, 6’5”). The Alexandrians come to Bethesda to face the Bears who started no one taller than 6”2”.

Coach Luther got his normal (i.e. “exceptional”) performance from Joe McDonald (18 points), but got more than usual from another senior, Deion Wellington, 19 points. The bigger surprise was Junior Sebastian Wells, who did not score, but rebounded against the two taller Saints, blocked several visitor shots, established better rebounding position under both the O and D boards and went to the hard wood to fight for several loose balls.

The Bears began with characteristic intensity and athleticism, forcing the visitors to make 3 turnovers in the 1^st eight minutes. Isaiah Colclough, Addison Sarter, Deion and Joe had buckets to establish a BEARS 15 SAINTS 10advantage at the end of the 1^st QUARTER.

Saints Goldsborough and Guglielmo demonstrated why they are Division L recruits, scoring 11 of the visitors 14 points during this second period. Landon scored most of its tallies from the free throw line to make the HALFTIME SCORE SAINTS 23 BEARS 21

That visitors’ 2 point margin was halved in the 3^rd period and again the Bears were able to convert free throws but got field goals from Joe and Deion . After 24 minutes, SAINTS 36 BEARS 35.

During the last quarter, Coach Luther brought the talents of SEBASTIAN WELLS. Big junior stood his ground when BIGGER Goldsborough attempted to post the Bear up; the Saint’s roll off of “Sea Bass” put his foot out-of-bounds. Landon’s #12 beat the Saints #21 (a palindrome?) to a rebound when a fellow Bear missed a foul shot. On another occasion the former Oak Hill Academy player, in a tussle with the future Mountain hawk for a rebound, followed the ball to the hard wood to get possession. While not exactly levitating, Sebastian blocked a Saints shot. All of this energy occurred during a 3 minute segment during the last quarter. While he did not score, his activity was instrumental to the Saints not scoring as many points as they wanted to AND allowing Hank Brown,  Addison and Joe  to add to their totals as well a grow the Bears’ lead to 5 points.

FINAL SCORE BEARS 52 SAINTS 44

LANDON SCORING

WELLINGTON                      19

McDONALD                         18

SARTER                                   7

BROWN                                    4

COLCLOUGH                                       2

LAIRD                                        2

MUST GAME FOR ALL BEARS TO ATTEND

LANDON v. EHS FRIDAY 1/27 6PM @ RIDDLEBERGER GYM