Mavericks vs Bombers

The Mavericks faced the Bismarck Bombers this afternoon for 3rd place.  We faced them twice last year, and won both times.  In both meetings, the Mavericks had solid leads at halftime, and then barely won the game.

Jonathan got to start this game, which he was very excited for!

He is wearing #23 this year.  Our team ordered new uniforms, so he was able to pick his number.

 That's Jonathan going up for a shot.  He scored one basket this game, giving him a tournament total of 12 points.

 Fighting for the rebound

 Fighting for the rebound

 Really fighting for the rebound

As always, the Bombers came back to tie the game, and the last few minutes were very tense.  They took the lead once or twice.  They tied it up with just seconds left.  Our new star point guard drove down the court, and was fouled, giving him bonus.  He sunk the first one, and missed the second.  The Bombers got the rebound, and their coach called timeout.  J was on the bench the last few minutes of the game, but was put back in for the last 1.2 seconds to defend the inbound.  The ball was caught by a Maverick.  Whew!  (Trivia....the tall man in the doorway wearing the white hat is my boss.  His son's team played the next game.)

Very good game by both teams.  The Bombers' coach is a friend of Don's.  I give him kudos for calling a timeout for our team's benefit earlier in the game.  One of our players tripped and landed hard on his hip.  The Bombers got the ball and ran their offense.  Tyler was still on the floor crying on our end of the court, and the refs wouldn't let our coach call timeout to help him, since we were now on defense.  The Bomber's coach called a time out to stop the play.