GOBLINS ROLL OVER CLARKSVILLE

Clarksville kept it close for a half, but the Goblins ran away to a 73-51 victory. The Goblins held a 37-35 lead at the half, but the squad would shut Clarksville down in the third quarter. Harrison opened the third with the first four points. Trevor Atwell scored on a tip before Tanner Curry found Jackson Marseilles for a layup and a 41-35 lead. The Panthers knocked down a 3 to cut the Goblin lead to three points, but Harrison answered. Curry hit back-to-back pull-up jumpers to make it 45-38 with 5:16 to play in the frame. Clarksville would hit a single free throw at the 4:32 mark and be held scoreless the remainder of the third quarter. With the Clarksville offense held in check, the Goblins rattled off the final 12 points of the period. Marseilles scored on the right block and Braeden Boren connected on a 3 from the left wing. Jake Wynn took a pass from Atwell and finished at the rim with a fingerroll while Curry added a driving layup. The final points of the third quarter came from Boren as he converted a three-point play to set the score at 57-39 with one quarter to play. Marseilles opened the fourth with a layup and Atwell put an exclamation point on Harrison’s dominance in the second half when he took an oop from Curry and flushed it with two hands less than a minute into the final frame. The Goblin lead would hit 65-39 before Clarksville would put its next points on the board. Clarksville held an 8-4 lead early in the first quarter before Harrison got its offense on track. Marselles hit a layup and Boren added a pair of layups as Harrison moved ahead to a 10-9 lead with 4:51 to play in the period. Curry knocked down a jumper but Clarksville responded with a 3 to knot the game at 12. A Marseilles score was followed by two Boren free throws for a 16-12 Harrison lead. Clarksville would go on to tie the game at 18-18 with 59 seconds left in the first, but Harrison would close out the period with a basket from Skyler Young and an offensive putback from Marseilles to make it a 22-18 affair. Curry scored eight points in the second quarter to held Harrison claim a 37-35 lead at the half. Leading the way in scoring for Harrison was Curry with 22 points. Boren added 17, Marseilles 14, Atwell six, Young and Wynn four each and Carson Journagan, Nathan Jenkins and Noah Ditmanson two apiece. UP NEXT Harrison will be on the road tonight as it travels to Alma.

GOBLINS ROLL OVER CLARKSVILLE

CRAIG ENLOE

Harrison Daily | 2/13/2017

PHOTO CREDIT: Harrison Athletics