Basketball Game Notes

Again, these notes are unnecessarily long as they were for a playoff game:

Nor Cal Championship vs. Bishop O’Dowd
March 17, 2007 @ Stockton Arena

1st Quarter
• “State or Die”- warm-ups for O’Dowd
• Acalanes wins tip
• Anderson put back
• McGlynn lay-up
• O’Dowd answers with 3
• Fillmore blocks shot- Packman chants “Waka Waka Waka”
• Slow start compared to last game vs. O Dowd
• Baker attacks for lay-in
• Wallace hits Anderson in back of numbers on fast break- sums up the beginning of the game
• Shawn Lewis on his game early- tied score at 10
• 13-12 (AHS)
• Fillmore held scoreless

2nd Quarter
• O’Dowd takes lead for first time- 6:08
• Baker knocks down three- 16-14
• Sloppy game for Acalanes- passes thrown out of control, kicked balls, poor shooting, can’t break down defense\
• Need to settle down and shake out butterflies
• Lofted passes constantly picked off
• O’Dowd ties at 16- Acalanes takes timeout
• Two straight O’Dowd easy lay-ups- easy points
• Fillmore finally first two points- lay-up with 1:18
• Anderson hits jumper to end the quarter- tied at 20
• 20-20

3rd Quarter
• Opening play- Wallace misses alley oop lay-up- story of game- cant convert on easy points, O Dowd gets many easy points
• Anderson converts lay-up
• Fillmore comes up with a block on the other end
• Wallace gets fourth foul called on him- trouble in past come back to bite?
• Acalanes turnover on inbounds- O’Dowd takes one point lead
• Anderson knocks down two free throws, Brooks drives like he has all night and scores- 27-23 with 4:08
• Timeout O’Dowd
• Shawn Lewis knocks down three
• McGylnn answers- bombs a three
• Shawn Lewis comes right back and answers with a 2 (tied at 30)- story of game- O’Dowd had more answers, and more consistent play. Every time Acalanes could answer O’Dowd would retaliate double
• Teammates begin to step up as Fillmore has no productivity
• Brooks drives- and one lay-up- 33-30 with 2:08
• Shawn Lewis answers with another three after teammate sinks one free throw
• 34-33 (O’Dowd lead)- 1:10
• Anderson lay-up, looks to end quarter on bright spot but O’Dowd answers with a near buzzer beater
• 36-35 (O’Dowd)

4th Quarter
• Shawn Lewis- shows flaw in perfection and gets called for traveling
• But O’Dowd converts on easy lay-up, Lewis hits another three- 41-35
• Acalanes timeout to gather
• O’Dowd has Dons on lockdown- move ball around perimeter for entire shot clock- finally McGlynn hits a jumper off Fillmore’s pick
• O’Dowd turnover
• McGlynn hits two free throws- 41-39
• O’Dowd jump shot bobbles around- Lewis comes out of nowhere and throws a thunderous put back jam down with authority- turning point- every hint of life that appears in the Dons is sucked away by an amazing play from the Dragons
• O’Dowd converts again, Baker converts on lay-up- 41-45- crowd pumped
• O’Dowd with and one lay-up (missing free thrown), knocking life out of Dons again
• Anderson lay-in- 43-47 2:25
• O’Dowd lay-in
• Brooks drives, is fouled- sinks 2- 45-49 with 1:44
• Fillmore blocks shot
• On other side- Fillmore air ball- Dons recover, Fillmore shoots another air ball (student fans think it was a basket- hit net but was short)
• Dons intentional foul- O’Dowd free throws
• Baker comes back- knocks down clutch three
• After timeout, O’Dowd throws bad inbounds but recovers ball- intentional foul and 2 free throws made
• McGlynn comes back and hits 3
• 53-51 13.6 seconds left
• Anderson catches pass, drives hard to right side like he had all night, locked on by two other defenders- looks like foul could be called and lay-up doesn’t fall
• O’Dowd two free throws to end game
• 51-55 O’Dowd wins
• Knees buckle, and sorrow spreads among all involved with Acalanes basketball
• Stomachs sink and disbelief sets in
• Fillmore takes seat on bench after game with head in his hands and doesn’t pick his head up for entire award ceremony
• 12 points- McGlynn
• 16 points- Anderson
• 17 points- Baker (season best)
• Shawn Lewis- 27 points, 10 rebounds, sets record for three pointers in nor cal championship- 5 threes
• Hard for expected team to get pumped up, underdog has nothing to lose
• O’Dowd played like champions, not sloppy like dons
• Turnovers killed throughout game
• O’Dowd adjusted D to completely shut off Fillmore- only two points (11 rebounds)
• And so season ends on a season low note for Fillmore, but what more could this dream team have asked for in such a Cinderella season.