Garrett loses heartbreaker to nationally-ranked Montgomery, 103-100

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Jan. 23—McHENRY — Garrett College pushed nationally-ranked Montgomery to the brink, but was outplayed down the stretch in a 103-100 loss on Wednesday.

The Lakers (13-4, 5-4 NJCAA Region 20) battled for about 33 minutes, but the offense went cold at the worst time.

“We came out and gave a great effort,” Garrett head coach Matt McCullough said. “Didn’t like the product we put on the floor on Saturday. We had a great couple days of practice. We got a resilient group of guys and we just didn’t make enough plays down the stretch to get it done.”

A pull-up jumper from Nasir Coleman put Garrett in front 84-77 with 8:52 to play.

On the other end, Thomas Loughry converted an and-one layup.

It began a 20-12 run over the next six minutes that ended with a putback from Yaheera Williams that put the Raptors (16-3, 8-0 Region 20) in front 97-96 with 2:27 remaining.

The Lakers missed three shots over the next two possessions, meanwhile, Mateusz Szpin scored a pair of layups that pushed the Raptor lead to 101-96 with 1:12 to play.

“We didn’t convert at the free-throw line, missed a couple makeable shots inside that we just gotta lock in, concentrate and find a way,” McCullough said. “You score 100 points against a team of that caliber, you gotta get enough stops on the defensive end.”

Szpin finished with 14 points and scored 10 in the first half.

Gavin Jackson hit a pair of free throws, then split the defense for a layup to cut the deficit to 101-100 with 53.2 seconds remaining.

Jackson finished with 16 points and three steals.

Montgomery was called for an offensive foul, but Garrett missed a layup.

After Christopher Levy sunk a pair at the line, the Lakers inbounded with 7.6 seconds left.

Levy scored 14 points, all after halftime.

After losing the handle, Garrett was forced to put up a shot from near midcourt at the buzzer.

While the Lakers led for about 18 minutes in the second half, it was either a one or two score game for most of it.

“They made some shots and imposed their will a little bit,”…

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Author : Cumberland Times News, Md.

Publish date : 2025-01-23 14:20:00

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