Hounds smothered by West Hancock in 40-69 loss

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BY CHUCK VANDENBERG

PCC EDITOR

FORT MADISON - A smothering West Hancock defense kept Fort Madison out of any rhythm and spurred a 40-69 Bloodhound loss in boys non-conference basketball action Tuesday night.

The Hounds looked to make a game of it early on after spotting the Titans a 4-0 early first quarter lead. Hounds senior Logan Rashid converted on a 3-pointer from the right baseline to get Fort Madison on the board. West Hancock committed a turnover in the next possession and Fort Madison was able to get the ball inside to junior Jayden Fedler on what would turn out to be a rare occassion, to take a 5-4 lead.

FMHS freshman Dayton Davis tries to get a steal from Caleb Sinele late in the third quarter Tuesday night Photo by Chuck Vandenberg/PCC

Drake Hammel would convert for the Titans to take a 6-5 lead and then he would convert two free throws after getting fouled by Dayton Davis after a Hound turnover to stretch the lead to 8-5. On Fort Madison's next possession Davis would slide the ball down to an open Rashid again on the right side who would hit again to tie it up at 8. Rashid would finish with a team high 22 points on the night.

Hammel would score again inside to give West Hancock a 10-8 lead and Rashid, again would counter this time off the dribble in the lane to tie it up at 10, but that would be the last time the Hounds would be in the game.

West Hancock went on an 8-0 run to end the quarter and would race out to a 36-13 first half advantage with Fort Madison only scoring on a Brandon Keester 3-ball from the left elbow in the second quarter.

The Titans ran a smothering switching man defensive scheme that resulted in just about every Hound being double teamed on the perimeter and postman Lucas Dorethy keeping Fedler and Jordyn Gerdes in check most of the night, making it difficult for the Hounds to get any consistency going on offense.

After a halftime, where the Hounds came out of the lockerroom with just :45 seconds left in the break, the Hounds jumped out on a 7-0 run capped by a Parker Denning bucket that forced Titan head coach Reno Pinkston to call for a stop in the action with the Hounds trailing by 16.

Caleb Sinele stopped the bleeding with running shot inside the lane and then Fort Madison, which committed 12 turnovers in the first half committed another error before Davis pumped in a shot from the middle of the lane that bounced around before falling in. West Hancock's Drew Martin would hit from the left baseline on the next trip down for a 3-ball and Rashid would counter with a 3-pointer to make it 25-41. And then West Hancock would put together another run snuffing out any hopes of a Bloodhound comeback.

Hammel would hit a three pointer after the Titan had reeled off an 13-0 run to set the Titans up by 30 58-28 and Pinkston brought in the second team. Fort Madison would put up 12 more points to West Hancock's 11 with both teams reserves on the court.

Fedler would end the game with six points and Keester would finish with five for Fort Madison. Davis and Parker Denning would each finish with three points, Miles Dear would have two points and Michael Mosena would chip in with a free throw.

Hammel would finish with a game high 24 points and Dorethy had 15 for West Hancock.

Fort Madison falls to 1-3 on the season and travel to Centerville on Saturday night.

 

 

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