Saturday, January 27, 2001
Scott 66, Campbell County 56
Lye carries Eagles to 9th win in row
By Ray Schaefer
Enquirer contributor
ALEXANDRIA - Friday's score at Campbell County was Scott 66, Camels 56, but Scott senior center Ben Lye was startled when asked about his performance.
Campbell's Kevin Reinhardt and Scott's Ben Lye fight for a rebound.
(Ernest Coleman photo)
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Lye's 17 points and eight rebounds were tops in both categories for the Eagles, ranked third in the Enquirer's poll. He led four double-figure scorers, and his defense helped hold Campbell County to 21-of-52 shooting.
Lye wasn't aware what he had done.
“I did?” he said. “It was a pretty good game, I guess.”
As much as Lye did, the other four starters also contributed substantially to Scott's ninth straight win.
Senior guard Chris Thompson was next in scoring with 16 points, and he added six assists. Junior guard Justin Morris and senior forward Jamie Medved each scored 12, and senior guard Bryan Stevenson added nine.
“We're not the biggest team in the world,” Scott coach Jeff Trame said. “We had four guys with double figures, and Stevenson with nine. We can go to anybody at any time.”
What might have been more important was the defensive job Lye and Medved did on Campbell County ju nior forward Kevin Reinhardt. Reinhardt led the Camels with 15 points, but he scored just one in the first half.
“We liked to give Ben a lot of help,” Trame said. “Jamie was the key helper. He tried to stay in front of Reinhardt if possible, and Ben stayed behind.”
Credit Campbell County for not being intimidated by Scott's 16-2 record going in to Friday. The Camels took two one-point leads in the third quarter. But Scott's 12-3 run to open the fourth made it a 58-48 game with 4:17 left.
“We're fine,” Campbell County coach Dan Sullivan said. “We'll be back. We're trying to get ready for the tournament.”
The Camels were hot in the first quarter. Three-pointers by seniors Jordan Futscher, Danny Miller and Chris Clines led an 11-5 run just more than three minutes into the game.
“We knew coming in it was going to be a tough game,” Trame said. “It's a different region (Campbell County is in the 10th Region, while Scott is in the Ninth), different style of officiating. I think we did a good job of handling (Campbell County) runs by keeping our composure.”
By the end of the first quarter, it was the Scott (17-2) offense coming at the Camels in waves. Thompson's eight points and Medved's four points helped put the Eagles ahead 19-17.
With Reinhardt doing next to nothing on offense in the first half, Campbell County (8-5) found help from an unlikely source. Freshman Chris Cornetet has been a varsity player for less than a month, but he scored eight of his 11 points in the second quarter to keep the Camels close at 35-28 at halftime.
“He's very mature for his age,” Sullivan said of Cornetet. “He's a dependable varsity player.”
Reinhardt played well in the third quarter - his seven points helped Campbell County take a 43-42 lead with 1:13 left.
A 98-second span to open the fourth quarter finally gave Scott the game. Morris and Stevenson each hit 3-pointers to put Scott ahead to stay at 52-45.
“We had our chances,” Sullivan said. “We didn't get on the glass like we needed to.”
SCOTT (66) — Thompson 5 4 16, Lye 7 3 17, Stevenson 2 3 9, Morris 5 1 12, Medved 6 0 12. Totals: 25 11 66.
CAMPBELL COUNTY (56) — Miller 2 0 5, Sigmon 1 2 4, Clines 2 0 5, Futscher 4 0 11, Krift 2 0 5, Cornetet 4 0 11, K. Reinhardt 6 3 15. Totals: 21 5 56.
Scott 19 16 11 20 - 66
Campbell County 17 11 17 11 - 56
3-point goals: S-Stevenson 2, Thompson 2, Morris; CC-Cornetet 3, Futscher 3, Krift, Miller, Clines. Records: S 17-2, CC 8-5.
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