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sef:off'a ;fast~ break· hiyu.l? •by to' even the score, 66~66)''' : ·. The TigE!rs had a chance to win .the game in regulation, but Jones' 17-foot shot' over the outstretched > arm of Christie hit the rim and was .: rebounded py Dl¥.1C.an· ;:)'" , , . . .X! ;';~ : :-1· · ·"I c:Ucbi~t',fuinldt.was goingto go. ,. becaus~'Tgot niy hand in his shoot~ t,, ing pocket re.al q¢ck," said Christie, who flnished,'with13 points and •six ~~sis~;~A~:H:e had bee)} ptilliilg up on people all night and I knew ex; actly what he was going to do."'·- ·· · .;. Thismarkstheftftbyearirla'row 'Cincinnati has been 'represented in · the Division I state title game , , Moeller in 1999 and this year, St. Xa.··vier in 2000, :E:lder in 2001 and Win.. tonWoods last year. Mqeller and St. ·. Xavier:each won titles.' ' ' · ·Moe,J.Ier used the aggressive of;Jell~Y,~: ~?tY!e o( C,lev~apd H~ights . against the 'TigE!rS by drawin,g four cha~ges jn .the first q~arter .alone and. built a 15-7 lead. Cleveland . Heig,htswas calledfor.lO .total fouls in the flr.st quarter, compared to just ... ,two;J<m the Ct~saders . The. Tigers !,:eventually~lost Jailles Alex Nixon • and All-Ohio' guard Jon Battle to , · fouls. Battle ended the game with 13 ,· poin~, !fespite playin.g on a sprained
·niodorward Josh uwu.:an :s~u~;eu." poiiits'and liadJG · · .. .. · · ··· · availability f!)r tl. game is unknown.'With ovEU"time, Duncan's ·head ~u.~,~.ue,c 1, , floor after a battle for the bal neath the offensive. basket. Y anldesuffered~lastw~ek'sregion on the floor for a. couple ofi1w1u.~::;:·"' : al .c~~mpionsbip game vic.tory before· sitting up: and, the .•. f!gainst Massillon Washington.. · taken to the bench. Duncan ' Moeller outrebounded Cle.ve. land Heights, 41~30, not a surprising e~amhii:r~ed this ~,0. rn~~~,to.p~f~rf~i'.i1 nune s status.. ·. · 'r : ,· .·. ,,,- ,_.: •. total considering ,the, Crus.aders' "I'mnotevenslu-ewhatto,say,'';~;::;t:t .'·';'·:. ,, J. · . . ,., , , • ·'·:rER~YGILLI~M/~ss~~l<!t~d.~re~s,. height advantage. Moeller played Moeller coach:_Car!Kremer. said. ·~t IVIoller's Andrew Brackman. goes up for a shot as Cieveland · " ., , four players who stand at least 6 feet f~el fox:tunate t9 play in the _cha_m- ,;:Heights' Shawn Butler defends during first-quarter actior;:J. · , ..· · · · 7. Jupiorforward Andrew.Brackp1onship game.• I thought our kids L· , • . · ., . · , , . , . • , · . . .. , , man, added _25 ~points and nine reshowed tre~~ndous cour~gE! a:qd, ,1fl~arter, inclu~g mi.ssing ~e~~nt. Darre~ Jones made just .f<?ur of ~1 bounds:·.:-· ·' ·' · ··' ':· ·' '·' · .-.· · HEJGHlS ll4li Nixon 1-6 ~2 2, Gardner 4-6 .. that's P.retty dif!i~t whe,n Y;(JUJo~~ ·b~~~ of a bonus ~1tu~tion ~ce. · ·..... , shots m. the game, but ,1t ,:vy-as h1s 1-5 10,CLEVElAND Grey. 1-1 o-o 2, 'Jones 4-21 2·2 12, Battle 4-10 3-4 13, Ledwelli-1 0-0 2, Strickland 0, Sanders o-o 0-0 0, Cauley . ~!eadlikewe did.;, ..,.,·\ • •.. ·• c ,, <·•·: 'The press didn ttake1ts toll un-, three-pomter that began,thE!come- o-o o-oo, Haynes2-4Q-04,0-10-0 o-oo-o 0, PoweiS3-4 ~19, >.Overtimebecameanecessltybe-; .tilthe fQurth quarter,~' Cleveland 1 back. Reserve forward Dpnqvan ~~j~ ~U ~ _11. J"~~~~Cotton ,1;2 _oo ,2. Boyd ~~' 0:0 4. Totals cause,Cleveland lfeights turned up, .·Heights. coach James Cappelletti .,..Boyd scpred. twice from the 'inside ·· MOELLER 1851: Duncan 12·16 2·5 27, Klmener 1-2 4-6 6, the. ~efensive pressure, began .to'' said. "I thought otii' defense stepped, .• and Shawn B.utler muscled his way Blackman 12-20 1-3 25, Christie 4-9 4-5 13, Walther 3-9 1-2 8, Tralnoro-o o-oo,Ash o-o o-o 0, Watto-o o-o 0, Cartero-o o-o 0. make shots, and Mo~er pelped out ..:·up and got us back intoitin thee~~· : to some key rebotinds on bot~ ends: . Juenger o-o 0-0 0, DeTemple 0·0 o-o Q, Stovall 0-0 ~0 0, , ~~- some.less;than-effici~n~ free~.; ;'l'J;lefans seemed .to enjoy it.".· · ... · Trailing 66-6~ with 1:20 leftin regu~. Childress 1-4 4-4 6;:Dier11eiS ~1 o-o 0. Totals 33-6116-25 85. CLE. HEIGHTS 7 ' 16 · 17 26 '· 8' 74 · ~hrow shooting.,The:Crusad!:!rs. ·:.·;.Moeller point guard Ro.b Chris-... lation, Butler-stole an inb9unds MOELLER ·c · . . 15 17 22 12 19 -85 '¢ommitted 14 turnovers in the sec-:. tie'sthree-pointerwithfiveseconds · passandtheneventuallycappedoff · ·Three-point goalswCie. Heights 8·30 (PoweiS 3-4, Jones 2-10, Battle 2-7, Gardner1-2, BuUer0-3, Nixon ~1. Stricklarid~1. .·ond h8If (24 for the game) and niost.; 1 left in the third quarter gave. the the possession with a baskefqffan Haynes 0-1, Boyd 0-1), Moeller 3·9 (Walther 1-4, Duncan 1·3,. Christie i-1, Brackman 0-1). Fouled out-Nixon, Battle. of them were during the Tigers' run: Crusaders a 54-40 lead h~adiJlg into . offensive rebound. ; · , . . : , ., · Rebounds-Cia. Heights 30 (BuUei B), Moeller 41 (Duncan 16). Moeller made just three ofits six the final eight minutes. · · , . On Moeller's next possession, he Asslsts-Cie. Heights 10 (Jones 3), Moeller 22 (Christie. 6). free-tlu;ow attempts in the fourthi ;-' ) ;:, . Cleveland Heights point guard .· tipped the ball away. from Duncan fouls-C::Ie.. Helgllts 27, Moeller 16. A..,l6,423., -~;~;•.:··,· · ... ,.. :._ -' . "·' ., .... - . .. ... . . .
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