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Boys Basketball: Ryan Glasgow rallies Marmion to win over Aurora Central
Updated: January 27, 2012 11:42PM
Who knew Ryan Glasgow was so light on his feet on the basketball court?
The 6-foot-4, 270-pound center for Marmion will, of course, move on to play Division I college football in the fall. On Friday night, he took advantage of foul trouble on Aurora Central standout Robert DeMyers and scored 15 of his 21 points in the second half to help rally the Cadets to a 64-62 Suburban Christian Conference win in overtime.
“My first shot got rejected,” said Glasgow, who admitted he’s been struggling on offense. “After (DeMyers) picked up his second foul (in the first period), that gave me some leeway and I was able to gain some confidence.”
The Chargers, hoping to avenge an earlier 13-point loss to the Cadets when DeMyers was sidelined with a broken leg, started strong. They led 19-5 on a Zach Flint putback with 11 seconds remaining in the opening period but Marmion’s Alex Theisen (nine points) drained a three-pointer to beat the buzzer and the Cadets began the long trek back.
“We were not doing the little things you need to do early in the game,” said Marmion coach Ryan Paradise, whose team climbs to 11-9 and 4-3. “We were pretty poor on defense, weren’t getting out to their shooters well.
“Anytime we’re down a by a lot like that, my thought is to get it under 10 points. Do that and you’re within striking distance.”
DeMyers picked up his third foul early in the second quarter and went to the bench. With the Chargers’ shot-blocker extraordinaire on the bench, the Cadets began whittling away, cutting the margin to 30-26 at the break.
Opening the third, the Marmion plan was obvious.
“We needed to push it inside really hard and get (DeMyers) in foul trouble,” said Glasgow, who also had 10 rebounds. “At the beginning of the game I was kicking it out. Once our shots started falling, that helped everyone.”
Glasgow scored four straight baskets to open the second half, the second tying it at 30-all. The game was nip-and-tuck the rest of the way.
“We work with Ryan on it every single day,” Paradise said of his big man’s post moves. “I know he has it in him. He uses his body well and has got a soft touch and great feet.”
Despite sitting most of the first and second quarters and playing tentatively the rest of the way, DeMyers finished with 12 points, six rebounds, three blocks and three steals.
ACC led 48-47 after three periods and was up 54-48 on a Joey McEachern (20 points, eight rebounds) three-pointer with 6:15 left in regulation but went scoreless until the extra period.
“It was hard to see a kid (DeMyers) taken out of a game like that,” ACC coach Nate Drye said, referring to the officiating. “It’s very unfortunate for a kid to work that hard to come back and not get to play (much) in that game.”
Pete Stefansky had 13 points and Colin Kavanaugh 10 for Marmion but Jeff Garofalo’s four-point play with 2:07 left in OT gave the home team a 61-58 lead it never relinquished. Garofalo finished with eight points, five of them in the extra session.
Aurora Central fell to 7-11 and 2-4.
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