Boys Basketball: Rashaun Stimage, David Scott power Farragut past Seton

Updated: January 29, 2012 10:43PM

David Scott had plenty of control on the boards and going after loose balls for Farragut on Sunday night.

Scott pulled down 21 rebounds to along with four steals and scored nine points.

He played a big role in leading Farragut past Seton 50-45 in the Ronald “Chops” Billinger Memorial Shootout at North Park University.

“My coach [William Nelson] told me to keep up with the intensity and don’t let it break,” Scott said. “It’s something we focus on, being defense.

“I’m just a defensive player. If we need a defensive stop, then the team looks for me either for loose balls or anything to control the ball.”

The Admirals (12-7) also had Rashaun Stimage contribute with 19 points, six rebounds and six blocks, and Lavell Boyd score 12 points.

“The effort out of the boys was great,” Nelson said. “The start from them was pretty good. Defense was good and we had some guys we wanted to key on. We just didn’t want to do too much reaching and work hard helping each other out.”

Seton (17-4) had its only lead at 3-2 just over a minute into the game, when Kamal Shasi dropped in a trey of his team-high 14 points.

Farragut went on a 12-1 run behind Stimage who scored seven points for a 14-4 advantage,

The Sting went 1-for-12 from the field in the opening quarter.

“We had am extremely slow start,’ Seton coach Brandon Thomas said. “We probably shot the worst all season. There’s no excuse and we’ve got to make those shots especially when you play a team like Farragut.”

The Admirals maintained ran lead into double digits — 25-15 — at the break and up to 42-29 heading into the final quarter.

Seton made a late push and cut the lead down to five points, but couldn’t get any closer.

“I’m disappointed that we didn’t come to play,” Thomas said. “It was a long week and this would’ve been the icing on the cake. After a week of beating Marist and Brother Rice. This was an unacceptable performance for us.”

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