Published: December 23, 2008 08:48 am         

Prophetstown takes 2nd, Erie 3rd at Cambridge tournament

CAMBRIDGE, Ill. — Elmwood defeated Prophetstown 53-43 in the championship game and Erie edged Williamsfield 56-54 in overtime for third place Monday at the Cambridge tournament.

Nick Almasi, Alejandro Montoya and Andrew Huber spearheaded a fourth-quarter rally that gave Elmwood a come-from-behind victory in the championship game. Elmwood trailed 32-28 entering the fourth quarter, but a 3-point basket by Almasi kick-started the team. Almasi scored nine of his 13 points in the final quarter, while Montoya added six of his team-high 14 and Huber scored seven of his 10.

Anthony Lombardo led Prophetstown (3-9) with 13 points. He scored eight of them in the opening period, when the Prophets built a 19-5 lead.

Matt Pyse scored Erie’s final three points at the free-throw and finished with 18 points to lead the Cardinals. Erie also got two field goals in overtime from Matt Temple (17 points) and one from Jay Jackson.

ELMWOOD 53, PROPHETSTOWN 43

Score by quarters

Elmwood 5 12 11 25 — 53

Prophetstown 19 6 7 11 — 43

ELMWOOD — Alejandro Montoya 5 4-6 14, Cody Landau 0 0-2 0, Tony Young 2 2-2 6, Jake Hammond 4 2-3 10, Nick Almasi 4 4-7 13, Ryan Bybee 0 0-0 0, Andrew Huber 4 1-2 10, Aaron Watson 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 13-22 53.

PROPHETSTOWN (3-9) — Anthony Lombardo 4 4-5 13, Anthony Nielsen 0 0-0 0, Karl Miller 2 0-0 5, Wes Proulx 5 2-2 12, Jake Francis 0 0-0 0, Dylon Stees 1 2-2 4, Ethan Ward 2 0-1 4, Koy Sommers 2 0-0 5. Totals 16 8-10 43.

3-point goals — Almasi, Huber, Lombardo, Miller, Sommers. Total fouls — Elmwood 16; Prophetstown 19. Fouled out — Ward.

ERIE 56, WILLIAMSFIELD 54 (OT)

Score by quarters

Williamsfield 13 15 11 8 7 — 54

Erie 18 13 7 9 9 — 56

WILLIAMSFIELD — Eagle 3 0-0 7, Inge 0 1-2 1, Graham 5 202 13, Campbell 2 0-2 4, Bowman 3 2-2 9, Ott 9 2-2 20. Totals 22 7-10 54.

ERIE — Matt Pyse 6 3-6 18, Lukas Jepson 4 0-0 11, Matt Temple 8 1-1 17, Jordan Garrison 3 2-4 8, Marty Temple 0 0-0 0, Jay Jackson 1 0-0 2. Totals 22 6-11 56.

3-point goals — Pyse 3, Jepson 3, Eagle, Graham, Bowman. Total fouls — Williamsfield 15; Erie 12. Fouled out — None.

     

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