CA national clipping archive-source 5

1. C.A. National Basketball archive – S.A. 1992
St. Augustine wins Cape-National Showdown
Hermits corner Bulldogs
By DAVE ALLEN, Staff Writer
BRIDGETON – There was no place to run and hide for the Hermits
Thursday night against Bridgeton, just four corners on a basketball
court.
That was enough.
St. Augustine Prep went to a four-corner spread offense mid-way
trough the third quarter, protecting an eight-point lead, and stayed with
it the rest of the way, even after a 10-1 Bulldog run put Bridgeton up by
a point with 1:52 remaining in the game.
The result was two easy baskets, two free throws and a 58-53 win for
the Prep (6-1) in the battle of Cape-Atlantic League National Division
contenders.
“We tried to shoot off it (the spread offense), which is normally not
what we want in those circumstances,” Hermits’ coach Paul Rodio
said. “We wanted to take time off the clock, but we had some layups
and we made the right decisions.”
The first decision was made by St. Augustine center Raheem Rex.
Rex drew a Bridgeton defender to him and found a wide-open Matt
Hufty for an easy layup and Hufty’s only two points of the game with
1:38 remaining.
Bridgeton then wasted two opportunities to retake the lead with
turnovers, once by stepping out of bounds and another time by
throwing the ball away upcourt.
That set the stage for Hermits’ center Bill Fahber, who transferred from
Bridgeton to the Prep after his sophomore year.
The 6-foot-6 senor followed Bobby Hennessy’s miss with 49 seconds
left to give Prep a 56-53 advantage, a lead that held up with two
insurance free throws by Matt Clark with 12 seconds remaining.
“They really put it upon me to stick that one in there,” Fahber said of
his ex-teammates.
Fahber had 10 points for the Hermits and Rex nine. Matt Miles came
off the bench to lead Prep with 13 points, hitting nine-of-10 free throws.
St. Augustine Prep converted 24-of-31 free throws for the
game, including a stretch of nine straight in the fourth quarter.
The Hermits also hit three consecutive 3-pointers to open up the
second half, including two by Hennessy, turning a one-point lead (26-
25) at halftime into a 35-27 advantage and thus allowing the Prep to
spread its offense out in four corners.
Bridgeton’s Terrence Hester led all scorers with 27 points.
“Our achilles heel all year has been turning the ball over at crucial
times of the game … down the stretch, in the final two minutes,”
Bridgeton coach Charlie Kates said. “We throw the ball away. Our
guards are not making good decisions.”