Boys Drop Third Straight Against Philipsburg
David Lang
Monday night’s game led to another disappointment for Tyrone. In the 52-45, Tyrone could not play as a team, leading to their third straight loss.
Tyrone’s record is now 11-5 after being 11-2 just a few games ago.
Philipsburg, a team that Tyrone beat by 9 points on the road earlier in the season, overcame an 11-point halftime deficit and knocked off Tyrone, 52-45.
Tyrone was stifled by P-O’s defense, scoring only 13 points in the second half.
Jeremy Whitehead led the Mounties with 16 points. David Lang scored 11 for Tyrone, and Keegan Gwinn scored 10.
Tyrone’s seniors need to pick it up and lead the team for the last couple of games of their high school career.
The Tyrone JV dominated, winning 64-22.
BOX SCORE
PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA (52): Harpster 2 6-8 11, Johnson 5 0-2 10, Doyle 2 0-2 4, DiSimone 4 1-2 10, Whitehead 5 4-4 16, Hahn 0 1-2 1. Totals — 18 12-20 52.
TYRONE (45): Lang 4 0-0 11, Rhoades 1 3-4 6, DeHaas 3 0-0 8, Gampe 3 1-3 7, LeGars 1 1-1 3, Gwinn 4 2-2 10, Johnson 0 0-0 0, Walk 0 0-0 0, Crowell 0 0-0 0, Ronan 0 0-0 0. Totals — 16 7-10 45.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Philipsburg-Osceola 7 14 15 16 — 52
Tyrone 20 12 6 7 — 45
3-point goals: Philipsburg-Osceola 4 (Whitehead 2, DiSimone, Harpster); Tyrone 6 (Lang 3, DeHaas 2, Rhoades).
JV: Tyrone, 64-22. High scorers–A. Escala, T, 20 with a yamma jamma.
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Jim Lang • Feb 1, 2022 at 8:54 am
I hate that basketball stats are centered around points. I know points are sexy and it’s what gets kids opportunities to play in college and it’s what gets pro ballplayers the big bucks. However, points are just a by-product of assists, rebounds, steals, and quality shot selection. If I sort our team stats on Assist to Turnover ratio I see that all but one of our losses come when our A/TO is underwater. All of our better wins have A/TO’s well above 1.00. Andrew – I enjoy reading your articles. They are well done, but write a little more about the details of what makes good basketball and spend less time hyping points. Just a thought.