The Liberty BlueJays, after a slow start, beat the St Joe Central Indians at Cokely Fieldhouse tonight 73-62 in front of another capacity crowd. The performance by the Jays was a little extra special because of Senior Night 2011.
"I thought our seniors played well. Their desire to succeed tonight was impressive to me. They took a lot of pride in making sure their last game at Cokely was a "W". Each senior had the opportunity to speak to the team about what this game meant to them. It was very inspiring and motivating and I think it showed on the court," remarked Coach Stirtz.
After a sluggish opening quarter, which concluding with the Jays down by 4 points and only scoring 10 points, Liberty bounced back with a 22 point second quarter. However, the defense allowed the Indians 20 points so the deficit was 2 at halftime. After being in early foul trouble, Jordan Lewis had a 9 point 2nd quarter and teamed with Isaiah Norfleet who had 10 points in the frame.
The third quarter belonged to the Jays who out-scored the St Joe 23-10. Eleven points in the quarter by Denton Koon was the big difference. "The big key to our 2nd half performance was our defense. We took some pride on stopping our man and being mid-line to help much better. Our defensive boards were key to enable us to get our transition offense going," stated Coach Simpson.
Overall, Norfleet led the Jays with 24 points, followed by Koon with 21 and Lewis with 18.
Up next are road trips to Ray-Pec on Tuesday and Grandview on Friday of next week.
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