Bluefield_Rules 46 Report Share Posted December 18, 2004 http://www.bdtonline.com/articles/2004/12/18/sports/01satbeavers.txt Bragging rights belong to Beavers Posted: Friday, Dec 17, 2004 - 11:32:19 pm EST By BOB REDD Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD - It was a border battle that truly pitted brother against brother as Bluefield's two high schools met Friday night on the court at Bluefield State College. The opening tip saw Graham senior Kevin Matthews jumping against his brother, Bluefield junior Tremayne Matthews. In the end it was the younger brother Tremayne and his Beavers who claimed a 69-60 victory in part one of the Basketball Battle of the Bluefields. The Beavers led early by as many as seven points, that lead coming on a Dexter Moore steal and layup with a minute left in the opening quarter to make the score 18-11. Bluefield was up 18-13 after one. The G-Men would come on strong in the second period. Paced by nine points from Eric Hoosier, Graham would take a 33-29 lead into the halftime intermission. Bluefield came out pressing and quickly retook the lead 35-33 in the first two minutes of the third quarter. A pesky defense and buckets by Jordan Manns, Rusty Coeburn and Jonathan Repass propelled the Beavers ahead. "We just came out with a little more intensity," said Bluefield head coach Ernie Gilliard. "We felt like in the second quarter they out-scrapped us, out-hustled us, so we just talked about desire, intensity and playing Bluefield basketball. The lead was short-lived as Jake Remines popped a three to put Graham back on top...for the last time. Graham would score only three more points in the third compared to 27 for the Beavers who were ahead by 17, 57-39 headed into the final stanza. Graham fought back, cutting into the Bluefield lead in the final minutes of the game, but it proved too little, too late for the G-Men as the Beavers claimed the 69-60 win. "We shot 19-for-62 for the game," said Graham head coach Glynn Carlock Jr. "We pretty much shot ourselves out of it, I thought, and our defensive presence wasn't there in the second half, either. "When you give up a five or six point lead you have at halftime in three possessions, that always hurts." The Beavers had a trio of players in double-digits led by Tremayne Matthews with 16. Dexter Moore and Jonathan Repass had 15 apiece. Jake Remines took game scoring honors with 19 points for the G-Men. "It was a very physical game and that was to our liking," Gilliard said. "We've got some kids who are two-sport people, some football players, so we're pleased with the outcome of a physical game. We did want to pound it inside and we did a good job doing that tonight." "I think we need to play better defense," Carlock said. "Their height gave them a good rebounding presence and we didn't do a good job boxing out, keeping them off the boards." Bluefield returns to action Tuesday at the Bank One Classic in Logan against Logan. Graham hosts Virginia High also on Tuesday. ____________________________________________________ Bluefield JV 90 Graham 41 Ansel Ponder scored 19, Mark Page 17, Jonathan Payne 14 and Bruce Lambert 12 to lead the Beaver JV squad to a 90-41 win over the G-Men, Friday evening. Ponder pulled down 21 rebounds while Payne dished out eight assists and had five steals. J.D. Hunter led Graham with 10 points. ____________________________________________________ At Bluefield State College Graham (1-2)..............13 20 6 21 - 60 Bluefield (1-1)...........18 11 27 13 - 69 GHS - Kevin Matthews 6, Matt Yost 0, Wills Murray 2, Eric Hoosier 12, Jake Remines 19, T.J. Carper 4, Mike Alvis 6, Bill Mercke 2, Robert Henry 2, Steve Brown 0. BHS - J.T. Powell 6, Rusty Coeburn 2, Brandon Cosby 2, Delaney Goodson 5, David Perdue 1, Jonathan Repass 15, Dexter Moore 15, Daniel Wells 4, Quintin Steptoe 1, Jordan Manns 4, Tremayne Matthews 16, Tarius Palmero 0. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swva_fan 91 Report Share Posted December 18, 2004 24-24 tie, 2nd q Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluefield_Rules 46 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2004 Thanks. If you could, please keep the updates coming every so often... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swva_fan 91 Report Share Posted December 18, 2004 Graham up 33-29 half Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluefield_Rules 46 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2004 [ QUOTE ] Graham up 33-29 half [/ QUOTE ] That's sad. Bluefield better get its act together... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefieldRocks 14 Report Share Posted December 18, 2004 If we get beat by graham i give up all hope of us making to charleston Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swva_fan 91 Report Share Posted December 18, 2004 54-38 Bluefield up near end 3rd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefieldRocks 14 Report Share Posted December 18, 2004 Graham was tied with them at 38 bluefield scored 16 straight points? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BHS85 10 Report Share Posted December 18, 2004 Heck yeah, 69-60. Just finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefieldRocks 14 Report Share Posted December 18, 2004 Thats good for the g-men seeing they were down by 19 with 3:35 left in the 4th Congratulations to the beavers on there win tonight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluefield_Rules 46 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2004 I'm glad to see Bluefield decided to come out and play in the second half. Two big games next week though in the Bank One Tournament at Logan... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghstoga 10 Report Share Posted December 18, 2004 I'm just curious about whether or not the fans (students) behave themselves at the Graham/Beaver b-ball games these days? When I was in school there was always trouble before during and after the games. I think they even stopped playing each other for a while in b-ball didn't they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefieldRocks 14 Report Share Posted December 18, 2004 I listened to it on the radio and they seemed to be loud and roudy.......but didnt sound like they were yelling at each other and taunting them though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluefield_Rules 46 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2004 The atmosphere around the rivalry is much different these days . The ugliness of the 1980s has long disappeared and while there is still a lot of heat in the rivalry there's more of a respect aspect now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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