Sunday, December 30, 2012
A strong defensive effort in the third quarter and a 36-point performance from Ryan Carney led the Tigers.
The Oliver Ames boys' basketball team likes to win games on the defensive side of the court. Sunday afternoon during the Val Muscato Holiday Tournament Finals, it was no different. After trailing early, the Tigers picked up their defensive pressure in the second and third quarters on their way to a 82-77 win over Walpole to improve to 4-1. Walpole dropped to 2-3. The shift in momentum was particularly apparent during the third quarter when senior captain Saint Clair Ryan manned up on Walpole point guard Ryan Fogarty and played the anchor-man in a stifling box-and-one defense. "Saint is made for that," Oliver Ames coach Don Byron said. "He’s really wired to take a challenge on like that. He’s a tough match and he did a terrific job. We …
Friday, December 30, 2011
OA uses 14-6 run at the end of the first quarter en route to 62-52 victory over Medfield in the championship game of the Muscato Tournament.
This was the start Oliver Ames boys’ basketball coach Don Byron was looking for all along. After trailing Medfield 8-6 in the first four minutes of the Val Muscato Tournament finals, the Tigers quickly turned the corner and went on a 14-6 run to end the first quarter en route to a 62-52 victory Friday night at the Nixon Gymnasium. “That was the last thing we mentioned in the locker room tonight,” Byron said. “We came out of the locker room [to start the game] a little bit better, which is something I was thankful for. We made it a point of emphasis and it went a long way tonight.” Although it took a little while to adjust to Medfield’s zone defenses, OA made some adjustments to counter Big Blue’s look. With Medfield’s focus primarily on …
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Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Tigers overcome seven-point first quarter deficit to defeat Dartmouth, 88-59, in the first round of the Val Muscato Tournament (championship game Friday vs. Medfield 7:30 p.m.)
Coming into Tuesday’s game against Dartmouth in the first round of the Val Muscato Tournament, Oliver Ames boys’ basketball coach Don Byron was looking for his team to come out of the gate quickly; something they hadn’t done in their first three wins of the season. Once again, though, the Tigers got off to another slow start, trailing the Indians 25-18 after the first quarter. But once again, OA was able to overcome the sluggish start and run Dartmouth out of the Nixon Gymnasium en route to an 88-59 victory to improve to 4-0. “We talk about it all the time,” said Byron, whose team will face Medfield in the finals of the Muscato tournament Friday night at 7:30 p.m. “We talked about it for two days ‘let’s come out of the thing right, let’s …
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