When the dust settled on Tuesday night, Dec.11, just two points separated the Goodrich Martians and the New Lothrop Hornets, who hadn’t lost in 39 games. The Martians lost 54-52.
The Martians showed New Lothrop some heart in the third quarter, cutting an 11-point deficit with 6:30 left. The Martians started the fourth quarter down 40-39.
The Martians tied the game again with a 3-point basket by Colin Angle with 27 seconds left in the game. Later, after New Lothrop took a timeout Goodrich played solid defense, but Brandon Baryo sunk a 2-point field goal to put the New Lothrop Hornets up 54-52.
Goodrich had one last chance with 2 seconds left in the game, but Joe Boisture’s pass to Colin Angle was intercepted by a New Lothrop player.
Boisture had 13 points for Goodrich; Andrew Patrick had 11; and both Angle and Caleb Jones had nine. The team had eight 3-point shots all together, Andrew Patrich leading the team with three of those shots. During the game there was 16 lead changes and nine ties.
‘The game was a thriller until the last three seconds,? says Gary Barns, Goodrich varsity basketball coach.
‘It was a great early season clash between two of the top programs in the GAC.?
The Martians will play Hamaday High School 7:30 p.m., Dec. 18, at home.