It might say “freshman” on the roster, however Josiah Adamson is already a star.
Adamson scored 22 factors, together with the go-ahead basket with a minute to play, to guide Catholic Memorial to a comeback 59-54 win over Newton North within the Garden City Holiday Classic Tournament closing on Friday evening at Newton South.
Along with Adamson, Ryan Higgins was in double-figures for the Knights with 11 factors. Newton North’s Teagan Swint led all scorers with 25 factors.
“I thought our full court pressure wore them down a bit,” Catholic Memorial coach Denis Tobin mentioned. “I have young players. I said when we were down at halftime, ‘let’s see what we’re made of.’ To our guys’ credit they responded and came back.”
Newton North (4-1) led a lot of the evening and clung to a 52-50 edge with two minutes remaining. Knights middle Jacob Cofield got here up with a three-point play to place CM on prime 53-52. Moments later, after Higgins cut up a pair on the line, Nicky Spinelli hit a layup to tie the sport at 54 with 1:10 left.
That is when Adamson got here by with the play of the evening, driving exhausting previous his man and ending over a Tigers’ defender for a layup plus the foul to present CM a 56-54 benefit. Trailing 57-54 with 13 seconds remaining, Newton North had an opportunity to tie the sport however Swint’s three-point try got here up brief and on the different finish Adamson put dwelling a quick break layup to clinch the victory for the Knights.
“I thought Jacob (Cofield) was going to seal off his defender and that’s how I was going to attack,” Adamson mentioned of the go-ahead basket. “Then I realized I had my man one-on-one and I didn’t think he could hold me so I took him, jabbed, and got to the rim.”
Swint got here out on fireplace within the opening body because the junior hit three triples to propel the Tigers to a 21-16 edge after one. Newton North’s first-half lead received as giant as 11, 27-16, on a Spinelli three-pointer and it held a 31-23 lead on the half.
Catholic Memorial (5-0) chipped away all through the third quarter as Adamson went coast-to-coast, Higgins hit a three-pointer, and Matt St. Martin completed within the lane as a part of a 9-0 run that tied the sport at 43 heading into the ultimate stanza.
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