Anderson scores 32 as Hayfield boys get past Lyle-Pacelli
Published 12:28 am Thursday, December 31, 2015
Hayfield’s Aaron Anderson pressures Lyle-Pacelli’s Lee Bauer during the first half Wednesday night in Hayfield. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com
HAYFIELD — The Hayfield boys basketball team used defensive pressure to overwhelm Lyle-Pacelli and win by a score of 67-50 in the title game of the Hayfield tournament Wednesday.
Hayfield’s Trace Tebay pulls up in the lane to shoot over Lyle-Pacelli’s Jordan Cotter during the first half Wednesday night in Hayfield. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com
The Vikings (5-6 overall) forced 17 LP turnovers as Trace Tebay, who finished with 19 points, five rebounds, five assists and three steals, was able to get out in transition. Hayfield’s Aaron Anderson controlled the half court offense as he finished with 32 points and eight rebounds.
“Aaron is our inside presence,” Hayfield head coach Chris Pack said. “He and Trace can get to the rim and finish. Aaron’s not a true back to the basket post. He gets a lot of stuff on the move and we like to get him lobs. Tonight he finished well.”
Anderson was relentless in his inside attacks as he was able to get near the basket on a lot of his touches.
“You’ve just got to have the heart to get in there and box out,” he said. “When you box, out you’re going to get points.”
Tebay created most of his offense off of the dribble. He said the Vikings knew they were going to come out and press against LP (8-4 overall).
“We knew they didn’t handle pressure that well,” he said. “When you put pressure on teams, they don’t like it and they turn it over. It leads to good things on both ends.”
LP was led by Noah Jiskra, who had 19 points, three rebounds and three assists and Braden Kocer, who had 10 points and seven rebounds. LP head coach Scott Koenigs liked what his team did when they ran their offense in the half court, but he said his team needs to work on getting the ball up the court against pressure.
“Hayfield came out and they pressured the ball up the floor. They just work hard and they have a great program. We don’t have a true point guard in the system right now and we struggled getting into anything,” Koenigs said. “It was good to get a game like this because if we happen to move on in the playoffs, this is what we’re going to see.”
LP 20 30 — 50
Hayfield 35 32 — 67
Hayfield scoring: Aaron Anderson, 32; Trace Tebay, 19; Adam Younge, 5; Aaron Younge, 5; Max Olive, 4; Max Olive, 4; Brayden Hegna, 2; free throws: 75 percent (12-for-16); rebounds: 22 (Anderson, 8); turnovers: 8
Lyle-Pacelli’s Jordan Cotter works against Hayfield’s Drew Olive in the first half Wednesday night in Hayfield. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com
LP scoring: Noah Jiskra, 19; Braden Kocer, 10; Jordan Cotter, 8; Lee Bauer, 6; Jed Nelson, 4; Kamis Kuku, 2; Brady Lester, 1; free throws: 53 percent (10-for-19); rebounds: 17 (Kocer, 7); turnovers: 17
