By Jayden Ratcliff
On Tuesday, December, 2nd the Westmount Wildcats travelled to Highland to play the Highland Hawks. The game started off slow for both teams but Highland started hitting more shots than Westmount and took a 15-12 lead at the end of the first.
The second quarter was all Highland, with players coming of the bench and scoring 11 of the 15 points in the second quarter while holding Westmount to 8 second quarter points. This made the score at halftime 30-20 in favour of Highland. With the first half mainly dominated by Highland, it seemed like the Hawks were going to easily get there first win. However the Wildcats looked like a complete different team in the 2nd half and out scored Highland 12-8 in the third quarter closing the lead to only six. This set-up an exciting finish!
The Wildcats still were on fire and got within in 2 points. However with 2 minutes left #10 Jamie Wilson hit a 3 pointer for Highalnd to give Highland a 5 point lead but after a quick basket by Westmount the lead was down to 3. Then the Hawks came back down the court and got the ball inside to #52 Chris Nagel who got fouled and hit both of his 2 free throws to give the Hawks a 5 point lead again. After the 2nd free throw Westmount brought the ball up to half court only to get the ball stolen by #32 Tommy Lariviere who took the ball in for an uncontested lay up and gave the Hawks a 47-40 lead with 1:18. This sealed the deal for Hawks first win and went on to add a couple of free throws and win 50-42.
Leading scorers were #54 Julian Felice for Westmount with 17 points while Chris Nagel had 17 points and 16 rebounds for the Hawks. Also for Highland, Jamie Wilson chipped in with 10 points and #20 Jeff Potter had a solid 7 points.
The lost for Westmount drops them down to 1-2 and are back in action again on the road tomorrow to face Westdale. With the win the Highland Hawks improve to (1-3) and host G.P. Vanier Thursday.
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