Slideshow: JDHS vs. Ketchikan<\/a>]<\/p>\n\u201cBelieve me, that (game) was mentioned,\u201d JDHS head coach Robert Casperson said. \u201cAnd I didn\u2019t have to mention it in the huddle going into the fourth quarter. The guys were very aware of what happened Friday night down there and how we gave up that lead and how Ketchikan fought back. So they were very aware and what we tried to do is learn from that.\u201d<\/p>\n
The team certainly has learned from the game. The Crimson Bears (10-12, 3-4 SEC) not only maintained their fourth-quarter lead, they widened it to win 59-41 in their second-to-last regular season game.<\/p>\n
After scoring all 13 of his team\u2019s first-quarter points, Kayhi junior guard Marcus Lee went to the bench early in the second quarter.<\/p>\n
Senior Kolby Hoover took it as his cue to heat up. Starting at 5:06 left in the second quarter, the lanky guard scored nine straight points in under two minutes. Hoover\u2019s 3-pointer with a little over three minutes left in the half put JDHS up 18-17.<\/p>\n
And that was just the beginning.<\/p>\n
Hoover would go on to score 18 more points in the game to finish with 28 total.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just wanted to do something special for my teammates, to try to work hard and keep attacking the basket when I started feeling it,\u201d Hoover said.<\/p>\n
After scoring three points in the first half, senior Erik Kelly added 15 in the second half to finish with 18.<\/p>\n
Marcus Lee (28 points) was back on the court to start the second half for the Kings \u2014 who trailed at that point 25-20. The junior scored seven straight points in the first few minutes of the half and his floater with 5:15 left in the third quarter brought the Kings within five points.<\/p>\n
The junior would cool off from that point on, scoring just six more points the rest of the way. His teammates didn\u2019t pick up the slack, either. Younger brother Chris Lee, a sophomore, was the only other Kings player with a field goal in the second half.<\/p>\n
\u201c(Marcus) doesn\u2019t miss very often when he gets to his spots,\u201d Casperson said. \u201cSo we tried to work pretty hard to make him shoot over the top of us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hoover complemented his fellow guards for their defense on Marcus Lee and the other Kayhi guards.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think that was just a good job by guys like Is (Israel Yadao) and John (Hamrick) and Gammy (Reyes), they just worked their butts off and it made it a lot easier for us down low,\u201d Hoover said.<\/p>\n
The two teams play one another again tonight at JDHS at 8 p.m.<\/ins><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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\u2022 Contact sports reporter Nolin Ainsworth at 523-2272 or nolin.ainsworth@juneauempire.com.<\/b><\/p>\n
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