Logan rally trips Gallipolis, 38-33

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Logan rally trips Gallipolis, 38-33

After trailing visiting Gallipolis for three quarters, Logan’s Chieftains staged a sensational fourth quarter rally to slip past the Blue Devils 38-33 before a capacity crowd in the Jim Myers Gymnasium Friday night during a Southeastern Ohio Athletic League hardwood contest.

GAHS jumped out in front 9-2 during the first five and one-half minutes in the first period, and was on top 19-7 following a trey by Gallia’s Ethan Moore with 3:54 left in the first half.

Gallipolis led 22-13 during halftime intermission.

In the third stanza, John Troester’s two free throws with 5:52 left gave the Gallians a 10-point spread, 28-18. After Logan’s Patrick Angle and Troester traded goals, the Blue Devils were still on top, 30-21 at the 4:51 mark. Then it happened. The bottom fell out for GAHS as the Chieftains took advantage of numerous Gallia turnovers, then blanked the Gallians 9-0 the rest of the period to tie the score at 30-30 on T. J. Colegrove’s jumper at the buzzer.

The Gallipolis drought continued as the final period begin when Angle canned a three-pointer, followed by Jarred Rutter’s goal, giving the Chiefs their first lead of the game, 35-30 with 7:38 and 7:16 left to play.

Gallia’s Jorden Cornwell broke the 14-0 Logan run with a free throw at the 5:06 mark to cut Logan’s lead to 35-31. The Chiefs missed two freebies with 1:51 left, then Troester got a putback (1:38) to make it 35-33.

Angle missed a pair of free throws with 36.1 seconds left. After a couple GAHS turnovers and two missed shots, Jordan Rutter iced the LHS triumph with a pair of free throws with 14.9 seconds left to play.

Coach Jim Osborne said “it was one of our worst games ever,” following the heartbreaking loss.

Logan attempted only five field goals in the final period, but sank six free throws and took advantage of six fourth period turnovers by GAHS.

Angle, who missed the first game at Gallipolis in December with a football injury, scored 24 of Logan’s 38 points to pace the Chiefs. The Chieftains played without the services of its second top scorer, Mason Mays, who was ill. Mays scored 14 points against GAHS in the first outing in December.

Jordan Cornwell led Gallipolis with nine points. Ethan Moore and Troester each had eight points for GAHS. Chuck Calvart, Austin Wilson had three points each. Nick Mitchell made his first Blue Devil appearance since the River Valley game and finished with two points. Moore fouled out late in the final period.

The loss left Gallipolis 6-7 on the year and 3-6 in conference play. Logan improved to 5-9 overall and 3-6 in league action. GAHS will travel to Ironton Tuesday for another tripleheader while Logan plays Lancaster at home Saturday and travels to Marietta Tuesday.

Gallipolis sank 12 of 40 field goal attempts for 33.3 percent. GAHS was five of 15 behind the arc for 30 percent. At the foul line, GAHS was four of 10 for 40 percent. The Gallians had 20 personals, 29 rebounds, nine by Troester. Gallipolis was guilty of 17 turnovers.

GAHS had only five assists, two by Troester and 12 steals, three by Moore. Austin Wilson took a charge for the Gallians. The Blue Devils had 18 deflections.

Logan sank 12 of 37 field goal attempts for 30.8 percent. Logan was four of behind the arc. At the foul line, Logan was 10 of 19 for 52.6 percent. LHS had 12 personals and 18 turnovers. The Chiefs had 30 rebounds, 10 by Jeff Dietz, 11 steals, four by Angle, and eight assists led by Dietz.

In the freshman game, Logan jumped out in front 15-6 after one period, then went on to post a 45-30 win over the GAHS frosh. Logan led 22-12 at halftime and 32-20 going into the final period.

Jim Clagg led GAHS with eight points. Jeremy Wilson added seven while Nick Clagg and Caleb Campbell had four each for Gallipolis. Anthony McNeal, T. Myers, Josh Vermillion and Jourdan Gaven all had eight points apiece for Logan.

Gallipolis fell to 9-5 on the year and Logan improved to 12-3 overall.

Logan made it a clean sweep by winning the preliminary game, 61-50. The Papooses led 13-9, 30-20, and 48-29 at the quartermarks. Gallipolis dropped to 6-7 overall and 3-6 in league play. Logan improved to 5-9overall and 4-5 in league action.

Tyler Eastman led GAHS with 17 points, Joe Jenkins added nine and Nick Saunders eight. Nik Wortring paced Logan with 14 points.

Varsity box score:

GALLIPOLIS (33) – Eberhard. 0-0-0-0;Cornwell, 1-(2)-1-2-9; Moore, 1-(2)-0-0-8; Allison, 0-0-0-0; Calvart, 0-(1)-0-0-3; Mitchell, 1-0-2-2; Wilson, 1-1-1-3; Golden, 0-0-0-0; Amos, 0-0-0-0; Troester, 3-2-4-8. TOTALS 7-(5)-4-10-33.

LOGAN (38) –Jn. Rutter, 0-3-5-3; Angle, 3-(4)-6-8-24; T. J. Colegrove, 1-0-0-2; Kyle Guest, 1-0-0-2; Jeff Dietz, 1-0-1-2; Jrd. Rutter, 2-1-5-5; Jeff Murphy,0-0-0-0. TOTALS 8-(4)-10-19-38.

Score by quarterw:
Gallipolis……9 13 8 3 -- 33
Logan……5 8 17 8 -- 38

Freshman score—Logan 45 Gallipolis 30
Reserve score—Logan 61 Gallipolis 50

[pfloyd]

... mmmmmmmmm ... BOTH teams scored a TOTAL of 6 points COMBINED!!! in the last 7:38 of the 4th quarter ?????????? ... I'm guessing the concession stands were at least making money last night ...