Miscues Help Plymouth Trounce Triton
November 30, 2016 at 5:34 p.m.
By Mark [email protected]
Triton struggled with its ball handling, particularly in the first half. The Trojans turned the ball over on four of its first five possessions, allowing Plymouth to build an 8-0 lead early.
The Trojans didn’t get to the place where they had more points than turnovers until there was 2:15 left in the second quarter. In the first half they had more turnovers (13) than shot attempts (12).
Compounding matters was the Pilgrims pounding the offensive glass. Plymouth had 13 second-chance points in the game, compared to Triton’s two.
While being careful to recognize Plymouth’s role in the game, Triton head coach Jason Groves was far more concerned about what his team did, or didn’t, do in the game.
“The thing that disappoints me is we didn’t control the things we can control. They had 12 offensive rebounds and we had five,” he said. “They had rebounds off their free throws, and to me that’s effort.
“Taking care of the ball; we had 13 turnovers in the first half. We had 13 in the game against Oregon-Davis (Nov. 23). I know this was a different type of game, but these are things we can control.
“I don’t feel we prepare in practice the way we need to. You get out what you put in, and the result of what we’ve put in came out tonight.”
Plymouth used some pressure in the backcourt, but it was more to slow things down rather than create turnovers. Many of the Triton turnovers were simply mistakes handling the ball.
“A lot of the turnovers were in the half-court setting and just silly things, like losing balance taking the ball out of bounds and stepping on the line,” Groves said. “We talked about how we did so well against O-D and not dribbling right away and getting ourselves in trouble. We’d give up our dribble, they’d pressure and we’d be in trouble, and we couldn’t do anything with it. We’ve seen it, we’ve worked on it, but there’s no carryover in to the game, and that’s the frustrating part.
“I realize Plymouth is a good team, and they’re going to win a lot of basketball games, and they have a lot of good basketball players. At the same time, we stopped thinking at times. It’s like their minds go when they get tired. So overall, I’m disappointed.”
A bright spot for Triton was senior center Grant Johnson, who scored 18 points on 8-of-12 shooting from the floor. He also have five blocks in the game. Triton made 53 percent of its shots from the floor, but had 20 fewer attempts than the Pilgrims.
Nick Felke scored 16 points for Plymouth, and Ryan Carmichael added 10.
Triton (0-2) travels to Nappanee on Friday to take on No. 4 (3A) NorthWood.
PLYMOUTH 60, TRITON 35
T 9 10 11 5 – 35
P 16 15 22 7 – 60
Triton – Caden Marr 0-1 0-0 0, Nate Flenar 2-2 0-1 4, Drew Stichter 1-1 0-0 2, Beau Hepler 1-2 0-1 2, Max Slusser 0-0 0-0 0, Ethan Berry 0-0 0-0 0, Zac Pitney 2-6 2-2 6, Dylan Hensley 0-3 0-0 0, Grant Johnson 8-12 2-8 18. Totals 15-28 4-12 35.
Plymouth – Benji Nixon 0-0 0-0 0, Clay Hilliard 3-7 1-3 8, Cam Dennie 3-4 1-2 9, Ryan Carmichael 4-7 2-2 10, Nick Felke 6-12 0-0 16, Nathan Patterson 3-6 0-0 6, Travis Owen 1-1 0-0 2, Kadin McCrammer 1-2 0-0 2, Dyllon Pavey 0-0 0-2 2, Cole Filson 2-6 0-1 4, Payton Skirvin 0-0 0-0 0, Tyler Games 0-0 0-0 0, Garrett Tharp 0-3 2-2 2. Totals 23-48 7-12 60.
Three-pointers – Triton 1 (Stevens), Plymouth 7 (Felke 4, Dennie 2, Hilliard); Rebounds – Triton 20 (Johnson 4); Plymouth 26 (Felke 4, Tharp 4); Turnovers – Triton 19, Plymouth 8; Fouls – Triton 8, Plymouth 16; Fouled out – none; Records: Triton 0-2, Plymouth 3-0.
JV – Plymouth 31, Triton 24
Triton – Ethan Berry 8, Delano Shumpert 6, Tye Orsund 5, Quentin Amsden 5
Triton struggled with its ball handling, particularly in the first half. The Trojans turned the ball over on four of its first five possessions, allowing Plymouth to build an 8-0 lead early.
The Trojans didn’t get to the place where they had more points than turnovers until there was 2:15 left in the second quarter. In the first half they had more turnovers (13) than shot attempts (12).
Compounding matters was the Pilgrims pounding the offensive glass. Plymouth had 13 second-chance points in the game, compared to Triton’s two.
While being careful to recognize Plymouth’s role in the game, Triton head coach Jason Groves was far more concerned about what his team did, or didn’t, do in the game.
“The thing that disappoints me is we didn’t control the things we can control. They had 12 offensive rebounds and we had five,” he said. “They had rebounds off their free throws, and to me that’s effort.
“Taking care of the ball; we had 13 turnovers in the first half. We had 13 in the game against Oregon-Davis (Nov. 23). I know this was a different type of game, but these are things we can control.
“I don’t feel we prepare in practice the way we need to. You get out what you put in, and the result of what we’ve put in came out tonight.”
Plymouth used some pressure in the backcourt, but it was more to slow things down rather than create turnovers. Many of the Triton turnovers were simply mistakes handling the ball.
“A lot of the turnovers were in the half-court setting and just silly things, like losing balance taking the ball out of bounds and stepping on the line,” Groves said. “We talked about how we did so well against O-D and not dribbling right away and getting ourselves in trouble. We’d give up our dribble, they’d pressure and we’d be in trouble, and we couldn’t do anything with it. We’ve seen it, we’ve worked on it, but there’s no carryover in to the game, and that’s the frustrating part.
“I realize Plymouth is a good team, and they’re going to win a lot of basketball games, and they have a lot of good basketball players. At the same time, we stopped thinking at times. It’s like their minds go when they get tired. So overall, I’m disappointed.”
A bright spot for Triton was senior center Grant Johnson, who scored 18 points on 8-of-12 shooting from the floor. He also have five blocks in the game. Triton made 53 percent of its shots from the floor, but had 20 fewer attempts than the Pilgrims.
Nick Felke scored 16 points for Plymouth, and Ryan Carmichael added 10.
Triton (0-2) travels to Nappanee on Friday to take on No. 4 (3A) NorthWood.
PLYMOUTH 60, TRITON 35
T 9 10 11 5 – 35
P 16 15 22 7 – 60
Triton – Caden Marr 0-1 0-0 0, Nate Flenar 2-2 0-1 4, Drew Stichter 1-1 0-0 2, Beau Hepler 1-2 0-1 2, Max Slusser 0-0 0-0 0, Ethan Berry 0-0 0-0 0, Zac Pitney 2-6 2-2 6, Dylan Hensley 0-3 0-0 0, Grant Johnson 8-12 2-8 18. Totals 15-28 4-12 35.
Plymouth – Benji Nixon 0-0 0-0 0, Clay Hilliard 3-7 1-3 8, Cam Dennie 3-4 1-2 9, Ryan Carmichael 4-7 2-2 10, Nick Felke 6-12 0-0 16, Nathan Patterson 3-6 0-0 6, Travis Owen 1-1 0-0 2, Kadin McCrammer 1-2 0-0 2, Dyllon Pavey 0-0 0-2 2, Cole Filson 2-6 0-1 4, Payton Skirvin 0-0 0-0 0, Tyler Games 0-0 0-0 0, Garrett Tharp 0-3 2-2 2. Totals 23-48 7-12 60.
Three-pointers – Triton 1 (Stevens), Plymouth 7 (Felke 4, Dennie 2, Hilliard); Rebounds – Triton 20 (Johnson 4); Plymouth 26 (Felke 4, Tharp 4); Turnovers – Triton 19, Plymouth 8; Fouls – Triton 8, Plymouth 16; Fouled out – none; Records: Triton 0-2, Plymouth 3-0.
JV – Plymouth 31, Triton 24
Triton – Ethan Berry 8, Delano Shumpert 6, Tye Orsund 5, Quentin Amsden 5
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