Trinity Academy Raleigh/Greenfield School Recap/Standouts

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Trinity Academy Raleigh went on the road to Wilson, NC for a non-conference matchup with Greenfield School that would need DOUBLE OVERTIME to decide a winner. Take a look at the recap/standouts.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>It looked like the Tigers would run away with things in the early going as they jumped out to an early 9-2 lead with just 3:06 remaining in the first quarter, but Greenfield School would hang around thanks to their ability to get to the free-throw line. After 1, Trinity Academy Raleigh led 12-6.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Greenfield would bring things within a point with 5:11 remaining in the second quarter, 16-15, following a nice feed and finish from [player_tooltip player_id='1280938' first='Kobe' last='Edwards'] to [player_tooltip player_id='1391677' first='Kyshon' last='Atkinson']. With 2:33 left in the half, TAR held onto a 22-20 lead thanks to a mid-range pull-up from [player_tooltip player_id='1014991' first='Kevon' last='Vanderhorst']. The Knights jumped out to a quick 27-26 lead following a layup plus the foul for [player_tooltip player_id='1277989' first='Matt' last='Kirby'] with less than a minute left in the half. Vanderhorst connected with [player_tooltip player_id='1363176' first='Trevor' last='Barrett'] on a 3-pointer as time expired to take a 29-27 lead into the half. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>In the second half, Greenfield School jumped out to a quick 41-32 lead with 4:16 left thanks to a 14-5 run to start the third quarter. With 3 minutes remaining in the third, Greenfield led 43-34. After 3, the Knights led 45-39 before things would get interesting in the fourth quarter.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Greenfield led 49-44 with 3:31 remaining in the game before things would turn in the Tigers' favor. Vanderhorst would knock down a 3-pointer on the ensuing possession to make it 49-47. TAR would buckle down on defense and force a turnover but were unable to convert on free throws, trailing by two points still with 2:22 remaining. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Free throws from [player_tooltip player_id='1277989' first='Matt' last='Kirby'] would make it 51-47, but Vanderhorst would answer once again on the offensive end to make it 51-49 with 1:18 remaining in regulation. Two more free throws from Kirby would make it 53-49 with 1:01 remaining. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Still down four, Vanderhorst found [player_tooltip player_id='1165160' first='Parker' last='Bye'] in the corner to make it 55-54 with 30 seconds left in regulation. With 3.8 seconds left, it looked like Greenfield had the win in the bag, 56-54, but a turnover on the ensuing inbound would let to a Vanderhorst layup plus the foul to make it 56 with no time on the clock, but Vanderhorst would go on to miss the potential game-winning free throw.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>In overtime, TAR held all the momentum until a 3-pointer from Kirby would make it 62-60 with 31.9 seconds left. [player_tooltip player_id='1165160' first='Parker' last='Bye'] would go coast-to-coast to tie things up at 62 and Greenfield would be unable to score on the following possession with 8.3 seconds left to send things to a second overtime.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>In the second overtime, Greenfield took over as they outscored the Tigers 16-3 in the second frame of extra time led by the playmaking of Kirby and the finishing ability of Jack Adair. In the end, the Knights took home the 81-65 victory.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["1277989"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"Kirby stepped up in a big way, especially in the overtime periods for the Knights to lift them to victory in the end. He finished with 31 points and six assists while showing he could play physical on both ends of the floor and set a tone with his presence around the basketball for Greenfield. 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