Daylin Billingsley was one of five players scored in double digits for Barstow as the Vikings posted their second win of the season with a 93-87 decision over LA Trade Tech in the consolation game of the 25th Annual Cougar Holiday Classic Sunday in Santa Clarita.
Barstow (2-12) led most of the way, but saw a 14-point first-half lead disappear midway through the second half. Trade Tech (3-11) took a 69-65 lead with about 9 minutes to go, but Barstow surged back in front in the final three-plus minutes to come away with the win.
Barstow held a slim 85-83 lead with 1:48 to go, but Tyler Poullard assisted on baskets by John Howard and Cedric Young to give the Vikings a 6-point lead, their biggest lead of the second half, at 89-83 with 1:10 left. Trade Tech got within four points a couple times after that, but Billingsley and Poullard each made a free throw in the final 18.6 seconds to help seal the win.
Barstow jumped out to an early 13-7 lead after back-to-back 3-pointers by Ramino Martinez, and pushed its lead to double digits when Billingsley made a 3-pointer with about 7 minutes left in the first half that made it 35-24. Poullard pushed the lead to 14 points with two free throws with 4:16 left that gave Barstow a 41-27 advantage.
Trade Tech cut the deficit to six points at 45-39 late in the first half, and trailed by 8 at 49-41 at the break. Then early in the second half, the Beavers cut the margin to two points as Barstow missed its first 7 shots of the half, and eventually tied the score at 51.
Trade Tech took a 61-57 lead on back-to-back 3-pointers by Arta Turner, but Barstow quickly tied the score at 63 and the lead changed hands several times over the next few minutes. Barstow took an 80-75 lead after a 3-pointer by Justin McCullough, but Trade Tech was still within two points at 85-83 with 1:48 to play.
Billingsley earned all-tournament honors, scoring 16 pts and adding a team-high 9 rebs plus 5 asts, 3 blocks and a steal. McCullough came off the bench for 16 pts. Poullard had 13 pts and a game-high 6 asts. Young scored 11 pts on 5-for-6 shooting, and Martinez had 10 pts and 7 rebs. Overall the Vikings shot an impressive 54% from the floor.
For Trade Tech, Jerodd Blount scored a game-high 28 pts and added 10 rebs for the double-double. Antonio Singleton earned all-tournament honors with 11 pts and a game-high 16 rebs, and for a best-of-the-day dunk in the first half when he threw down a powerful jam on a break as Poullard tried in vain to stand in for the charge. He also had 4 asts, 3 steals and 2 blocked shots. Turner came off the bench for 16 pts, including 4 threes, and Rashaad Williams had 10 pts.
box score
25th Annual Cougar Holiday Classic
Sunday, December 28, 2014 at College of the Canyons, Santa Clarita
Third Place Game - 3 pm
LA Trade Tech Beavers 87:
3-Charles Watts, SG - 2/8 fg, 2 reb, 2 ast, 1 pf, 6 pts
5-Darnell Christopher, PG - 2/5 fg, 1/2 ft, 5 reb, 3 ast, 2 stl, 2 pf, 5 pts
23-Jerodd Blount, SF - 8/20 fg, 12/14 ft, 10 reb, 2 ast, 2 stl, 1 pf, 28 pts
32-Antonio Singleton, PF - 2/13 fg, 7/9 ft, 16 reb, 4 ast, 2 blk, 3 stl, 5 pf, 11 pts
42-Rashaad Williams, C - 4/6 fg, 2/5 ft, 4 reb, 1 ast, 2 blk, 1 stl, 3 pf, 10 pts
1-Orlando Fikes, G - 3/8 fg, 1/1 ft, 3 reb, 1 ast, 2 stl, 3 pf, 9 pts
2-Darius Tucker, F - 1/4 fg, 5 reb, 4 ast, 3 stl, 3 pf, 2 pts
4-Arta Turner, G - 5/13 fg, 2/3 ft, 1 reb, 2 ast, 2 stl, 3 pf, 16 pts
10-Ashwell Boyd, F - 0/3 fg, 1 stl, 0 pts
33-Jordan Fifer, C - 1 pf, 0 pts
team rebounds: 2
Totals: 27/80 fg (.338), 25/34 ft (.735), 48 reb, 19 ast, 4 blk, 16 stl, 22 pf, 87 pts
3-pt fg (8): Turner 4, Watts 2, Fikes 2
Fouled Out: Singleton 18.6 seconds left
Turnovers (18): Tucker 4, Singleton 3, Fikes 3, Watts 2, Christopher 2, Blount, Williams, Turner, Boyd
Barstow Vikings 93:
1-Cedric Young, SG - 5/6 fg, 5 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl, 2 pf, 11 pts
3-Tyler Poullard, PG - 4/9 fg, 5/7 ft, 1 reb, 6 ast, 1 stl, 2 pf, 13 pts
4-Daylin Billingsley, C - 6/7 fg, 3/4 ft, 9 reb, 5 ast, 3 blk, 1 stl, 2 pf, 16 pts
21-John Howard, SF - 4/10 fg, 2 reb, 1 stl, 8 pts
45-Ramiro Martinez, PF - 4/7 fg, 0/2 ft, 7 reb, 2 ast, 5 pf, 10 pts
2-Andre Muniz, G - 3/5 fg, 0/1 ft, 2 reb, 5 ast, 2 stl, 1 pf, 8 pts
5-Justin McCullough, G - 6/11 fg, 2/2 ft, 2 reb, 2 stl, 1 pf, 16 pts
11-KyShawn Erwin,. C - 0/1 fg, 1/2 ft, 5 reb, 2 ast, 2 stl, 5 pf, 1 pt
23-Jeremiah Tardy, F - 2/3 fg, 4/4 ft, 3 reb, 3 ast, 8 pts
25-Emil McClinton, F - 1/1 fg, 1 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl, 3 pf, 2 pts
10-Eduardo Gomez, C - 0/2 fg, 1 reb, 1 blk, 2 pf, 0 pts
12-Daniel Gampe, G - 0/3 fg, 1 reb, 0 pts
team rebounds: 6
Totals: 35/65 fg (.538), 15/22 ft (.682), 45 reb, 25 ast, 4 blk, 11 stl, 23 pf, 93 pts
3-pt fg (8): Martinez 2, Muniz 2, McCullough 2, Young, Billingsley
Flagrant Foul: Young (FL-1)
Fouled Out: Erwin 1:48 left, Martinez 19.3 seconds left
Turnovers (22): Billingsley 6, Muniz 6, Howard 3, Poullard 2, McClinton 2, Martinez, McCullough, Erwin
Halftime Score: Barstow 49, LA Trade Tech 41
Updated Records: Barstow 2-12, LA Trade Tech 3-11
Barstow led 41-27 with 4:16 left in the 1st half but Trade Tech rallied to tie it at 51.
Trade Tech led 61-57. The lead changed hands several times over the next few minutes.
Barstow held a narrow 85-83 lead with 1:48 but after baskets by Howard & Young led by 4+ the rest of the way.
