![]() Waldo credited execution for his team’s strong offense. Armon Fletcher did most of the damage with a dunk, a nifty move with his left hand and tip in. The Tigers closed out the third period with an 8-2 spurt on the final 2 1/2 minutes. “Offensively, I think we did a lot of things, execution-wise that got us some open shots,” Waldo said.Įven though Marian Catholic was able to whittle the margin back to 10, at 35-25 with 2:53 left in the quarter, Edwardsville was still getting open looks - and knocking them down. The Tigers then scored the first five points of the third frame. That was the last score for the Spartans until the second half.Įdwardsville rattled off 10 straight points to close out the second quarter for a 23-13 lead at the break. The game was tied at 13-13 after Tyler Ulis hit a runner in the paint for Marian Catholic with 5:54 to go in the half. The hot shooting was key as Edwardsville pulled away in the second period. The Tigers, ranked fifth in the final AP poll, made 9 of 12 shots from the field in the first half and finished 23-for-34 for 67.6 percent. What helped was shooting lights out all night. We might have won by a lot of points but our guys really worked hard to play well,” Edwardsville head coach Mike Waldo said. The Tigers overwhelmed the Spartans 68-49 to punch its ticket to Peoria where they will meet Stevenson High School of Lincolnshire in the second semifinal game Friday night. ![]() Edwardsville used the last four minutes of the second quarter and the final four minutes of the third frame of its Class 4A supersectional game to run away from Marian Catholic and into the final four.
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