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Panthers, who turned the ball over 12 times. Central got off a number of uncontested layups due to Rappahannock’s generosity to make it 4535. * They say misfortune comes in threes. That was never more true than in the third quarter when Panther stalwart Eric Dunn was called for his fourth foul. Teammate Julian Groves did a good job of keeping the Panthers close with a pair of jumpers, narrowing the gap 55-51. But without the District’s leading scorer the Panthers couldn’t muster the firepower to come any closer, losing 79-70.
After the game Coach Leake said he was very proud of his boys because despite being down 14 in the final period, they never stopped giving 100 percent. “The difference in the game was rebounding and free throws,” Leake said.
The Falcons controlled the boards in the final three periods, 3227; they also won the battle at the line, connecting on 20 of 25 while RCHS hit 11 of 15.
Rappahannock handed the Falcons their only loss earlier this season and Leake would like to play Central again. “We’ve both won a battle. We need to finish the war.”
Walters had game honors with 29 points and Dunn paced the Panthers with 25. Three other Panthers were in double figures; Groves (15), Ellis (10), and Porter (10).
Mental mistakes and sloppy ballhandling crippled the Rappahannock Panthers on Friday when they surrendered 74-50 to the Strasburg Rams. Rappahannock was never in the game as the Rams gained a strong hold on second place and dropped RCHS to fourth.
The flat cats wasted no time giving the Rams control. All five starters picked up a foul in the first three minutes, allowing Strasburg to run off a 7-1 lead.
Doug Smith hit Rappahannock’s first bucket after four minutes had elapsed to cut the lead to 7-3. SCHS outgunned the Panthers 9-2 in the next three minutes and went on to a 20-12 first-quarter lead. Smith accounted for 10 of Rappahannock’s points.
Supported by two Dunn buckets and an offensive rebound and followthrough by Ellis, the Panthers staged their biggest rally to cut the difference to 26-29. Then with 33 seconds left in the first half, foulprone Anthony Porter was whistled for his third.
With Porter on the bench, Strasburg organized another surge and lead 40-28 at the half.
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Porter picked up his fourth early in the second half and, coupled with sloppy ballhandling, the Panthers fell behind 36-56.
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