Coach 01

4:29 2nd Kountze 55 Hardin 7

End of 1 Kountze 37 Hardin 7

4:23 1st Kountze 22 Hardin 0

Did Hardin get a new coach? I don’t recognize the guy coaching tonight, and it looks like they have a new player?

Kountze got several free throws the last minute of the game with Orangefield fouling to stop the clock. The referees played no part of either game. The foul count in the Kountze/OF was 14 to 10, with 3-4 of those being intentional in the last minute to stop the clock.

Final Kountze 96 Buna 39

1:50 3rd Kountze 64 Buna 28

Kountze has not looked like Kountze for a couple weeks now. I'm betting this loss is the wake up call they needed. Coach Neuman will have the refocused.

My Kountze -12 prediction was pretty close, but not the game I expected. Glad to get out with a W against a top 15 team shooting the ball the way we shot it tonight. Forced a lot of turnovers and missed lay ups or short jumpers. Never got the 3 ball going. It happens.

Yikes.

Sells 9 pts Scales 5pts Points have been hard to come by in the 1st half. Gotta score off turnovers and make some easy shots.

Kountze is probably shooting under 20%. We need to start knocking down shots.

Halftime Kountze 25 Orangefield 18

Not a great shooting start for Kountze.

It’s packed here. And it’s hot.

Kountze recently installed a Hudl cam I believe. It should be available.

For the 3A Division for sure.

Well that sucks, Wednesday it is.

You coming?

Role players in a game like this may be the difference. Which 3-5 options are hitting. If Kountze struggles from deep, and Orangefield gets a great shooting night from their role guys, it’ll get interesting. If Kountze is shooting it well I can see them pulling away.

I think both teams have been thinking about this game for a while now. The top 2 teams in the district, both undefeated, two great coaches, two great guards. This is going to be a great game! I’ll take Kountze by 11

I’m waiting for @AggiesAreWeline on this one. If I missed it already I apologize.

The only way I see there being an issue is if school is cancelled for Tuesday due to road conditions Tuesday morning. Even then, I’m not sure they would move the game that night. That’s above my pay grade, but I’ll find out pretty quick.

I have no knowledge of talks of moving the game. If there is rain and wind chills in the single digits I’m not sure how that will affect buses running. But no, I haven’t heard any talks about it being moved.

It don’t change the outcome of the game last week, but the foul count was very lopsided. After a questionable “charge” was called against Kountze, one red ran over to the other ref, laughing and gave him a fist bump. Not during time out, during live play, ran across court to fist bump. It was strange.