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Nederland comes from behind to beat LC-M

By Orange Leader Sports

The Orange Leader

NEDERLAND — A week ago the Bulldogs wheels came off in an 18-point second half let down to Little Cypress-Mauriceville who went on to beat Nederland in overtime at the Barbers Hill Tournament.

In Friday night’s rematch and District 22-4A contest, the tables turned and the Dogs had their vengence.

Nederland was down by as much as 18 with three minutes to play before halftime. The Dogs rallied to close the game to eight before the break and then went on to a 58-51 victory in the Dog Dome, improving their district mark to 2-1 on the season.

With the win, Nederland also moves to 12-9 overall and will square off with Dayton in the Dog Dome on Tuesday night at 7:30.

Trailing 26-18 at the break, Nederland’s Chris Hammond went nuts in the second half to lead the Bulldogs to its crucial victory.

Hammond led all players with 30 points. He hit three of his four 3-pointers in the second half and shot 6-of-7 from the free throw line in the fourth quater.

All English could really say about Hammond’s performance was that big time players simply make big time plays.

Hammond scored a bucket near the end of the first quarter to cut the Bears’ lead to 12-7. Hammond went down hard on the shot with a knee injury that caused him to miss the rest of the first quarter and nearly all of the second period.

When Hammond returned, Nederland was in the midst of self distruction, trailing 26-8. But the Dogs spirits were lifted when Hammond stepped back on the floor.

The Bulldogs scored the final 10 points of the second quarter, highlighted by 3-pointers from Evan Fitch and Hammond.

Nederland kept rolling at the start of the third period. Hammond scored the first points, striking from 3-point land again cut the score to 26-21.

He hit another three just two minutes later to cut the score to 30-26. Then Hammond hit again with 3:10 left in the third period to give Nederland its first lead since the opening bucket of the game.

Hammond’s third tre gave the Dogs a 33-32 advantage.

The Bears did not go away, however.

LC-M tied the game at 37-37 with 6:44 to play in the contest and then took the lead when C.J. Champine nailed a three of his own at 5:49 to take a 40-37 advantage.

The lead changed hands two more times before Nederland grabbed it for good when Buddy Cooper pushed the score to 43-42 after hauling in a rebound and sticking in the put back bucket.

Cooper’s shot was the first two points of a 10-0 Nederland run that gave the Dogs an overwhelming 51-42 lead.

The Bears responded with a 9-4 run, capped off by a score from Kevin Cooper that cut Nederland’s lead to 55-51; but that’s as close as LC-M would come as Hammond converted three more points from the charity stripe to close the game out.

The Bears won the rebound battle by a margin of 29-27 and had four players in double-digits. Justin Kinsley led the way with 17 for the Bears. He was followed by Cooper and Champine, who both had 12, and Dallas Bean dropped in 10 points.

Hammond was the only Bulldog in double digits but Jordan Pitts and Cooper both scored six while Fitch scored five points.

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Good game to watch! I was really impressed with the way the LCM students  supported their team.They gave our players grief but were really respectful how they did it. It was fun to watch. The LCM admin and parents should be proud of they way they conducted themselves and still cheered on their team. They were really a class act! BTW, I'm really, really proud of the way the Dogs played, too! Great job, gentlemen!!!!

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