Bulldogs
tie Valpo 30-30 at half, but fade in second half on road to Vikings, lose 66-53
A USA-365.com Special Report
by Mark Smith
02-18-2016
Team /Record |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Final |
CROWN POINT (12-8) |
12 |
18 |
13 |
10 |
53 |
VALPARAISO (16-5) |
18 |
12 |
21 |
15 |
66 |
Friday, February 12, 2016 - Duneland Athletic Conference game at
VALPARAISO, Ind.
CROWN POINT (53) Grant Gelon 4-0-11,
Sasha Stefanovic 5-4-17, John Sakaleros 2-1-5, Blake Bonin 1-0-3, Dominic Tomich
1-1-3, Andrew Kenneally 5-2-12, Zach Stewart 1-0-2, Leo Zdanowicz 0-0-0, Tommy
Sanborn 0-0-0. TOTALS: 19 (8-14) 53.
VALPARAISO (66) Evan Walls 4-5-14, Steve Helm 8-5-21, Conner Ten
Hove 6-0-13, Jay Bisacky 1-2-4, Patrick Kelly 4-2-14, Brandon Newman 0-0-0, Jack
Clark 0-0-0, Baker Harris 0-0-0. TOTALS: 23 (14-19) 66.
FREE THROWS: CROWN POINT (8-14, 57.1%) Stefanovic 4-4, Kenneally
2-4, Sakaleros 1-4, Tomich 1-2. VALPO (14-17, 82.4%) Helm 5-5, Walls 5-6, Kelly
2-3, Bisacky 2-3.
ASSISTS: CROWN POINT (15) Bonin 6, Stefanovic 4, Tomich 3, Gelon,
Zdanowicz; VALPO (12) Walls 6, Helm 4, Bisacky 2.
REBOUNDS: CROWN POINT (18) Kenneally 6, Stefanovic 5, Gelon 4,
Sakaleros, Bonin, Zdanowicz; VALPO (20) Walls 6, Helm 6, Nisacky 4, Kelly 3,
Newman.
STEALS: CP (5) Bonin 2, Gelon 2, Stewart; VALPO (8) Walls 5,
Biscaky 2. Kelly.
3-GOALS: CROWN POINT (7-of 20) Grant Gelon 3, Sasha Stefanovic 3,
Blake Bonin; VALPO (6-of-18) Patrick Kelly 4, Evan Walls, Conner Ten Hove.
VALPARAISO (02-12-2016)
Maybe the Valparaiso Vikings can make you looked tired.
And Crown Point’s Bulldogs looked a little tired in last Friday’s late season
matchup in Porter County. Tied 30-30 at halftime, the Bulldogs missed a lot of
shots and made a lot of turnovers in a 66-53 loss to the Vikings in the Valpo
home finale.
Vikings Steve Helm and Evan Walls controlled second half plays and CP’s distance
shooting went cold as the Vikings stayed tied with Merrillville (18-1, 5-1 DAC)
at the top of the Duneland Athletic Conference (DAC).
Helm, a 6-foot-4 senior, scored 14 of his game-high 21 in the third quarter with
quick moving drives into the foul lane. Helm scored 12 of his 14 in the second
half and totaled six rebounds, five steals and six assists.
Crown Point (12-8, 4-2 DAC), playing for the 10th time in 29 days, seemed tired
at the end. The Bulldogs get just under 50 shots a game and against Valparaiso
they were 19 of 42. CP also made 14 turnovers against a team that didn’t
pressure them full court.
The Vikings (16-5, 5-1 DAC) led 18-12 before back-to-back 3-point shots by Grant
Gelon tied the game at the end of the quarter. A steal by Gelon and a 3-pointer
from Sasha Stefanovic off an assist from senior guard Blake Bonin put the
Bulldogs up 38-36.
But CP sank just eight second half field goals, was only 6-of-10 from the foul
line and scored only 23 points in the final two periods.
A quiet crowd of about 1,000 saw the tempo of the game slow in the final quarter
as Crown Point missed field goals and Valpo made free throws.
DOG NOTES: Valparaiso won every single home game for the second
season in a row. Valpo topped CP 44-41 in Duneland Athletic Conference (DAC)
play last season. The Vikings’ last home loss was March 5 of 2014 against
Chesterton.
Crown Point’s Dominic Tomich has made 90.3% (28 of 31) of his free throw
attempts in 18 games. Tomich is also 41.2% (14 of 34) from 3-point range.
Senior Grant Gelon is 27 of 32 (84.4%) from the foul line and 72 of 175 (41.4%)
from 3-point range. Junior Sasha Stefanovic is 79 of 104 (76%) in free throw
attempts and 33 of 87 (37.9%) on 3-point attempts. Junior forward Andrew
Kenneally hasn’t taken a 3-point shot all season. But he is 82 of 136 (60.3%) on
2-point attempts. John Sakaleros is 42 of 65 (64.6%) on 2-point shots.
Senior guard Blake Bonin has 94 assists and 43 turnovers in 19 games.
Crown Point ends the season at Lowell (17-4) Friday, Feb. 26.
The draw for the state tournament will be made public this weekend after CP
hosts Lake Central in Friday’s home finale.
DUNELAND |
ALL TIMES CENTRAL |
|
CONF |
AG |
OA |
DA |
AM |
STREAK |
Merrillville |
6- 1 |
19- 1 |
68.9 |
55.2 |
13.7 |
Won 8 |
Valparaiso |
5- 2 |
16- 6 |
64.5 |
54.0 |
10.5 |
Lost 1 |
Crown Point |
5- 2 |
13- 8 |
62.8 |
55.8 |
7.0 |
Won 1 |
Chesterton |
4- 3 |
14- 7 |
63.9 |
60.4 |
3.5 |
Won 5 |
Lake Central |
3- 4 |
12-10 |
50.5 |
49.6 |
0.9 |
Lost 4 |
Michigan City |
3- 4 |
12-10 |
59.7 |
56.8 |
2.9 |
Lost 1 |
LaPorte |
1- 6 |
11- 9 |
56.1 |
51.7 |
4.4 |
Lost 3 |
Portage |
1- 6 |
8-14 |
53.5 |
61.1 |
-7.6 |
Won 1 |
Tuesday, Feb. 9 |
Crown Point 71,
Andrean 51 |
East Chicago Central 63,
Lake Central 55 |
Thursday, Feb. 11 |
Chesterton 67,
Portage 631OT‡ |
Friday, Feb. 12 |
Merrillville 64,
LaPorte 58‡ |
Michigan City 58,
Lake Central 46‡ |
Valparaiso 66,
Crown Point 53‡ |
Saturday, Feb. 13 |
Chesterton 60,
Munster 56 |
Michigan City 77,
Bowman Academy 59 |
Tuesday, Feb. 16 |
Chesterton 61,
Hammond 58 |
Friday, Feb. 19 |
Chesterton 58,
Valparaiso 57‡ |
Crown Point 60,
Lake Central 44‡ |
Merrillville 67,
Michigan City 62‡ |
Portage 56,
LaPorte 55‡ |
Saturday, Feb. 20 |
LaPorte at
Goshen, 6:30 pm |
Merrillville at
Hobart, 7 pm |
Valparaiso at
Concord, 6:45 pm |
Tuesday, Feb. 23 |
Chesterton at
Mishawaka Marian, 7 pm |
Crown Point at
Hammond Morton, 7 pm |
Marquette Catholic at
Lake Central, 7 pm |
Morgan Twp. at
Merrillville, 7 pm |
Portage at
Lake Station, 7 pm |
Friday, Feb. 26 |
Boone Grove at
Chesterton, 7 pm |
Crown Point at
Lowell, 7 pm |
Elkhart Central at
LaPorte, 7 pm |
Hammond Morton at
Portage, 7 pm |
Lake Central at
McCutcheon, 6:30 pm |
Merrillville at
Penn, 7 pm |
Valparaiso at
South Bend Clay, 7 pm |
‡Conference game |