Is a bounce-back game in store for La Familia tonight? Montrezl & The Ville are coming off a dominant win at Freedom Hall and will look to feed off their momentum from that game into this one.
Good news for La Familia, Archie Goodwin will make his highly anticipated debut after missing the first two games due to scheduling conflicts.
Will he be enough for La Familia to pull of the win and advance to the next round?
Winner advances, loser goes HOME!
Starting Lineups:
La Familia: Andrew Harrison, Darryl Morsell, Archie Goodwin, James Mainor-Bell, and Willie Cauley-Stein.
The Ville: Chris Jones, Trey Lewis, Alex Matthews, Jaylen Johnson, and Montrezl Harrell.
Into the game:
The Ville jumped out to an early lead after starting off hot from deep. Darryl Morsell might have been the only one that came ready to play for La Familia, as he had 5 of their first 6 points.
The Ville got a little help from everyone. They had 5 different players score in the first quarter, pretty much controlling the momentum of the first fourth of the game. To make matters worse, a flagrant-1 was called on James Mainor-Bell towards the end of the quarter, which had BBN in attendance riled up. It overall seemed like La Familia was playing frustrated and trying to find their groove. The Ville was able to capitalize on the sloppy play and poor shooting (33/17/50), taking a 21-13 lead heading into the second quarter.
Both teams struggled to start the second quarter, with the first points coming at the 7:32 mark and the first basket coming at the 7:12 mark. La Familia was able to put together a small 4-1 run, but The Ville eventually got things going, and kept their distance.
That was until La Familia put together another impressive run, getting Memorial Coliseum behind them. A 6-1 run to end the second quarter brought La Familia within striking range heading into the half, with a score of 30-25.
Halftime: The Ville 30, La Familia 25
Montrezl Harrell started right where he left off, finishing the first half with 12 points and 7 rebounds.
Although, La Familia’s big man, Willie Cauley-Stein, held his own as he finished with 8 points and 6 rebounds despite battling an ankle injury.
ARCHIE GOODWIN & DARRYL MORSELL! La Familia fought their way back and took the lead two minutes into the third quarter on the backs of Goodwin and Morsell, as they scored or assisted on every point during their 14-4 run to start the half.
The Ville’s momentum seemed to be completely gone, and La Familia could not be stopped. The Ville went ice cold and you could feel the vibe of the arena really start to turn. La Familia outscored The Ville 26-11 over a 10:33 span heading into the final quarter of the game!
Archie Goodwin got going after a slow start, and the team rattled around him.
The fourth quarter was all about the former ‘Cats. Archie and Willie did their thing, scoring or assisting on the first two baskets, and Andrew Harrison continued making the hustle plays as La Familia tried to maintain their lead as we got closer to the Elam Ending.
They were unsuccessful at maintaining that lead and The Ville managed to crawl back, until Archie Goodwin nailed a three-point shot.
It was a close 55-51 battle heading into the Elam Ending.
The target score was then set at 63.
The Ville made everyone sweat this one out as they quickly tied it up at 57-57. That ultimately would be the end of the fun for The Ville. La Familia ended the game on a 7-0 run, and Archie Goodwin ‘called game’ in his season debut.
He finished with 22 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.
La Familia survives and advances, moving on to the Semifinals this Sunday in Historic Memorial Coliseum. The game will start at 2:00 PM ET.
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