001[Music] now he has an n one and that's easy travel s's going to throw one down little hesitation finds henrian back to B for three far side it's [Music] good back to brag now Luke Soden pulse from deep and gets it to go driving into the paint Peña shot blocked by ban back the other way the Bulldogs kaj jansi a bring down the [Applause] [Music] Thunder and welcome to Rochester New Hampshire at the former Rochester recreation center now called the James Foley Memorial Community Center for tonight's Division 1 boys basketball semi-final action where the Bedford Bulldogs the number one seed will be taking on the exitor blue Hawks the number five seed I'm Cory monster tiger here for bctv and wbnh joined up Sky High by girls basketball head coach Kevin Gibbs Kevin what are
002your thoughts on tonight's Affair it's going to be a close game and the first game which we walked in on the closing seconds of was another what I guess people would consider an upset uh Keane defeated Portsmouth 6160 and there are a lot of people out there who feel that exitor can hang with Bedford uh it'll it'll be interesting coach mourino definitely has this Bulldog Squad prepared they've done an awful lot over the last few days to to get ready for exitor but of course you never know what the other coach is doing to prepare for you absolutely the case here as you mentioned Kean took down Kean the number six seed took down Portsmouth the number two seed as you talked about a slight upset 6160 was the final there we did see the
003last seconds of that match as in fact Portsmouth hit a three right at the buzzer and many of the fans in the stands felt there might have actually been a foul on the three-point shooter which would have given them a free throw attempt to tie it the foul was not called the game was over and Keen advances they will take on the winner here at lundholm gymnasium at unh Sunday afternoon 400 p.m is the final we'll have to see who will face them on Sunday given tonight's results we're about three and a half minutes to go to tip off we'll have starters announced here shortly then we'll get underway in this state semi-final we do have an interview with Coach Mareno we'll take that right now and then we'll join you on the other half
004for division one basketball action we are speaking with Coach Frank Marino his number one seated Bulldogs team Faces exitor tonight in the semi-final round coach any team that's played 19 games will have bumps and bruises to deal with how is your team doing healthwise uh actually we're um you know surprisingly healthy we're all in uh we're all in good shape you know they're obviously sore after games uh but you know we're we're feeling really good no uh no injuries no health concerns knock on wood so we're ready to go tonight you're leading scer Logan oconnell seems to have his scoring Touchback but there was a stretch late in the season when things weren't falling for him how did he work himself out of that funk yeah you know he uh you know he pushed through
005really hard and uh you know adapted his game so he could continue to be valuable on the court um you know started to uh you know move the ball a little bit better penetrate and find some of the other guys that were open so uh he you know he really continued to add value and got other guys involved and now uh you know now he's putting the ball back in the basket you know more consistently and uh you know we we obviously benefit tremendously from that gives us another weapon now you played exiter back on January 16th and you beat him by 14 since then the blue Hawks have gone 11 and one what does your scouting tell you about this team that you fac tonight and what are some of the key matchups your
006guys will be dealing with yeah they're uh they're incredibly strong you when we fa them the first time they were missing one of their senior leaders and top scorers um in N Recco uh he's you tremendously valuable big man that they have he scores inside really well so and and they're just continuing to improve you know game over game so we' those are that that's definitely a key matchup for us uh you know Greco and Nate mcnf as well he's uh yeah really really strong point guard another senior leader um so we' we've got our hands full with those guys but they've got a lot of other weapons as well they're really really um you know really strong Shooters they've got a lot of size so uh there there's matchups uh you know matchup challenges
007all over the place for us now have you played at the Rochester um I'm not sure what they call that building the Rochester Community Center the Rochester Rec Center yeah we have not played there in years um but uh I have been there before I know that they've renovated it so it'll be interesting to see uh what the what the new and improved Rec Center is like well we'll all find out tonight coach thanks a lot and good luck thank you so much appreciate it har Coach Frank Marino with the pregame interview thank you Harry for conducting that earlier today we are here in the re Rochester Community Center again it has been renamed for the uh journalist James Foley it is the James Foley Memorial Community Center and they talked about uh a refurbishment
008it's an unusual setup here as uh from broadcasting position we're well back from the court high up and above so it's an unusual angle for us here tonight Kev I I have to tell you that having played here the last played here it has to have been easy easily 10 to 12 years ago um yes they have definitely refurbished refinished but um the the sight lines and the angles kind of reminds me of a combination between Queen uh keen and the unused bleachers now at at Pinkerton that the fans are especially on the far side of the actually both sides of the Court are really set back from the action they sure are set back from the action hopefully it leads to phenomenal action on the court tonight we will have a three referee crew
009they're announcing starters right now for the Bulldogs we will have a familiar lineup number two Junior Landon Ellmore number three Junior Logan oconnell four senior Jack Hinton number 22 senior Connor oor and number 23 freshman Ouija Dak for the exor blue Hawks led by Junior number 11 excuse me senior number 11 mcnf they will also have sophomore number 22 Tyler re Junior number 23 Jack Tibido Junior number 24 Huxley Brown and Senior number 30 Nick Greco as you heard in the interview coach Mareno mentioned that Nick Greco was not playing in that regular season matchup which Bedford won by 14 so we'll see how the tides change this evening we'll take a quick break you'll hear from our Underwriters we'll have the national anthem in the stadium and we'll join you on the other side
010for division one basketball action bcv and wbh thank our Underwriters primary Bank New Hampshire's bank for business primary banknh.com the Wix Insurance Group serving New Hampshire and the Bedford Community with auto home life and business insurance since 1984 the Wix Insurance group.com Interim HealthCare of Manchester personalizing care to help meet your unique Health needs Interim HealthCare Nelson real estate of New Hampshire your local brokerage Boutique relationships built on trust Mrs Nelson neighborhood.com great New Hampshire restaurants food tastes better with family t- bones.com or copper door.com so of note uh as we heard coach Mourinho talk about reo's absence in their first game that was many many weeks ago and I can also tell you that uh he's had quite an impact in this postseason for exitor has scored uh 43 points in the first two
011rounds of the tournament mcnf has scored 45 and I know that coach Marino is very I'm not going to say concerned as much as aware of the damage that they can do uh without given away too much quite at the moment I can tell you that coach Marino is going to be making a little bit of a change to some of the full-court pressure that they're putting on this evening and uh it'll be interesting to see how exitor reacts to it at this stage of the season it's always a chess match as to uh what do you think the other team's going to do what do they think I'm going to do and uh and and it does make for uh for good coaching and Coach Holmes of exitor is one of the best coach
012Marino as we all know is the division one coach of the year and uh it it is much a great matchup between two teams as it is a great matchup between two super coaches and a phenomenal tilt is ready to begin 8 minutes on the board we're ready for tip off Connor roor will tip it off against Jack Tibido ball is up we're good to go and controlled by the Bulldogs Logan oconnell on the right wing he'll bring it up top Lefty dribble hands off to Landon Ellmore exitor comes out in a man-to-man defense hands it off to Jack Hinton left wing now top for oua D they swing it around right wing Landon Ellmore free for a three Jack Hinton no good defensive rebound pulled down by Jack tiido I think that's going to
013be a big difference tonight Conor oo did not have a lot of height to contend with against Windham he will this evening he certainly dominated in that previous matchup Windam had all kinds of problems keeping him off the boards keeping him out of the paint and scoring inside he had a marvelous first half while they tried to figure out how to deal with it the Bulldogs come out here in his zone defense as exitor worked it inside now find a shooter on the outside and nef hits from three puts xer up early 3-0 first shot from mcnf is true to form and that's the kind of shooting the Bulldogs will have to face all evening long oor now up top right wing for Ellmore Lefty dribble gets into the lane kicks back out for Dak
014straight away gets the ball on the ground and it pops away from him into Jack deo's hands he's out into transition pulls it down finds the cutter behind him Greco Greco tries to dribble out and away from pressure and finally moves out towards half court now he'll go one-on-one the ball gets loose and Dak comes away with it and he's out into transition little lob for Connor oor can't throw it down Dak is there for the rebound and put back they covered themselves there it would have fired the crowd up early in the game you like to see that you don't like to see the Miss now open for three too strong was Tyler reene Ellmore tries to lead the break pulls up Baseline jumper no good pulled down by exitor Greco and he tips
015it away and now up into transition mcnf takes it hard to the hoop and gets blocked beautiful defensive play by elore we're already witnessing what we know Bedford is going to want to do which is speed the tempo okono can't hit on the lay in but aor is there to clean it up gets the offensive board goes back up with it get gets it to go and gets the foul foul was on Jack Tibido his first team's first as we are still early going here in the first quarter but work hits the free throw he has three 53 is your score Bedford up by two early on in this first quarter of semi-final action Greco finds the cutter underneath they kick it out top here's Brown back to Greco Greco righty dribble into the lane
016kicks it across open mid-range Jumper by Jack Tibido it's good what I like already is that coach Marino is really mixing up the defenses he's coming out with that extended 2 three then he's going man keeps exit around their toes Lan o Connell gets deep in the lane and then gets blocked as he tries to lay in Lefty mcnf comes away with it 5 minutes to go here in the first we're tied five Greco is open for three he'll take it and miss it Hinton comes away with the rebound Outlet pass to Ellmore on the right side hesitation dribble kicks to the corner Ouija DXs three is no good it's off mcnf comes away with the defensive board out in transition here's Brown kicks it around back up top and now Greco from the left
017wing he's guarded by Dak mcnf he'll take it over to the right wing sees a little daylight then it gets closed down quickly Greco takes it along that right Baseline up fake goes strong to the hoop and gets a foul looks like it's going to be aor his first y they do call it on Dak I believe 23 23 yeah looks like aor had him up top and Dak might have got him down low his foot was perilously close to that Baseline too it was it not quite sure if he stepped on it or near it but so my question is are we so far away we can't hear the whistles cuz I didn't even hear the whistle blow I mean I saw the arm go up but I didn't see the whistle blow I
018I did hear it faintly but again we are somewhat far away we do have the audio equipment on our ears so it does muffle the live action just the touch 426 to go here in the first quarter 55 is your score as Greco missed the front end takes his knee bend the ball is on the way and good his first point of the evening and put the blue Hawks up by one Dak on the right wing sees a little daylight shoots for three it's short and pulled away by Brown exiter moving the ball quickly in transition but the Bulldogs are back now Greco with a crossover dribble spins away from pressure and blocked from behind by Hinton beautiful help defense coming down from the top o oconnell will pull from three and hit that's his
019game come up assess the defense and drain it if there that the room is there walked into it saw a little daylight pulled the trigger and buried it mcnf now mid-range jumper is short batted around on the rebound and oor comes away with it he passes to Dak the ball gets swatted away but there's a foul called and Dak will go to the line for two near Side official on the Baseline calls the foul on Nick Greco that's his first 86 is the score the Bulldogs lead by two with 342 to go in the first the tempo definitely favors Bedford at this point uh I think that the way that pushing the ball down the floor is definitely advantageous Dak misses the front end we heard coach Mareno say they were big and strong we
020did not hear him say they were fast no um truth be told bedford's a lot quicker team a lot quicker team and I think coach Marino is going to try to use that to their advantage athleticism up and down the roster for Coach Marino as Dak misses both and it stays 86 three and a half to go here in the first quarter the Bulldogs ahead by two mcnf now into the front Court double team comes quickly he kicks it around the horn three-pointer on the way and rattles out as re misses mcnf pulls down the rebound takes it strong to the hoop and gets the lay in to go mcnf with five now good offensive rebound presses the action and took it right at oor who is a a regular shot Blocker on this bed
021for defense to no avail mcnf is Victorious Shakir Baseline jumper now for oconnell too strong it bounces off Jack Tibido tracks it down and gets into trouble but they do save it as re is there to prevent it from going out of bounds mcnf now looks for the pick up top from Greco kicks it to Greco travels and they do call it took a couple extra steps there a little bunny hop and they caught it so the whistle blows it's a turnover on exiter in the NBA that's considered getting your momentum up but not at the high school level they're a little more strict here at this level and again a three official crew here tonight in this state semi-final they're not going to miss much oconnell now on the left wing righty dribble little
022pick and roll for Jack May goes in for the lay in uncontested May has checked in for Dak and he has a quick two and the Bulldogs have a lead of two I can tell you coach Holmes is not happy with that the there was absolutely no help defense there at all they tried to play that pick and roll no backside help from across the lane and now they try to get Tibido down low and a block by oor oconnell on the outlet pass dribbles away from pressure and now sets up the offense again exitor playing a man-to-man defense here little pick and roll action okell presses it into the lane gets the ball tipped away from him just as he entered into that Lane right above the foul line Greco will bring it up
023takes it hard at May crossover dribble now spins back he tried that move once before now kicks it all the way across the lane three-pointer on the way is no good ream just short May will watch it go out of bounds and it'll be B for basketball ellsmore will check back in Logan oconnell will have a seat and Jackson McDonald will take the floor for the first time for the exor blue Hawks as Tibido will sit down and brown will sit down what I like is coach Marino's confidence in his young players he has uh starts Ouija Dak and lonnell is number 13 is an integral part of the rotation he's on the floor now really Bri future sure does Shakir kicks to the corner finds Landon Ellmore he's open for a baseline three and
024parries it 138 is the score five-point lead for the Bulldogs with 1 minute and 30 seconds to go in this first quarter Greco on the left wing for the blue hops measures the scene drives hard at may bounce pass to that right Baseline fumbled around there now it finds mcnf behind the back dribble kicks all the way to the corner gream now back to mcf Greco right hand right Baseline shot score that was a tough shot was a tough shot tough shot Recco made it look easy nice and calm and composed good body position good control and buried the Baseline mid-range now okono will take a three just too strong that's Luke ok I like I like that shot in the flow sure do good up pass here they find the streaking Jackson McDonald on
025the backside and exitor has an easy two 1312 is your score the Bulldogs ahead by one on oor dishes to LC o conell Alish Shakur kicks Jack May along the left Baseline get stopped there now Luc oon for three buries it as you mentioned no hesitation it paid off there 16 12 the Bulldogs by four Luke's a very confident shooter and uh this is this is his environment this is his environment he's a very confident player just the Freshman the Lefty they're always good shooters for some reason as mcnf takes it right down the lane high above oor and gets one to go floater in the lane now Ellmore tries to get one before the buzzer can't get it to roll in it bounces out and the buzzer sounds the Bulldogs will take a 1614
026lead after one I think the pace favors Bedford even though exitor got up and down the floor a little bit uh I think coach Marino is confident that as the game goes on he's got more legs he's got more horses and I think that he's going to find himself with his team having a lot more scoring opportunities um exiter is as advertised they're a physical team they're a tough team they can shoot well there's a reason why they're playing here tonight there reason why they one of the final four teams they upset uh number four I believe it was the other night Trinity am I correct uh they beat number four Nash n sou that's what it was with Josh Caruso the division one player of the year uh at Nash sou that was an
027away game so that really got them in the uh mentality of being able to play in a hostile environment that was the 4 five matchup they actually handled them it was a 16-point win for exitor 6044 was the final in that one High scorers here this evening in that first quarter Nate mcnf seven points for the blue Hawks half their points rounded out by Nick Greco with three and two a piece for Jack Tibido and Jackson McDonald six different scores for the Bulldogs three a piece for Ellmore Logan oconnell Luc oconnell and Conor oor two points a piece for Jack May and Ouija Dak we're underway here in the second quarter again the Bulldogs ahead by two 1614 with 8 minutes back on the board little dish in the lane by mcnf looking for the
028cutter there Nate thomasy now they work it around here's McDonald again kicks it back to the corner for Meyers exiter with a few fresh faces on the floor but this is not a fresh face as Greco gets it tipped away from him by oconnell diving on the ground trying to get after it and now as he tried to recover the ball Greco dribbled it but it went out off that sideline tough one there that's a turnover on exer great hustle play by Logan oconnell we're two or three counties away but from here it looked like the uh the dribble was actually out of bounds as he was trying to recover but that was a great hustle play by Logan we may actually be broadcasting from the state of Maine right now feels like it Logan
029oconnell on the right wing matched up against with mcnf Ellmore now fakes the hand off the dck now kicks it him at the top twoo long long strides through the middle can't get the Lefty lay in to go and the blue Hawks have the defensive rebound REO pulls it away and trots over half court mcnf hesitation dribble takes it strong into the chest the defender Ali Shakir puts it high off the glass and gets it to go nine points now for Nate [Applause] mcnf Dak hands to Logan okon a long three-pointer is good six points for Logan o Connell now and that one was deep a good four feet behind the three-point line yeah I'm respectfully Crossing uh gender play but that was Caitlyn Clark territory that sure was not quite logo territory but he
030had some room between him and that three-point line exiter now with the back cut mcnf he's going to get a foul called I believe May getting a hand in on that they're calling it a shooting foul they do call out on Jack may his first and they do call a shooting foul everybody on the floor was ready for an inbound from under the offensive basket but mcnf as I saw and as you saw was clearly going up with that so yeah the ball was low but he was definitely in shooting mode uh the foul occurred as the ball was probably about as low as it could possibly be mcnf takes his knee Bend shot is too strong misses the front end [Applause] we're we're seeing an unfortunate situation start here mcnf is actually vomiting I
031think we're going to take a timeout clean the floor up he's clearly not feeling great so we're going to clear the floor players are going back to their benches we're going to have to have the floor cleaned up as he was ready to take that second free throw he's got nine points he's clearly not feeling great no that's a uh that's unfortunate number one and you got to figure if the young man is ill he's putting out maximum energy at this point maybe maybe he's a little dehydrated but one way or another this this floor needs to be cleaned up in order for a play to resume seems no no West worse for the wear as he's in the Huddle there so I don't know if it's an illness or if it's a a dehydration
032issue or nerves whatever it is they'll figure it out these uh these players come across very cool common collected but I can tell you as a coach that uh they there is anxiety there is nervousness and it looks like we're coming out with some uh kitty litter of some something similar to uh to absorb it some neutralizing agent hopefully and uh and we're ready to mop it up so the mop is coming out I mean it's not every semi-final that you see some action like this we got we got the janitor coming out she's doing a phenomenal job bringing the mop and the bucket got a big old white spot with some powder over here trying to absorb the uh the the remains shall we say yeah yeah I want to get too crude here
033on the air game reset we're 6:15 left here in the first first half the Bulldogs ahead by three 1916 is the score I have to say I'm sorry to interrupt you Cory but the uh what I really like is the fact that even though the game has been somewhat tight uh bedford's really playing within themselves nobody's trying to score a five-point bucket nobody is trying to put the team on their own back they're playing together um and that's really been their theme all year uh they have multiple kids who can score in double digits and they're probably still looking for that hot hand at this point although right now it certainly seems like Logan oconnell is kind of saying maybe it's me um but the team is moving the ball well and I think in
034the halfcourt set maybe one or two extra passes is really going to freeze somebody up for for a shot and uh you know look for Coach Marino to make sure that his kids are finding the best available for the team as a whole uh defense has hold them fairly well but I will say that so too is is is exors they're using their size they've got some decent speed in the back court and uh this is coming off just as it was predicted to be a close game between two teams that with exitor at full strength especially with Greco's return is more than capable of of hanging with these dogs uh coach Marino shared a phrase with me a few days ago that I thought was really really good you uh you never start out
035slow in a street fight and he is impressed upon his players that you come out playing hard right from the beginning and and that's what they've done this evening they sure have again coming out 16 points in that opening stands that they led by two after one only a minute 45 here into this second quarter they hold a three-point lead came out fast I I I can't fault their confidence they've been taking the ball strong to the hoop trying to get fouls Dak has brought it in a couple times oror brought it in a couple times long range shooting again from Logan oconnell he's hit two threes Landon Ellmore Buri to three LC o Connell Buri to three so they're relying on what's gotten them here hitting it hard inside finding the open Shooters around
036the perimeter and having confidence in what they're doing on the offensive end both both teams are looking to take the ball inside uh the defenses are reacting accordingly but at this stage this is where I would turn to my assistant coach and say they letting them play that there's only been a total of four fouls called in this game total I believe if I'm not wrong two on each team I that's what I have here and and you know that's that's a sign that the officials are letting the players determine the outcome and uh to hearken back to the first game this evening that uh all of the Portsmouth fans were looking for a foul on that final that final shot a an official really unless something is egregious they really don't want to be
037the cause for affecting the outcome of a game and again we were kind of stuck in the doorway and only had a partial view of what was going on during that game this place was packed then just as it's packed now and I'm going to say that if there was any potential contact that at this stage the officials that are assigned to these games are all veterans they are really good at at a three-man crew and uh if they didn't make make the call there was no call to be made they were right there had great view of the action and and you have to to hand it to them and keeping their cool under their their tough situation that composure in those tight spots so no foul called Kean moves on 6160 again the
038final in that first semi-final game 530 game that started on time and ended as we were coming in the door thank you very much here to the Rochester team five or six individuals out here trying to clean up the mess that was created here just at this stoppage of play again 615 to go in this second quarter with Bedford holding a three-point lead I'm I'm beginning to think they're going to come through the crowd and have us all take a PRL bath at this point possibly get the hand sanitizer out so let's let's take a look at how these teams got here um for those who are listening along and on delay this evening watching Bedford defeated Windam uh the other evening and uh exitor has played two games Bedford had drawn the by exiter
039uh won their first round at home against gtown 8263 and then as we mentioned earlier that 16-point decisive win at South uh in the 45 game the other night um kind of a surprise because South is is a very very good team but only as good as the game you're playing right now at this point absolutely and the game we're playing right here is Bedford against exer in the semifinals of the state division one tournament mcnf returns to the line for the second of two he missed the front end he has nine points so far on the evening trying to pull the blue Hawks within two he's short on this second attempt as well as you can imagine feeling a little odd after the events that just went down Ellmore now starts the offense for
040the Bulldogs bounce pass to oor in the high post he'll take a dribble find it back to Logan oconnell little ball fake hesitation he dribbles down to the right corner keeps his dribble alive Lefty now hands it off to Dak takes it strong to the hoop and lays it in Dak big strong move for the Freshman he has four now 2116 a five-point lead for the dogs mcnf cross over dribble over to tiido pass is tipped Away by Dak Logan oconnell had some numbers decided to play a little bit slowly and now Hinton will get called for a travel with the up fake hesitation didn't put the ball on the ground right away and good defensive play by Nick Myers who was right in the area to harass the shot caused the turnover typically you
041you throw up a pump fake to get somebody in the air but he went to the air defensively as Hinton was in the the throws of the shot and that's when he had to oh we see a turnover here as ree was passing to mcnf coming out of the cut and the exitor players were thinking that it got tipped by the defensive player for Bedford but the referee was right there no tip called and the Bulldogs got to turn over right back Ellmore now on the right wing elevator play here I like that set Logan oconnell up top tries to pick get the pick from Ouiji Dak dribbles back and around and we'll get a reachin foul here on Jackson McDonald his [Applause] [Music] first just the first team foul here in the second quarter
042216 is the score the Bulldogs ahead by five with 505 remaining in the first half deep entry pass for Dax swings to the right hand side into the lane can't get it to go ball batted around a little bit but finds Tibido for the defensive board but we had a volleyball game breaking out there for a minute Tyler re up top bump set Spike but no Spike there Greco all the way across to Tibido and now to Jackson McDonald now mcnf gets free pulls from him three no good offensive rebound pulled away by Greco for the blue [Applause] Hawks ex was running the flex offense at last time MC nef gets himself in trouble into the lane now a beautiful pass to that left Baseline that was McDonald into Tibido he's got four now great
043position good finish Hinton tries to get three for a three pointer up top for Dak here's Ellmore Ellmore fakes to the left back to the right now oor finds hiton for three oh in and out just around the rim and it falls out Nick Greco pulls down the rebound three-point lead stays a three-point lead the three-pointer was on the way for McDonald and it was out and now exor is going to get a foul on the defensive rebound looks like it'll be Tibido picking up his second tough one there a little bit of a Ticky tack foul as Dak pulled away A Long rebound and got whacked on the wrist it's a good thing that foul was called because otherwise X could had an open Lane to the rim Ellmore dribbles hard into the lane
044kicks to the corner here's Hinton ball got deflected Ellmore took a shot he's trotting off to the left hand side here oconnell mid-range jumper way too strong Greco pulls it down but Dak rips it away gets the second chance too strong on the putback o roor picks it up gets it up not in ball gets batted and off of exiter good offensive rebounding there by both Dak and oor fighting hard for that second and third opportunity and now they'll get a fourth as the ball got batted out off the blue Hawks Windham fans did not like the call but the official was about 3 feet away excuse me exitor thank you I'm having a little flashback to the other night no worries Ali Shakir hands it off to Ellmore Ellmore will back it out between
045the leg dribble hesitation now hands it to Ali Shakir drives the lane ball gets tipped oror fakes the three drives in the middle kicks it all the way across but not before traveling it's a turnover on Bedford 2118 is the score the Bulldogs ahead by three 301 left in the first half as exitor looks to pull within one or even tie surprised at how low scoring this game is at this point agreed it's just a tribute to the athleticism and and commitment to defense by both of these squads Greco spins away up fakes gets free lays it in over three or through three Bedford Defenders three of bedford's big Defenders Five Points now for Greco and it's a one-point game Bulldogs here's Logan oconnell stepping through pressure finishing through contact and gets another bucket he
046has eight 2320 the Bulldogs by three two and a half to go in this first half here's McDonald drives hard takes it up and above two Defenders and gets it to go McDonald with four the sets that they running are forcing the Bedford Defenders to make decisions in real time and uh again we're too far away to really know but lots of times that's due to poor communication that gets free down low for an easy lay in beautiful spot by Shakir six points for Ouija Dak now the Freshman having an impact on the boards and on the score sheet mcnf guarded by Shakir beautiful footwork by Shakir mid-range jumper goes down Tyler reene gets in the scorebook for his first bucket 2524 one-point lead Jumper by Ellmore is too strong Greco tries to pull down
047the rebound but he travels over the Baseline with the ball in possession so the Bulldogs will get another shot Ellmore to aor in the corner fakes the hand off tries to drive Baseline now Ellmore Cuts Baseline doesn't get the pass Dak will take a long two-pointer and hit it Dak with eight points six in this quarter's on the ground afterwards perhaps got undercut after the shot either way no call and the Bulldogs ahead by three 2724 with just over a minute to go in the first half Jackson McDonald bford showing that extended Zone again which plays passing Lanes as OPP as opposed to players mcnf ream three-pointer on the way is good we're tied at 27 five points for re two buckets in a row for him little mid-range jumper and a three-pointer there and
048we're all nodded with just 30 seconds to go here in the first half Ellmore oconnell fakes the three side steps three on the way is good straight away good contest by Jackson mcdonal better shot by Logan oconnell he's into double digits with 11 as you mentioned No Lack of confidence there for Logan oconnell no should there be he works really hard on his game and can't even begin to talk about how many hundreds and hundreds and hundreds if not thousands of shots he puts up great footwork there to give himself a little little uh window for that shot mcnf gets a window of his own three-pointer rattles out no good the buzzer sounds that the Bulldogs will take a three-point lead into halftime 3027 is your score after two I'd say the one big surprise
049in this game is the the low scoring between the two teams but uh again at playoff time teams are a little tight defense is a little tougher and I think we're seeing two really strong teams with similar game plans button heads here and so far bedford's got the advantage quick scoring update for you the Bulldogs are led by Logan oconnell 11 points Ouija Dak has chipped in eight as well a smattering of other players for the blue Hawks they're led by Nate mcnf he has nine points Five Points a piece for Tyler Ree and Nick greo Four Points a piece for Jack Tibido and Jackson McDonald we'll take a break for right now and then we'll rejoin you for second half semi-final action here in the state division one boys tournament from Rochester New Hampshire
050we'll see you in a few minutes bcv and wbnh thank our Underwriters primary Bank New Hampshire's bank for business primary banknh.com the wix's insurance group serving New Hampshire and the Bedford Community with auto home life and business insurance since 198 for the Wix Insurance group.com Interim HealthCare of Manchester personalizing care to help meet your unique Health needs interimhealthcare.com Nelson real estate of New Hampshire your local brokerage Boutique relationships built on trust Mrs Nelson's neighborhood.com great New Hampshire restaurants food tastes better with family t- bones.com or copper door.com and we're back here in Rochester New Hampshire at the Rochester Recreation Center now known as the James Foley Memorial Community Center for tonight's Division 1 boys basketball action the Bedford Bulldogs are taking on the exiter blue Hawks the Bulldogs ahead by three 3027 at halftime coach
051Gibbs any thoughts from that first half yeah I uh I think coach Marino is overall happy with how the team played U I think ex doing what they want to do which is kind of crash the boards I'm going to say control bedford's Tempo a little bit um as I was sharing with a couple of people at halftime I know coach Marino has worked on a couple of things and any good tactician will uh hold anything different that they have until the second half so that the opposing team can't prep plan or react to it and the halftime talk uh so I think we might see something a little bit different defensively from Bedford this half based on some of my conversations with Coach Marino will soon see adjustments on both sides I'm sure 8
052minutes back on the board we're ready for third quarter action as we get underway roor in the high post looks for some Cutters oconnell drives hard up off the glass and far off to the right hand side mcnf quickly into transition High floater over DC gets it to go mcnf into double digits now with 11 and it's a one-point game [Applause] in the high post again looks for Cutters second man through is Ellmore kicks it back up top to Dak now Hinton along the left hand side for Logan oconnell he drives to that left Baseline hands it to aor inside beautiful assist by oconnell and oor has five now back to a three-point lead 3229 early going third quarter from Rochester in this state semi-final Greco up top for x crosses over into the lane
053hands it down on the Baseline for Tibido Baseline short jumper is good Tibido is six the team that starts putting it together on the defensive end I think is going to be the one that uh is able to take control right now both teams are I'm not going to say they're scoring at will but they are scoring trading baskets here early going in the third quarter ellore kicks to the corner now right wing for Logan oconnell gets to the foul line and to aor ellsmore now he'll pull from three too strong way off air ball and he'll hear it from the crowd just under 6 and a half to go in the third quarter the Bulldogs ahead 3231 and exiter will bring it up MC [Applause] nef over the right hand Wing down low for
054Greco late defense comes over takes his time sets his feet gets on the way to the rim I was going to say he's going up one against three maybe even four there's got to be somebody open to kick that ball to very likely was but no kick he'll go to the line instead as Logan oconnell picks up his first foul on the push down low Greco one for two from the line in the first half spins the ball takes a few dribbles knee Ben ball is on the way and is good [Applause] [Music] Greco now for the second of as he looks to put the blue Hawks ahead and does true to form he has seven and the blue Hawks I think have their first lead of the night if I'm not mistaken this is
055their first lead of the night and again bedford's got to be there we go they've got to make sure that they don't get rattled by this that they just continue to play their game and RI Dak comes through and just as I'm ready to say it good strong move for the Freshman barrels ahead gets some room puts it off the glass and has another two he's got 10 aor with the block leads to a jump ball believe it'll be exit to ball y it will be exit to ball as the Bulldogs had the possession coming out of halftime so mcnf will inbound it under his offensive basket Bulldogs in that two3 defense that they were ex uh showing in that first half Greco now cross for now mcnf tries the right Baseline kicks it up
056top Greco just inside the foul line gets a nice soft touch on the rim Greco with nine and the blue Hawks back ahead by one oconnell spins to the Lane adjusts in in the air no good rebound comes off for Tibido ream now near side Greco deep in the corner for Brown gets the pick kicks to Greco takes his time measures the defender who is Dak and then dribbles it off his foot for a turnover just under 5 minutes to go in the third quarter the blue Hawks ahead 3534 in this back and forth third quarter as we've started so what we're seeing Bedford is employing that zone and again one of the the principles of it is you're defending passing Lanes as opposed to defending the bucket and it does have one glaring hole
057and that is the the foul line the high key and uh if exitor starts feeding the ball in there for open shots you might see coach Marin who make some adjustments that high post such a critical soft spot in both the two3 and the 3-2 zones especially if you have somebody that can knock down that mid-range jumper Triple Threat position Ali Shakir ball fakes finds oconnell who is checked in now Shakir back to oconnell fakes gets into the lane mid-range pull up it's good oconnell now with five that's Luke oconnell and he puts the Bulldogs back ahead by one and the Bulldogs will switch up their defense Shakir was playing man they fall back into that 23 and exitor will take their time as they look look to tear apart this defense Greene Far Side
058now brown back to' near side mcf into that foul line Tibido gets some space goes to the opposite side of the rim uses it for protection and buries it sorry to cut you off there no that's quite all right but the uh you know exitor is being very patient against that forcing Bedford to make some some decisions we have a blocking foul on Tibido that's his third I believe Tibido does pick up his third Dak looked like he might have been out of control there but Tibido probably still moving his feet the referee right there and that's a tough foul to pick up for Tibido third foul on him somewhat early in this third quarter there is a substitution but it's brown not Tibido he'll stay in with three blue Hawks ahead by one 3736
059three and 1 half to go in the third quarter Dak misses o yor there for the putb back got the offensive rebound and the deuce he has seven Bob flying all over the place for exitor on the Baseline both teams going all out obviously State semi-finals nothing to lose lose and go home so they are putting it all on the line 3837 the Bulldogs ahead by one mcnf near side here's McDonald dishes down low hand in by Luc o Connell nice job on Greco as he had great position and LC o conell was able to bat it away this is exactly what uh you don't want to see a tight tight tight game uh this this a game of yeah he was out of bounds yeah Greco got the inbound pass mcnf was stepping in
060from the Baseline is Trail foot was still out of bounds when he received the ball so it's a turnover exor 306 to go here in the third quarter Bulldogs ahead by one 3837 is your score we at bctv and wbnh would like to thank our Underwriters I failed to do this in the first half but I'm sure going to do it here in the second half our Underwriters are supporting our live sports coverage so we do want to say thank you primary Bank the Wix Insurance Group Interim HealthCare of Manchester Nelson real estate of New Hampshire and great New Hampshire restaurants t-bones and the Copper Door we really appreciate their support also bcv's live channels and On Demand content are now easier to access at your fingertips than ever before Bedford Community television is available
061for free download on Apple IOS and Android download the Bedford Community television app from your app store today so the Bulldogs will take over they do have a one-point lead 306 remaining here in the third quarter they'll bring it over the timeline with Ali Shakir setting up the offense Dak dribbles over to the right wing OK Connell sees a little daylight pulls it down Lefty dribble into Lane high off the glass no good pulled down by McDonald quickly up into the front court and now settles long crosscourt pass greeto pulls it down with good hands now to the Baseline here's Tibido MC nef end up being very patient around that perimeter they sure are passing was going to beat the Zone usually as the ball can move faster than the feet Greco now in that
062high post will challenge over oror spins back gets double teamed and blocked D and oor combined there now mcnf steals the outlet pass they try for the offensive rebound on the missed layup and mcnf is out of bounds on the near sideline as he tried to save it on the offensive board the exitor fans all the way across the stadium don't like it but the official was about I don't know 75 ft closer yeah I think he might have been more on top of the play there we tick down to 2 minutes ago here in the third quarter the Bulldogs ahead by one in this back and forth third quarter now oconnell gets the step and gets the lay in 13 points for Logan oconnell the leading scorer for the Bulldogs throughout the regular season
063and these playoffs MC nef down low' kicks it back up high for Greco Greco bounce pass across to the right wing now Tibido long mid-range jumper from just above the foul line REO gets the offensive board and will get fouled going back to the rim that was kind of an awkward one well I think he had the presence of mind he knew he was being fouled as he was coming down he just threw that ball up uh that's the no chance it'll go in but I'm shooting it so I can get the two free throws veteran move there for the senior Ouija Dak picks up his second foul and Greco will go to the line for two Recco hits the front [Applause] end he's into double digits he's three for three this half from the
064three throw line as well just a a broadcasting note the girls team as you know coach Gibbs will be in the finals on Saturday against London Derry from lond home gym 4 P.M bctv and wbnh will bring that to you live on the radio and then on Replay for bctv as Greco hits the second he has 11 for those not familiar Lun Hol is on the campus of the University of New Hampshire it sure is we hope to see a lot of people there in Durham on Saturday supporting foul line jumper from Logan oconnell is off Recco pulls down the rebound mcneff drives Baseline reverse laying is good challenged The Bigs and got it to go with a nice little spinoff the glass and and he puts the blue Hawks back ahead by one 4140
065with just over a minute to go in the third quarter oconnell shot he felt he got fouled no call and mcne is back into the offensive end McDonald kicks High Greco fakes the three drives hard pulls it down finishes over traffic through contact Greco now has 13 and the blue Hawks with a three-point lead LC oconnell for three too strong that's off Greco pulls down an easy offensive board on a beautiful box out on the backside 30 seconds to go here in the third quarter exer with a three-point lead on the ball more importantly a 60 run to go from down three to up three and Coach Holmes is telling them to play for the last shot they don't want to give Bedford an opportunity to score anymore this quarter and they want to make
066sure that're the last one's getting a uh a shot attempt up beam back to mcneff mcnf down low Greco just inside the free throw line gets some room PS bounces around no good it falls to the floor but it will end the third quarter a [Applause] 43-40 score exor blue Hawks up by three that was uh that was quite the quarter in terms of momentum uh as I told a couple of people at halftime it was a team that comes out and establishes their game it looked like Bedford was doing their their job and then exitor just came right back and gave him a good Hard Solid punch a few times offensively and it'll be interesting to see now what kind of coaching job each of these two very very intelligent and experienced coaches do
067to get their teams ready for this fourth quarter ex locked it down on defense that quarter as the Bulldogs only scored 10 points versus the 16 points for the blue Hawks leading the way and scoring Nick Greco with 13 Nate mcne with 13 Jack Tibido with eight for the Bulldogs on the other hand 13 points for Logan oconnell 10 points for Ouija Dak I I'm sorry go ahead I was just going to say that the uh the real key here is the impact that greo has had on this game um again I wasn't able to to witness the first game they were playing adct and we were busy hosting the exitor girls that night but he's very impressive very uh confident young man he has a great shooting touch he brings the ball into the
068lane well and uh and you can see the impact that he's he's having right now in this ex the team eight points there in the third quarter for Greco nice way to come out from halftime and Lead this exitor bluehawk team back to the positive side of the scoreboard for the blue Hawks we're back underway here in the fourth quarter 8 minutes back on the board for and we're ready to go for this final stanza here in the state semi-final division one boys action looking to Barry D out good switch back by exitor they got this bford got the switch that they wanted with deck Dak being defended by a smaller guard but he couldn't get the ball to him ellsmore now right side Logan oconnell through traffic gets whacked in the face on the
069way through so he'll go to the line to shoot two not sure if it's MCN mcnf is mcf thought it might be Greco just the first foul on Nate mcf done a good job on the offensive side obviously but also harassing the Bedford offensive players on the defensive [Music] end o Connell hits the front [Applause] end if you're enjoying the game you can check out more BHS Sports Action from Bedford Community TV on your Apple TV Andor Roku TV device download the app to watch the next game live on the big screen we're going to get a blocking foul here on the Bedford Bulldogs elore is going to pick that one up little maybe some embellishment on McD's P part but again a veteran play the blue Hawks hold a two-point lead 4341 is your
070score with 727 to go here in this game Hinton guards McDonald's nice double clutch feed down low reverse laying is no good as thomasy tried to come to the other side of the hoop and now the Bulldogs quick in transition Baseline pullup is too strong for Landon Ellmore McDonald gets himself in trouble and turns it over Hinton now has ellsmore he'll take it strong and get hacked on the way to the rim so Hinton will go to the line for two I believe Greco will pick that one up uh I think it might have been tamasi yeah it was tamasi they call it on Greco number 30 that's his second oh they did and will have two shots a little back and forth there both teams being a little freewheeling as Hinton gets nothing but
071than that first point of the night first shot I believe normal long range shooter is Jack Hinton he's quite a threat from outside I'm not sure if he's actually taking a shot tonight these two from the line are good he's got two points and we're knotted again at 43 there's that uh that 212 press that uh coach marer was keeping in his Hip Pocket blue Hawks almost escaped pressure there but ream bounce pass down to McDonald goes out on that far sideline out of bounds and now coach Holmes going to take a time out he's going to say if we're going to get some three4 court pressure on this 212 they're looking to trap us we better figure out how to break it but here's here's why Morino is a good tactician you don't do
072what you have been practicing until you need it and now coach Holmes has 30 seconds to show his team how to break it as opposed to 10 minutes at halftime to make sure everybody's on board uh so again that's a a really nice nice move by coach Marino nor only they've been running a two 21 all year you want to throw pull things out of your kit in the playoffs and uh the 212 is the trick and they just forced to turn over and now I love it when you get the opposing coach to take a timeout draw up how to break your press and then you move out of the press or do something different that's always a fun one too I can tell you uh it is a standard operating procedure you force
073him to burn a timeout then you show them something completely different so now what are we going to see a 131 half court trap or maybe maybe a 32 no I think they might they might pull it back a little bit but I think you you might see it again after a score 43 43 is your score long three-pointer for Logan oconnell no good Dak with the offensive board puts it up it dangles out and off and we get a jump ball as oor is there to tie it up Jackson McDonald was there to pull it down for the blue Hawks the possession arrow favors the blue Hawks two2 again so they come out in that same three quarter court pressure mcnf finds Greco in the middle of the Court he dribbles himself into trouble
074but gets out of it and now mcnf finds re right wing he'll dribble bounce pass down to Greco Takes a Minute surveys the scene Tibido just above the foul line re now with some patience Bulldogs pop quickly into a manto man now Bedford had a uh excuse me ex had a great mismatch for green pulls from three too strong Tibido with the offensive board takes it back to the rim can't get it to go just dangles out and now Ellmore transition takes it strong through ream up off the glass and no good Tibido pulls the defensive rebound 4343 540 to go in this game Greco straight away guarded by Dak dribbles hard Lefty takes it to the rim strong through the chest of the defender and he'll get a foul called likely on Dak and
075it is third foul on Dak he really felt like he didn't foul anybody at all but with that much contact there the officials are forced to blow their whistle and Greco will go to the line two the officials had their choice of three people they could have called that one on there was a lot of contact in there Greco misses the front end gets a lot of the rim hits the front end the back end and then bounces out over the front rim no good had been four for his last excuse me five for his last five going back to the first half now Greco his second is on the way and good Greco with 14 points nine here in the second half Logan oconnell spins away takes his time up off the glass it
076rattles around and Falls for aduce Logan oconnell with 16 and puts the Bulldogs ahead by one 4544 Greco double teamed in that corner get it down low now the Bulldogs scramble to recover ream up top three-pointer on the way in and out olor pulls down the rebound it gets tipped away from him but Ellmore is there to scoop up the loose ball he finds Hinton three-pointer too strong blue Hawks get a phenomenal save by Jackson McDonald as he tips it back inbounds to Greco now mcnf for three to strong not sure coach Holmes is going to be happy about the uh that quick quick shot oor pulled down the defensive board but gets tied up by ream it's a jump ball and the possession arrow favors the Bulldog so it's Bulldog basketball 4544 436 to
077go here in this game Bulldogs lead by one ellsmore now resets the offense Dak on the right wing sees a cutter go through passes to Logan oconnell up top Dak hesitation Lefty dribble through the lane gets batted off two exor players then hits Conor o roor on the way to the far sideline out of bounds on Bedford then the exitor Blu Hawks will get a turnover mcnf takes his time passes back to re as they break that 212 backside cutter was Jackson McDonald's he gets hacked by Luc o Connell he's going to make him earn him at the free throw line I think he might have gotten hit in the face on that one luk o connell's first foul might as well take the hard foul there and put uh excuse me Jackson mcdonal on
078the line he'll shoot two as the blue Trail by one here takes his dribbles and his knee Bend misses off to the left hand side this his first free throw attempt of the evening might have been a little tight well certainly after getting whacked in the head by Luc o Connell too as he came across with a good forearm to the face and again it's playoff basketball you expect those kinds of harder fouls he does hit the second McDonald with five points and we're kned at 45 just over four minutes to go in this game and nothing has been determined Ellmore dribbles into the lane takes it strong to the hoop up off the glass and in Elmore surprisingly quiet tonight but now has five McDonald bounce pass low Tibido blocked by Ellmore rebound pulled
079away by Dak Ellmore gets away from pressure and they have numbers Ellmore hesitation dribble up off the glass it dangles out and McDonald comes away with the defensive board he tries hard in transition he'll pick up a foul on Logan oconnell he tried to scoot across and get the takeaway but he'll get called for the foul on the floor it'll be his [Applause] second 333 to go in the game the Bulldogs ahead by two 47 45 what's up import uh that was bedford's fourth team foul and so exitor will be shooting on every foul the rest of the [Applause] way end the ball OK conell hesitation dribble yeah I was going to say d off his own foot that's off his own foot nice hand by MC to get it in Cause A disruption in
080the dribble uh the dribble sequence and now coach Mareno wants to take a timeout 309 to go in the game the Bulldogs ahead by two it's exitor basketball on that last Bedford turnover that was an important possession for Bedford uh an opportunity to go up four or five points that turnover hopefully does not come back to haunt them uh again during a timeout coach Holmes has probably got a lifetime's worth of special plays in his head he's probably practiced at least a half of them with his team during the course of this season so whatever he's drawing up I'm sure something they've done before I'm sure it is that they've practiced throughout the season and now pulling it out in this critical situation to get an important two points if you're enjoying tonight's broadcast we
081will be bringing you the girls division one final on Saturday March 14th 400 p.m. live on radio only the TV will be on delay so you'll be able to see it on bctv after a day or so as coach Gibbs girls team will vibe for the state championship once again we're proud to bring you that game live from UNH lond Hol gymnasium on Saturday 3 minutes to go here in this one the Bedford Bulldogs ahead by two this exitor squad is going nowhere MC nef Lefty dribble between the legs now re on the right wing Bulldogs in that two3 defense oconnell harassing green thought about the three pulls it down BL Hawks are being patient dribble through pressure and they'll get a cheapy on Dak that's his fourth foul and more importantly that sends exitor
082to the free throw line it sure does so Dak with four and exitor in the bonus Tibido will go to the line for the first time [Music] tonight 15if foul the officials don't seem to be aware of the fact that he should yeah we go May adjust Tibido has been standing at the line for a while as I'm sure coach Holmes was alerting his players very early that hey if we take it hard if we're strong with the ball we rip through the defense the fouls are going to put us on the line so Tibido visits the line for the first time tonight first one is on the way and oconnell still thinks it's a one andone but it's not Tibido misses the front end old habits die hard they sure do we've been raised
083a certain way for a long time a one and one was a stalwart rule for high school basketball for such a long time Tibido hits the second he has nine points and puts the exitor blue Hawks back to within one OK Connell gets ripped MC nef with a takeaway up top he's out for the fast Breck lay in and it's good MC nef with 15 huge play there for the senior guard puts the blue Hawks up by one back and buries a three Logan okono got ripped came right back sticks the three and puts the Bulldogs ahead by two 5048 2 minutes to go here in this game the Bulldog ahead by two up top here is Tyler reene now McDonald again the blue Hawks taking a patient approach to this two3 defense Tibido reverse
084Layin and he ties it Elmore cross over takes it hard and he's going to get a blocking foul on Tibido looked like The Far Side official was going to call a player control but he calls hio for his fourth foul and Ellmore will go to the line and we hear a lot of booing we tied at 50 are they saying that he was in the act of shooting well they sent him to the line basket went in so they do count it so they count the bucket and he's shooting one so he's got one shot ellsmore that's huge that is huge a massive play here down the stretch gets the end one and sinks the free throw he's got eight and puts the Bulldogs ahead by three 140 to go in this game noted line
085from famous Bruins commentator Jack Edwards coach Gibbs how's your entertainment Factor now it's pretty darn High REO drives hard left he gets blocked on the way to the rim good defense there by the Bulldogs exiter will inbound under their offensive basket mcnf looks for Cutters Greco into the lane spins away from pressure the ball gets batted around Tibido finds him he's on the floor gets it to Greco somehow they find the corner three-point shooter and challenging the three-pointer was lonnell he jumps on the back of Jackson McDonald who got him up in the air on a ball fake McDonald will go to line for two again the exitor blue Hawks are in the bonus 119 to go in the game McDonald on the line for [Applause] two trying to bring the blue Hawks back as
086close as possible front end is good for Jackson McDonald if you coach Mourinho the one thing you do not want is exitor scoring with the clock not moving timeout is called by exitor by exitor coach Holmes icing his own shooter well one of his players looked over to him and made a motion as to I'm sure some sort of full-court pressure and I think it was coach Holmes cue to bring his kids over and get them into reset mode because if you call something quickly and half the kids hear it and half the kids don't that's when a breakaway basket occurs reset mode for us here to 5351 the Bulldogs are ahead by two in this state division 1 semi-final matchup 119 remains in this game Jackson McDonald the exitor sophomore is on the line
087for the second of two shots he's trying to bring the blue Hawks back to within one point here late in this game coach Holmes taking the time out resetting his defense approach no matter the outcome of this free throw and of course coach Mareno trying to set up a patient offensive possession not too patient though of course you don't want to sit back you want to still be strong to the hoop but you do have the lead late in this game exer needs to follow twice to get Bedford to the line if they make this I would see exiter probably not get giving bford the opportunity to kill any clock they might go after somebody really quickly Ball's back in the hands of McDonald at the line takes his dribbles and misses the free throw
088still a two-point lead for the Bulldogs oor pulls down the rebound and the Bulldogs pass it around they find the open player Ellmore now oconnell now back to Ellmore and we're ticking down to just one minute to go coach Holmes wants his defense to get out and pressure a bit okon gets the step takes it to the hoop gets it up and gets fouled on the way to the rent he's fired up that might have been Tibido and if so that's his fifth they call it on Greco that's just his third tough to see from up here any angle but we did catch the fingers as they were displayed to the scorer table so reo's third foul Logan oconnell misses the front end can make this a three-point margin with this second foul shot 5351
089is the score right now 57.7 seconds left oconnell takes the knee Bend second is on the way and too strong but oor comes away with an offensive rebound he's double team down in the corner coach Moreno should be shouting for a timeout and he is near Side official hears it and calls it the Bulldogs maintain possession coach bro will take a full timeout that was a huge rebound by Conor it was two tough free throws that were missed by Logan oconnell but as you said the senior big man who was huge in that last round comes down with a a really important rebound there to get another possession for the Bulldogs we at bctv and wbnh would like to thank once again our sponsor excuse me our Underwriters for supporting our live sports coverage primary
090Bank the Wix Insurance Group interim healthc care of Manchester Nelson real estate of New Hampshire and great New Hampshire restaurants t-bones and the Copper Door coach Gibbs you're coach Mareno right now you have a two-point lead 53 seconds to go in this state semi-final game what are you telling your players right now couple of things first of all be strong with the ball don't be weak you want to have two hands on it if there is a potential for a jump ball don't just throw the ball randomly if it's a tie up and it's your ball great if it's a tie up and it's their ball you have a chance chance to set your defense but at this point exitor has to foul so I think you'll see Bedford try to keep the ball in
091the hands of their best free throw shooters if they can extend this up to Four Points that's going to put a lot of pressure on exit strong with the ball here another thing I like to tell people in these types of situations ball fake ball fake ball fake this defense has to be super aggressive to try to get these turnovers the ball fake has a huge impact on moving the Defenders all around okay so the fans are now in front of us so our High View is now obstructed as well Dak gets the inbound pass again the Bulldogs going to take a patient approach here Ellmore up top guarded by re this is an away from pressure interesting defensive approach here you'd think they would need to foul cuz the Bulldogs can just dribble it
092out up top and there it is Greco's going to pick up his fourth as he tried to tip it away from behind on L Logan oconnell so that is the 15 foul Logan oconnell will go to the line not sure that's the person you want to send there though Logan's a pretty pretty sharp shooter although he did miss four in a row the uh the other night against Windam I believe near the tail end of the game he's missed three in a row tonight he takes his time and swishes that one oconnell now with 20 big one coming up here three-point margin right now he can make it a two- possession game OK Connell has the ball takes a deep breath and a bounce deep knee Bend ball is on the way and good Big
093Shots there from Logan oconnell the junior puts the Bulldogs ahead by four with 33 seconds to go MC nef hands it off green gets open for three takes a long one off to the left hand side rebound comes down Dak fights for it it's a jump ball Greco ties him up possession arrow favors the blue Hawks 23 seconds to go the Bulldogs ahead by four 5551 MC nef will inbound under his offensive basket instructions being yelled in from the sideline mcnf gets in a pinch now throws it all the way out up top here's McDonald kicks to Greco Greco inside the three-point line takes the mid-range jumper and he's fouled I believe oor is going to pick that one up and it is oor just his first foul on the evening but it sends Greco
094to the line for two [Applause] six of eight from the line for Greco tonight he's shooting two more he has 14 so far this evening 16.8 seconds to go and they Trail by four greos first is on the way and two strong big Miss there for the senior forward Ball's back in his hands now coach Holmes has to be yelling to his team that they need to foul here on the inbound or on the rebound breco's second is good Greco now with 15 points inbound goes to Shakir a strong foul shooter for the Bulldogs and he'll go to the line he's not shot the ball at all tonight from the floor nor from the line and he'll have the chance to put the Bulldogs ahead by five 15.5 seconds to go foul was called on
095Jackson McDonald just his second and Shakir the sophomore who's normally in there for defensive purposes is strong but gets a marvelous bounce it bounced high up off that back rim and just dangled in the air and fell straight through puts the Bulldogs back up by four second on the way is rattling around and no good comes out the clock is ticking though down to 12 mcnf comes to the left hand side gets a three-pointer off no good it's short Dak with the rebound and that'll just about do it 5 Seconds 4.5 to go the exra blue Hawks foul back and he'll go to the line it'll be tough to come back from this it'll be impossible to come back from this I would say at this point Recco commits his fifth foul he's disqualified 4.4
096seconds to go Dak has two points excuse me two shots from the line and some of the exitor players a little dejected fans are heading for the exits they know the result here 5652 is your score right now Dak has two to shoot and the Bulldogs are trying to seal their invitation to the finals on Sunday afternoon at 400 p.m. from UNH lond home gymnasium C Steve Bartel trots in as Greco again is eliminated from this game on his fifth foul Dak at the line takes his dribbles knee Bend shot is on the way rattles around and Falls that's a five-point game and the Arya singer is warming up we don't I guess we don't use that other terminology anymore D gets the second of two he has 12 points on the night and that'll
097do it mcnf dribbles it up desperation three is good at the buzzer but to no avail mcnf will finish with 18 on that three-pointer the final score 5855 the Bulldogs have a chance to make it excuse me they are back in the championship they will take on Kean who won that first semi-final 6160 they win by three coach Gibbs any final thoughts yeah uh Bedford really felt that they had a chance to make it to that final game last year and were eliminated by I believe nsha North in the semis uh they did win two years ago win the state championship and they have that winning pedigree and um I can tell you the job the coach Marino has done this year with this group has been absolutely amazing uh they they very much deserve
098to make it to the finals it'll be an interesting matchup between them and Keane on Sunday kind of surprised to have that name come out of my mouth but uh everybody thought it was going to be Portsmouth and Bedford and it's going to be Keane in Bedford so uh we'll probably have to do a lot of research between now and then but I'm excited for that game the Bedford Bulldog scored 18 points in that final Corner quarter to just 12 points for the blue Hawks they were outscored in the third quarter by six they out score the blue Hawks by six here in the fourth leading scores for each team Logan oconnell had 21 huge points 10 in the second half Ouiji Dak with 12 The Freshman making an impact on both ends of the
099floor for the blue Hawks they were led by Nate mcneff 18 points Nick Greco 15 just not enough tonight final score here from Rochester 5855 the Bulldogs take home Victory we want to thank all the folks that helped make this production possible Eric joining us from exitor TV the blue hawk TV station uh Andrew Fen back in the studio helping with production Bill Jennings the Grand Puba here on site for Kevin Gibbs I'm Cory moner tiger thanks for joining us this evening we'll see you in the finals on Sunday have a great night [Music]