The Cardinals made three buzzer beaters, but none bigger than Tyler Mattison's three point shot at the end of regulation to force overtime.
But the Lake George Warriors took advantage of two technical fouls early in the extra session to hand the Fort Ann Cardinals their second loss of the season with their 75-71 win at Fort Ann Central School.
The Cardinals first beat the buzzer with Seth Godfrey's short jumper at the end of the 1st quarter to give Fort Ann a 16-14 lead.
Lake George stormed back, scoring the first 9 points of the second quarter, to escape at the half with a 31-25 lead. They extended their lead to as many as 10 points during the third quarter, but then Fort Ann started coming back, closing to within three after Tyler Mattison beat the third quarter buzzer on a three point bucket.
Joel Wincowski had four fouls at this point, causing the UMBC-bound senior to play a little more conservatively through the fourth quarter. Lake George would continuously grow to a five point lead, but Fort Ann made it tight heading into the final minute. Chris Jackson had the opportunity to tie the game for Fort Ann with a one point deficit at the free throw line, but missed both of his free throws. After Lake George was fouled, Zeke Reynolds made both of his free throws to give the Warriors a three point lead with 9 seconds left to go.
Fort Ann inbounded the ball to their top-scoring sophomore, Tyler Mattison. After trying to shake a defender, he passed the ball, moved to the baseline, and put up a three point shot that went in as time expired to force overtime.
In overtime, Lake George scored the early buckets, and widened their lead to seven after a pair of technical fouls that yielded the Warriors four free throws. They made three of four. But the Cardinals weren't done yet, and closed the gap. But in the final minute, Lake George was able to push to a four point lead, and Fort Ann was unable to get a free shooter with 15 seconds left to play.
Joel Wincowski finished the game with 40 points to push his career total to 2,065. Wincowski became the 9th player all-time to join the 2,000 point club in Section 2 on Monday and now needs only 20 points to pass Watervliet's Kevin Yanni for 8th all-time. The all-time leader in Section 2 is Glens Falls's Jimmer Fredette, who scored 2,404 points during his storied career for the Indians.
The win keeps the Lake George Warriors undefeated as they get ready to host five games in a row, starting with Hadley-Luzurne on Tuesday and ending with a rescheduled game with Hoosick Falls on Saturday, January 24th that was snowed out on January 3rd. The Fort Ann Cardinals continue their homestand with games against Salem and Argyle next week.
TEAM 1 2 3 4 OT F
LAKE GEORGE (10-0) 14 17 8 18 18 75
FORT ANN (8-2) 16 9 11 21 14 71
LAKE GEORGE WARRIORS
3 KYLE JONES 3 7 0 0 1 11
4 JOEL WINCOWSKI 7 3 8 9 13 40
10 CRAIG KEENAN 4 0 0 0 3 7
11 DYLAN SMITH 0 2 0 0 0 2
21 DYLAN HUBBARD 0 0 0 2 0 4
23 GABE SALLSTROM 0 3 0 0 0 3
30 STEVE COLLETTI 0 2 0 0 0 2
31 ZEKE REYNOLDS 0 0 0 2 0 2
33 DYLAN MULARZ 0 0 0 2 0 2
44 ANDREW MCGOWAN 0 0 0 5 1 4
TOTALS 14 17 8 18 18 75
FORT ANN CARDINALS
5 GARRETT BAILEY 0 0 0 2 0 2
10 SETH GODFREY 2 0 0 0 5 7
12 CHRIS JACKSON 0 0 5 5 4 14
15 JON ALLEN 0 0 0 1 0 1
23 JEREMY JOHNSON 1 0 3 6 0 10
34 TYLER MATTISON 6 5 3 7 3 24
42 BRANDON NASSIVERA 7 4 0 0 2 13
TOTALS 16 9 11 21 14 71
Game Starters in BOLD.
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