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Kerrville Tivy's 2010 G Jonathan Perry (shown here with the Texas D-1 Ambassadors, this past summer) led Tivy tonight with, including in the 4th quarter when it counted. Perry was a perfect 10-10 from the free throw line. Perry continues to show why he should be a D-1 signee this spring as he's one of the most versatile players in Central/South Texas. He rebounds, handles the ball adequately, gets to the hole and hitts from the mid range. Senior Taylor Finlay shown below flushing against New Braunfels Canyon. (Pic compliments of Todd Winters)

Tonight's game sees Steele 2-1 in 27-4A and Kerrville with the same District record is State ranked at 14th. Host Steele is a senior laden squad (all but one player) so it appears to be this year or else for them. Tivy is also loaded with three Senior's; 6'6" P Tyler Kotson, 6'7" Taylor Finlay and two time All Region CG Jonathan Perry.

Steele got off to an 1st quarter 18-12 lead behind hot shooting as a team. Early foul trouble to Kotson hurt Tivy , but they received some good minutes from their bench and closed the gap, eventually taking the lead late in the foul plagued half where each team got whistled 15 times a piece. This included a half dozen charge calls in an abundance rarely seen in a high school game. Tivy led 34-31 at the break.

Fouls continue to mount as a total of 8 players have 3 fouls. Both benches came into play in the 3rd quarter. Steele has kept it close by a combination of solid perimeter shooting, (especially from Derrick Cook) coupled by loose perimeter D by Tivy. That's inexplicable to me as it's not like Steele has an inside presence to cause them to sag off the outside guys, IMO. Tivy 49-45

In the pivotal 4th, Tivy got off to a 10 point lead, but Steele turned up the D and clawed their way back to make it a one point game with 17 seconds left. Tivy missed the front end of a one and one, and with Steele having one last shot their player turned the corner to the bucket but slipped and was called for the travel.

Leading Scorers

Kerrville Tivy

Jonathan Perry 24

Tyler Kotson 12

Taylor Finlay 17

Schertz Steele

D.J. Jones 11

Gerald Walker 12

Derrick Cook 16

Kerrville Tivy 12-22-15-14-63

Schertz Steele 18-13-14-17-6