Gateway Confernece Championship

After losing to Ribault 30 days prior to tonight's match up, we knew we were in for a fight. In the early phases of the game we dominated every statistical category as we built a 25 point halftime lead. After halftime we continued to be aggressive, but turnovers and sloppy offensive execution proved to be costly. Ribault went on a 12-0 run to start the 4th quarter which trimmed our lead to 7 points with 6 minutes left to play in regulation. First Coast eventually settled down and started trading baskets with the Trojans up until about the 1 minute mark when Ribault hit a 3 pointer to tie the ballgame with 24 seconds left. After using one of our timeouts Ambrose Mosley hit what we all felt was the game winning 3 pointer with 9 seconds left on the clock. Ribault burned their last timeout to draw up a play that led to the 3 point attempt by Chandler who was fouled in the process. Chandler hit all 3 foul shots to force overtime. In the extra period we had our chances but turnovers and missed opportunities led to our short coming on this night. This was a tough one to swallow but in every dark cloud there is a silver lining. Stay positive and let's come out fighting against the Lee Generals tomorrow.