Round two Snake River wins 56-49 over Wolverines

  The boys were up against some stiff competition in Snake River for round two of the State tournament Friday, March 2, 2012. Once again, free throws and missed inside shots told the tale as Snake River poured on the heat at the end of the third and never looked back winning 56-49.
  Starters were Tyler Hemphill, Issac Zanelli, Drew McKie, Justin Roberts and Elias Daniel. Weiser controlled the tip but SR scored first. Roberts to McKie for two. Zanelli drained a three from the top of the key. Brock Bumgarner with the bounce pass to Daniel for two. Hemphill sank two free throws but Weiser trailed 11-9. Zanelli to Derek Reyes for two. Reyes muscled in a shot. McKie went basket to basket for the last shot of the first quarter. Snake River led 18-15.
  Snake River scored first to increase their lead in the top of the second quarter. McKie made a free throw and then a jumper. Bumgarner to McKie for the three point shot and the lead 21-20 at 3:58. Daniel to Zanelli for two. Snake River closed to a point with under a minute to go in this first half. Jacoby Miller to Reyes for two through the back door. At the half, Weiser 25, SR 22.
  Snake River came out in the third quarter nailing a three to tie the game. Zanelli had the jumper fall. Hemphill at the free throw line sank his two point shot. At 4:25, SR took the lead and never let it go, 30-29. Zanelli scored off the inbound pass from Hemphill. Bumgarner had the 360 degree move for the banked two. This entire play was set up by the hustle of Reyes who pulled down an offensive rebound while being blanketed by three defenders. Bumgarner took a charge on defense. Daniel putback the "O" rebound. Snake River hit back to back threes with the last just beating the buzzer. This gave them a 40-35 lead with a quarter to play.
  Daniel found McKie for the three to bring Weiser closer. Weiser and SR were both being fouled but the difference was SR made their free throws while Weiser did not. McKie had two rejections in a row. At 5:03, SR was up 47-38. Hemphill made a shot coming out of the time-out. SR built their lead to 13 points, 53-40 with about two minutes to play. McKie hit a shot. Zanelli sank a three and then a two. Weiser trailed 53-47. Zanelli banked home a shot but it was too little too late as SR sealed the win 56-49.
  Scoring: Zanelli 16, McKie 15, Hemphill and Reyes 6 each, Daniel 4 and Bumgarner 2. Weiser made 3 of 7 attempted free throws.
  Next up was Sugar-Salem for the third place trophy.