UVC Boys Basketball Drop a Close One to North Clackamas Christian School
8:26 PM · Dec 7, 2019After being down by as much as 14 points, the UVC boys fought back and brought the game to within 3 points with an Evan Buechley three pointer with less than a minute left. But Luke Nelson of the Saints was immediately fouled and sunk both of his free throws to extend the lead to 5. After a UVC miss, North Clackamas was fouled again and hit two more free throws to put the game away. The North Clackamas Saints won by a final score of 57-50. Buechley led all UVC scorers with 11 points. Spencer Adams also had 11 points and Dominick Butler pitched in 8 points for the Monarchs. The North Clackamas Saints were led by Caleb Matias with 13 points, followed by Luke Nelson, Braden Young and Hadden Stark all finished with 11 points. "I’m really happy with my guys effort and I thought we had great composure when the game tightened up in the fourth quarter. Defensively I feel like we’re playing at a pretty high level right now and when our offense catches up to that we could be pretty tough.” said North Clackamas head coach Grant Nelson. Nelson also had positive things to say about this years UVC squad. “I was impressed with UVC. They have a nice combination of ball handling and strength and they work very hard at the defensive end. Not having seen other teams in their league, it’s hard to predict but I would certainly think with their combination of talent and quality coaching that they’ll have a solid year.” said Nelson North Clackamas heads out to Yoncalla to take on the Eagles at 3:30pm. UVC’s next game is against Rogue River at home again on Tuesday December 10th at 6:30pm