{"id":9719,"date":"2014-01-05T10:04:12","date_gmt":"2014-01-05T15:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=9719"},"modified":"2014-01-05T10:07:08","modified_gmt":"2014-01-05T15:07:08","slug":"down-15-coatesville-comes-back-to-beat-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=9719","title":{"rendered":"Down 15, Coatesville comes back to beat West"},"content":{"rendered":"

Crutchfield opens up Coatesville offense to give home team a dynamic attack<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

By Kyle Carrozza<\/strong>,<\/span>\u00a0Staff Writer, The Times<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Jaquan Hollingshed drives the lane early. Downingtown collapsed its defense to deal with Coatesville’s strong forward play.<\/p><\/div>\n

CALN \u2013 Sports are not just a matter of accumulating points and trying to score on each individual play. Each game is a narrative constructed over three periods or four quarters.<\/p>\n

Coatesville\u2019s late hustle allowed the team to change the narrative on Saturday during a 59-53 comeback win over Downingtown West, in a Ches-Mont National battle, Saturday.<\/p>\n

After trailing for most of the game, including a 15-point deficit late in the third quarter, the home team hung on to complete a last quarter comeback for the victory.<\/p>\n

\u201cPersistence can turn a failure into success,\u201d Coatesville Head Coach Chuck Moore told his team.<\/p>\n

Though Coatesville\u2019s offense got its points early, Downingtown breezed through the first quarter, including three consecutive threes to open the game.<\/p>\n

The home team\u2019s inability to establish outside shooting allowed the Whippets to collapse on defense, putting a crowd around star senior forwards Jaquan Hollingshed and Tyler Burke.<\/p>\n

On the other end, Downingtown worked the perimeter and isolation plays to open up the middle of Coatesville\u2019s defense. The guards\u2019 ability to spot shooters left open by the double team also helped expand the lead to 23-11 near the end of the first quarter.<\/p>\n

But in the second quarter, Hollingshed and junior guard Kevin Crutchfield stepped up to cut the lead. A three point-play from Crutchfield was key in getting his team back into the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cKevin is a go-getter, he\u2019s aggressive,\u201d said Moore.<\/p>\n

Though Downingtown clearly looked the better first half team, Coatesville managed to cut the lead to 32-26 by halftime. The home team seemed to adjust to the Whippets\u2019 perimeter passing, which kept the game from getting out of hand.<\/p>\n

Moore said that in order to keep his guys in the game mentally, he had to get a bit out of character.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou see, I have my tie off and my shirt unbuttoned\u2014whatever it takes to provide that spark,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

However, any momentum that Coatesville may have gained at the end of the half seemed to be lost at the beginning of the second half.<\/p>\n

Downingtown once again utilized quick perimeter play to create open looks while Coatesville still did not manage to establish its outside shooting. With three minutes left in the third, West was up 43-28.<\/p>\n

\u201cGive it to Downingtown, they fought hard,\u201d said Moore.<\/p>\n

But going into the final quarter, Coatesville found its own fight. After a couple of offensive rebounds, junior guard Keenan Coleman made two at the line after drawing a foul on a three point shot. A steal on the ensuing inbound allowed Crutchfield to hit a three with 11 seconds left, giving the home team momentum going into the fourth.<\/p>\n

\u201cJaquan kind of led the spark. He was in the huddle screaming at those guys, motivating them,\u201d said Moore.<\/p>\n

Crutchfield continued his strong play on the other side of the break, adding a three and assisting on another early in the fourth and then hitting a layup to complete a 20-1 run spanning the end of the third and beginning of the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s capable of putting the ball in the basket; I tell him go, go play,\u201d Moore said of Crutchfield, who finished with 20 points.<\/p>\n

The run gave Coatesville its first lead of the game, up 46-44 with just under five minutes to go.<\/p>\n

After the Whippets\u2019 success exploiting defensive tactics early, the home team began faking double teams and applying the full court press to make the visitors work hard on every possession.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the interplay between Crutchfield and junior guard Ricky Southcott continued to find success, forcing Downingtown to worry about more than just the forwards.<\/p>\n

The teams looked even going down the stretch, but Coatesville\u2019s ability to keep possession put the clock on its side.<\/p>\n

Coleman hit four of four foul shots in the closing minutes, allowing the home team to maintain the lead and grab the 59-53 victory.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re going to be persistent. They have to be persistent because there\u2019s going to be bumps in the road. That\u2019s what we preach to these guys,\u201d said Moore.<\/p>\n

Though Coatesville has a young team that sometimes shows inexperience, a 3-0 Ches Mont National record is a solid start to the league schedule, and they will look to continue it Tuesday against West Chester East.<\/p>\n

At 1-2 in the league, a strong West team will look to bounce back against West Chester Henderson on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Crutchfield opens up Coatesville offense to give home team a dynamic attack By Kyle Carrozza,\u00a0Staff Writer, The Times CALN \u2013 Sports are not just a matter of accumulating points and trying to score on each individual play. Each game is a narrative constructed over three periods or four quarters. Coatesville\u2019s late hustle allowed the team […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":9727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[1535,568,324,3409,25,3410],"class_list":["post-9719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-sports","tag-ches-mont","tag-coatesville-area-high-school","tag-downingtown-west","tag-high-school-boys-basketball","tag-red-raiders","tag-whippets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9719"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9728,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9719\/revisions\/9728"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}