Wolves Lose @ Global Studies

The Wolves, who came off of their best game of the season on December 17th against the Dr. Susan S Mckinney School of Art faced Global Studies on the road on December 19th. Last season, the Wolves were beaten by Global

Studies in both meetings-- one win by more than 20. With revamped goals the Grand Street Campus Wolves looked for a win before the holiday break. The Wolves started out a little unenthusiastic but received some scoring inside from Lawahn Lewis, who didn't quite look himself this game finishing with a season low 7 points. GSC allowed S Kyle Giddings who averages around 17 points and 13 rebounds a game, to take advantage of their lackadaisical play by scoring and even getting a block. The Wolves back to back turnovers and missed rebounds, reflected their inability to step up and play. Grand Street's Anthony Deese gave them some hope as he stepped up in sharing the ball. The first quarter ended with Global Studies leading 14-13. Lawahn Lewis continued to struggle in the second quarter-- missing lay-ups and free throws which was very uncharacteristic of him. The Wolves kept the game close, with some scoring from Tarik Allicock who found his way over the Giddings in the second. Global Studies' Kevin Davis JR. found his way inside finishing with 10 points to end the half. The final at the half was 30-27 Global Studies. At half time Coach Sharpe said that to improve the Wolves needed to "hit free-throws and start playing their style”. He also said that to protect their guards who were in sticky foul situations, they would convert to playing zone defense. Joel Banton who had 4 points in the half, got the Wolves started in the 3rd quarter. The Wolves were able to tie the game at 36 with a 3 from Anthony Deese and better defense. Banton become more vocal letting his

teammates know that what they needed were stops. Tarik Allicock's block on Giddings acted as a catalyst for the Wolves offense as they took a 47-44 lead with 1:30 left in the third. Global managed to score putting them only down by one 47-46 to end the third. In the fourth quarter GSC's lead quickly diminished as Kevin Davis hit a 3 with 6 minutes left in the fourth quarter. Despite scoring from Joel Banton, the Wolves just couldn't knock down their free-throws which made it harder for them to climb back. As the game continued and the score stayed close, Coach Sharpe became aggravated at the missed calls on Global as Lawahn Lewis received many hits during the game. With about 3 minutes left Coach Sharpe received a technical foul for yelling at the ref for another missed call. The trip to the line gave Global an one point advantage but even with a huge block on Joel Banton, the Wolves

maintained hope after Banton came right back and took a charge. Unfortunately, the Wolves just couldn't pull this win out, as the game ended with GSC turning the ball over after a bad pass on an inbounds play. The final score was 67-64. The Wolves now 4-2 will head back home to play the Harry Van Arsdale Cardinals on January 4th, 2013. Global Studies (3-3) will play Benjamin Banneker also on the 4th.