Global Studies Visits Wolves Den

After coming off of two game winning streak against Dr. Susan S. Mckinney (final- 72-67) and a non-league game against Christ the King, the Grand Street Campus Wolves returned to the Wolves Den on February 6th, 2013 to face the Global Studies Jaguars. In their previous meeting, the Wolves visited Global and lost because of poor free throw shooting and a lack of energy. Coach Sharpe said free throw shooting would continue to be a key to beating the Jaguars. Because of an altercation outside of the campus, no fans were allowed to speculate; most of the cheering came from the uplifting cheerleaders. The game began with some excellent ball movement from Grand Street and some not so excellent ball movement from Global Studies. The Wolves were able to jump out to a quick 8-4 lead with scoring from Nathaniel Wyatte,

Joel Banton, and Anthony Deese. Mid-first quarter GSC turned the ball over three consecutive times but right after, the Wolves continued to get the ball inside-- slithering their way inside for easy lay-ups against the Global players. Lawahn Lewis who seemed to have lost his head in Grand Street’s game against Banneker, picked up a technical foul for his comments to one of Global’s players; GSC’s assistant coach quickly advised Lewis to relax. Lewis was not called for any more techs after the incident. With back to back steals and stagnant scoring from the Jaguars, the Wolves then took a 10 point lead with 3:26 left in the first. One noticeable difference between this game and the Wolves game against Banneker was that the Wolves were able to catch offensive rebounds which in turned into points. The Jaguars closed the gap later in the first quarter with back to back three's from Kevin Davis Jr. The first quarter ended with a score of 22-15 with GSC up. The Wolves started the second quarter with some impressive guard defense. Turnovers began to rack up for Grand Street as Global went on a little run with scoring from Davis and Isaias Orbay. Global increased their interest by getting a block and grabbing offensive rebounds-- they tied the game at 25 with 4 minutes to go. Grand Street responded well to Global as they continued to get

better on the glass and got to the line more. Tarik Allicock showed a pretty spin move in the paint to increase Grand Street’s lead to 14 to end the half at 39-25. During half time Head Coach Mick of Global Studies said, "We need to find the open man in transition. The team as a whole needs to be more intense on d and [we need to] pick up the pace". As the clock ticked down until the start of the second half, the GSC players got some shots up as it was unnecessary to go into the locker room. The Wolves came out in the third quarter well a sense of placidity, as Lawahn Lewis, who had 7 points in the first half, drained a 3 after about a minute of play. Kyle Giddings then hit a smooth step back jumper but it wasn't enough-- GSC defense was too much for Global as they turned the ball over after failing to inbound the ball. Global, mid-third quarter, picked up a second technical foul (the first being in the 2nd quarter), after its player used inappropriate language on the court. The technical foul shots only added to the lead as Joel Banton knocked both of them down.

The Wolves continued to roll as Banton tantalized the Jaguars with 3's and quick lay-ups. The third quarter ended with a 3 from Lawahn Lewis; the score was 63-39. In the fourth quarter the Jaguars were able to grab some offensive rebounds and hit threes, (from Davis JR.) but the game got away from them and they knew it; they began to look uninterested. At the four minute mark, the score was 73-50. The rest of the game was history. From the starters who were now on the bench, jokes echoed across the void Wolves Den. The final score was 81-60. At the end of the game Coach Sharpe said that he was "very happy with the bench play". The Global Studies Jaguars now 3-10 will play in their last regular season game at Benjamin Banneker on February 8th, 2013 while GSC now 10-3 will play at Harry Van Arsdale on the same day.