In a non-district boys basketball game Friday night, Klein Collins hosted St. Pius and overpowered the Panthers 73-48.
“We haven’t been playing real well offensively over the last few weeks,” Klein Collins coach Tim Schumacher said. “Something I stressed the last few days was that we’re too good of a team to not be playing well offensively.”
The team took what Schumacher said to heart. Klein Collins came out strong in the first half and led 37-22. The second half was even stronger for the team as they scored another 36 points.
“I think our guys were really ready to play tonight,” Schumacher said. “We have a lot of talent on the offensive end and I’m really pleased with the way our guys responded.”
In the third quarter, Klein Collins scored 12 points. Ten were from Bassel Bawji; the other basket came from Demitri Goodson. St. Pius scored 11 points in the third with a three-point basket from Mustapha ElAkkarri.
The big points came in the fourth quarter. Klein Collins scored 14 unanswered to start. Then St. Pius came back and scored 10 unanswered.
“One thing we’ve been doing is guarding every night, and we’ve won a lot of games because we’ve been playing good defense,” Schumacher said.
Klein Collins is 2-1 in district. The team’s first district loss came to Klein Forest.
Next up for Klein Collins is another district game, Tuesday night against.
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