Solid Rock Construction wins on hardcourt

ANNA MARIA – The basketball court at The Center heated up last Monday night with Solid Rock Construction looking to remain undefeated at 2-0 going up against the Beach Bums.

The Solid Rock team took an early lead in the game, but Beach Bums, with the team’s and game’s high scorer, Austin Young with 21 points in the game, kept it close going into halftime.

With the score going into the second half of play at 21-16, Beach Bums continued to chip away at Solid Rock’s lead and tied it up at 21 each moving into the fourth quarter.

Dom Otteni and J.J. Friszman, with 20 and 17 points in the game, respectively, fought back to take back the lead in the game for Solid Rock, pushing the score to 38-35 with 11 minutes left on the clock.

Holding their opponent to only three additional points in the next seven minutes of play, Solid Rock cleared the net with six more points, increasing its lead to 44-38.

Playing with no one on the bench, Solid Rock fought hard against the Beach Bums squad until the final seconds. Connor Haughey took to the free-throw line after being fouled with 33 seconds left in the game.

Haughey, scoring six points on the night, made the first shot at the line, missing the second. Down by five points, Beach Bums made final efforts to take the win, but another free throw by Solid Rock Construction and missed shots on offense ended the game with Solid Rock winning 49-42. Both teams now have a 2-1 record going into week four of adult basketball action.