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OAC. 0%x72 =$38,046 to finance after 1000 certs (while supplies last), tier 0-1 Ford Credit OAC. Art is for illustration only. KEIZERTIMES.COM 4-0 KEIZERTIMES/ Matt Rawlings McNary wing Griffi n Oliveira holds his follow through after knocking down a 3-pointer on the baseline in the Celtics 74-61 victory over Mountainside on Tuesday. McNary wins home opener to remain unbeaten By MATT RAWLINGS Of the Keizertimes Boston Smith led the Celt- ics with 25 points on 9-of-15 shooting as the McNary boys basketball squad moved to 4-0 on the season with their 74-61 victory over Moun- tainside on Tuesday night in their fi rst home game. “We’re still getting used to playing with one another a little bit, but I thought that we made some important plays at important moments,” McNary head coach Ryan Kirch said. Nate Meithof was also in double-fi gures with 15 points — 11 of which came in the fi rst quarter. Griffi n Oliveira had 13 points and knocked down a pair of shots beyond the arc while Alfredo Villareal added 12 points. Both squads played at a break-neck pace to begin the game as it seemed like the ball barely touched the fl oor in the opening quarter. Meithof was incredibly aggressive early on, which worked to the Celtics advan- tage. The sophomore guard scored nine points on 4-of- 5 shooting in the fi rst three minutes of the game, includ- ing an impressive three-point play where he split a dou- ble-team on his way to a nice fi nish off the glass. “I was just playing my game,” Meithof said. “We had really good ball movement and I was able to dribble-drive and get to the hoop.” Despite Meithof ’s scor- ing fl urry, Mountainside still held a 15-10 advantage mid- way through the fi rst quarter. But a pair of buckets by Vil- lareal and a layup from Smith KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings Nate Meithof gives the ball up during a fast break. helped McNary go on top 21-19 at the end of the pe- riod. After Mountainside came back to take the lead momen- tarily, McNary responded by going on an 11-2 run and forced Mountainside head coach Dustin Hewitt to burn a timeout with his team trail- ing 32-26. McNary was much more intentional about slowing the ball down in the second quarter with the goal of get- ting Smith more involved in the offense on the low block. The plan was executed effec- tively as the senior center fi n- ished with eight points in the quarter. “We were a bit nervous with it being our home opener. But we shook it off and did a better job of get- ting into out offense and ex- ecuting,” Smith said. “I was able to adapt how they were double-teaming me and got down low.” McNary was able to ex- tend the lead to nine before the break at 45-36 thanks to a transition layup by Oliveira. After a fi rst half full of ex- plosive offense, McNary went stone cold to begin the third quarter. Smith fi nished one at the rim in the Celtics fi rst possession of the period, but a fi ve-minute scoring drought allowed Mountainside to cut the lead to 47-42 with less than three minutes remaining in the quarter. But a midrange jumper from Oliveira and a three- point play from Smith got the Celtics advantage back up to double-fi gures. The Celtics eventually took a 57-44 lead to the fi nal period after Smith hit a nifty fl oater right before the buzzer sounded. “I thought Boston did a good job of not allowing the double-team to frustrate him,” Kirch said. “He’s been posting up really smart. When the ball moves, he holds his position and it allows us to get him the ball inside.” “(Smith) has been a really good leader for us and this was by far his best overall game.” A big key that allowed McNary to pull away in the second half was their inten- sity on the defensive end. The Celtics allowed just two points over a seven-minute stretch and did a much better job of closing out to shoot- ers and not allowing sec- ond-chance opportunities. “I just thought our con- centration was a little bit bet- ter defensively in the second half,” Kirch said. “That was certainly the difference in us extending the lead.” McNary led by as many as 20 after a baseline 3-pointer from Riley Flores made it 70- 50 late in the fourth quarter. Mountainside rallied back to make the score a little more respectable, but Smith put an exclamation point on the game in the fi nal moments with a monster two-handed jam that sent the student sec- tion into a frenzy. “It felt good to play at home. This was a good con- fi dence booster for our team,” Boston said. McNary will compete in the Newberg Boys Basketball Tournament this weekend, with their fi rst game coming Friday at 6 p.m. against David Douglas. KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings Alfredo Villareal tries to go between two defenders on his way to the hoop. David Boston looks to score in the paint after receiving the ball in the post.
