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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.
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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.