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“Once we were down, I
with a technical foul, capping knew I needed to turn things
off an 11-0 run from West up because my team needed
me,” Meithof said.
Salem.
Meithof ’s 15 points in
“I was frustrated because
I was calling a timeout and the third period brought his
they told me not to be on team withing six at 50-44 as
the fl oor and then we gave the game entered the fourth
up a lay-in because of that. quarter.
“He’s a willing passer
The offi cial apologized lat-
er,” Kirch said. “I probably when he needs to be. But
should have stopped sooner, he also understands that
but I kind of wanted to fi re there are times where he
needs to make plays. It’s an
my team up a little bit.”
The Titans went into the underrated trait for a great
break with a 33-24 lead. But player to have. He’s making
after holding Meithof to 11 his teammates better. It’s fun
points in the fi rst half, the to watch,” Kirch said. “For a
McNary star went nuclear in guy that scores that much,
he’s unselfi sh in how he does
the third quarter.
West Salem went on an it. His teammates know his
11-3 run to start the quarter ability. Points are awesome,
to go up 44-27. But Meithof but he continues to grow in
was able to respond by nail- all the other areas as well.”
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Junior Nunez backs down a West Salem defender.
While the third quarter
belonged to Meithof, Ro-
driguez’s time to shine came
in the fourth period.
Rodriguez began the
fi nal quarter with a nifty
jump-hook in the lane. On
the following possession, he
completed a three-point play
after scoring in transition.
Rodriguez scored his sev-
enth straight point by getting
position on the post and put-
ting one in over his defender,
which cut the lead to three
with 4:56 left.
“Being able to come off
the bench and having coach-
es trust in me to score from
the inside and outside really
has helped my confi dence,”
Rodriguez said. “And being
able to be looked at as a sec-
ond scorer behind Nate has
honestly been an honor.”
West Salem, however
continued to hold onto their
lead in the waining parts of
the game. Jackson Lowery
scored off an offensive re-
bound to put the Titans 61-
58 with 1:16 remaining.
The Titans got the ball
back after a defensive stop,
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but Gonzalez, who re-en-
tered the game in the sec-
ond half, came away with a
crucial steal to get McNary
the ball back with less than a
minute left.
On the ensuing pos-
session, Meithof drained a
clutch step-back trey to tie
the game at 61 with 35 sec-
onds on the clock.
“We played with confi -
dence and just chipped our
way back in,” Kirch said.
“When Nate hit a three to
tie it and they called timeout,
we knew we were going to
win.”
West Salem responded by
re-taking the lead when the
Titans star guard Justin Scog-
gin got all the way to the
bucket for a layup. But Mc-
Nary answered back when
Rodriguez hit the shot of
the season on the Celtics
next possession.
Meithof received the ball
in the front court. But when
he faced a triple team, he
threw a desperation pass to
Riley Flores on the baseline.
While nearly falling out-
of-bounds, Flores kicked the
ball out to the perimeter to
Rodriguez.
Even though the ball was
initially tipped, Rodriguez
still managed to corral the
rock and with no hesitation,
fi red a 3-pointer from the
top of the key that went off
the glass and into the hoop.
“Kyler just got it and
knocked it down. He re-
ally stepped up this game,”
Meithof said.
With eight seconds left
in the game, Scoggin tried a
heavily contested and deep
triple for the win. When the
ball fell short, the McNary
student section stormed the
court to celebrate the come-
back victory.
“It was a great win for our
guys,” Kirch said.
McNary will host Bend
on Saturday, Jan. 25 at 2:30
p.m.
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