Sacred Heart Boys against North Central

            As much of the northeast hunkered down for a blizzard, the Sacred Heart boys basketball team Tuesday night hunkered down for a hurricane as North Central paid a visit. The Trojans appeared to be weathering the storm most the night, but in the end the Hurricanes picked up a late burst of hot air to come from behind and win 57-55. The North Central head coach spoke for both coaches as he said, “The kids (from both teams) played their hearts out tonight.”

The student section started getting into the game, and the Trojans fed off the enthusiasm on both ends of the court. At the end of 1 from the Sacred Heart gym, the Trojans lead 18-11. The Trojan squad continued to feed off the enthusiasm, and Seth Shipp looked like Odell Beckham, Jr., out there with the one handed catch and score to go up 43-37.

The enthusiasm began to wane as North Central headed to the line with 5:33 left in the game and split a pair of free throws. Laughlin retook control with a basket to go up 50-47. North Central again cut it within 1. Timeout on the court at 1:32 mark had Sacred Heart up 50-49.

North Central took the lead 51-50. Jacques Fontenot was at line with just under a minute left and sunk both foul shots. Sean Fontenot scored a layup to go up 53-52. The Hurricanes went up 55-52 with 34.1 seconds remaining. The three point play was good. Sean Fontenot answered making the score 56-54 with 22.5 seconds left. Tate headed to the line with 14.1 seconds left and split the pair of free throws. North Central was then at the line for 1-and-1 to go up 57-55. With 10.8 seconds remaining Tate went back to the line. Timeout on the court Trojans were down 57-55 with 7.5 seconds left on the clock. Shipp inbounded from midcourt coming out of back-to-back timeouts. He passed to Sean Fontenot who shot a 3 point basket that was no good as time expired.