Hanging first loss on Rams, Farragut MS boys roll by 8
“This was a big win for us. Robertsville came in here and they were undefeated,” Farragut first-year head coach Shane Wells said after his team outlasted the Rams 38-30 Thursday, Nov. 21, in FMS’s Bobby J. Henry Gymnasium. “They’re a good team.”
With the win, Farragut improved to 3-3 on the season despite being short-handed against the Rams (8-1).
“Our point guard, Porter Smith, started but he was sick and he really couldn’t go,” Wells said.
The Admirals’ Henry Crecy led all scorers with 15 points — 11 in the first half.
Mac Harris, who normally plays post, moved to point guard. He had five points, all from the free throw line, as he commanded Farragut’s offense.
“Mac Harris did a great job for us tonight,” Wells said. “He’s normally a post player for us but he handles the ball really well.”
The contest was knotted in a 6-6 tie after the first quarter, but the Ads’ had the lead at halftime as Mac scored the final two points of the first half, converting a pair of foul shots with 35.7 seconds remaining in the second stanza to make the score 19-17.
The game, which was tightly-contested throughout, was a back-and fourth battle before Farragut, which held a 28-27 advantage heading into the fourth quarter, finally pulled away over the final six minutes of the contest.
The Admirals opened the fourth quarter by scoring seven consecutive points. Farragut’s Harrison Holmes buried a three-pointer to make the score 35-27 with 2 minutes, 11 seconds to play.
La’Miere Porter had nine points to pace the Rams.
“We were selfish and we weren’t ready to play. Farragut was,” Robertsville head coach John Spratling said.
