Marlow falls to Racers, 47-40

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Marlow’s Trey Coffman puts up a shot in front of a Newcastle defender during their game on Tuesday in Marlow. Evan Grice/ The Duncan Banner

January 10, 2012

Evan Grice The Duncan Banner The Duncan Banner Tue Jan 10, 2012, 11:40 PM CST

MARLOW — The script was all set for a dramatic comeback. For one of the Marlow Outlaws to be a hero and lead his team to victory Tuesday night. Unfortunately, the Newcastle Racers weren’t interested in being apart of a movie-style ending, they just wanted to win.

Despite cutting the lead to less than five points twice in the fourth quarter, it was a 3:40 span which doomed Marlow to a 47-40 loss inside Outlaw Gymnasium.

After the game head coach John Garrett admitted this was one of those games that simply got away from his team, and added the breaks in action cost his team in the fourth.

“The pace of the game changed and having the breaks in action really hurt us,” he said. “We also got rebounded and the game got away from us. Our effort though was great tonight and that was really good to see out of our players.”

At the end of the first quarter, Newcastle had jumped out to a 14-8 lead and led by as many as 10 in the second quarter at 22-12. Marlow managed to close the gap to five points going into the halftime break at 23-18.

Things got worse as the second half began for the Outlaws. NHS opened the third on a 12-2 run which gave them a 35-20 lead with 4:19 left. Going into the fourth quarter, it was still advantage Racers at 36-24.

However, in the fourth, the tide started to finally turn for Marlow. Slowly but surely, the Outlaws started to trim Newcastle’s lead. Before the fans knew it, the lead had been sliced to just two points with 4:14 left in the fourth quarter.

But, once again the Racers were one step ahead. After making it a 38-34 game with 3:40 remaining, the once hot shooting Outlaws suddenly went cold and NHS took full advantage. Even though Marlow got back within five points twice in a span of 22 seconds, it wasn’t enough on the evening.

“Being consistent is something we need to learn,” Garrett said. “This is a young team who haven’t won many games, but I feel like were starting to close the gap. These are things we’re just going to have to figure out on our own.”

On the evening junior Jackson Huddleston led the Outlaws with 14 points followed by sophomore Trey Coffman with 10. Senior Jon Anderson scored six while fellow senior Hunter McClure and sophomore Wesley Coast each scored five.

Marlow falls to 2-9 with the loss while Newcastle improves to 5-6 on the season.

Friday night, the Outlaws will travel to Bridge Creek for a matchup with the Bobcats with tip-off scheduled for 8 p.m.

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