NORTH EASTHAM – With March Madness looming on the immediate horizon, the tournament-bound Nauset Warriors and Bourne Canalmen staged a little bit of their own high school hoop fireworks last night down on Cable Road.
Bourne High’s Jacob Ashworth scored 22 points last night to lead the Canalmen to a 68-65 overtime win over Nauset.
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Tied 64-64 after regulation, freshman David Laine sank a pair of free throws and sophomore co-captain Jacob Ashworth nailed a mid-range jumper in overtime to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat, in a phrase, and the Canalmen finished with a 68-65 win over the hosts.
Bourne junior forward Adam Comoletti solidified the win when he deflected a last-second three-point attempt by the Warriors as time expired. The Canalmen finish the regular season at 16-4 while Nauset drops to 11-8 with the loss.
Ashworth – who scored just two points in the first half – was incredible in the second half and 4:00-minute overtime frame, scoring 20 of his 22 points in the game’s final 20 minutes combined.
Fellow co-captain Connor Schaefer, who finished with 14 points, had 12 of those points in the first half, but he came down with a huge rebound in traffic with just 4.6 seconds left in regulation that helped send the game into overtime.
Nauset’s Ethan “Big Red” Ladue, who matched Ashworth point-for-point for a team-high 22 points on the night, was the central cause for shutting Bourne’s Schaefer down in the second half and in overtime. Ladue exploded for 13 points in the third quarter.
Much to Bourne’s dismay and Nauset’s liking, the Warriors took a halftime lead, 30-29 and Bourne never got that lead back until it took the win in the extra session.
Yes, Bourne did lead after the first quarter, 16-12, but the host Warriors maintained control of the scoreboard for most of the remainder of regulation.
Ahead 64-62 with time set to expire, Ashworth tied the game up at 64-64.
“It’s really all a blur,” head coach Scott Ashworth said. “But it was a great high school basketball game.”
Bourne’s Parker Freedman was one of the four Canalmen in double digits for the night with 15. Laine had 12 points and Chris Davis added five.
— Sean Walsh is the sports editor for www.capecod.com. His email is [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @coachwalshccbm
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