With Blake Harper leading the way down the stretch, the Tornadoes made their free throws and held off the Rams, 77 70, in an entertaining non district contest Tuesday night at Riverview High.

“That’s what we wanted a victory,” Booker guard Mike Jones said. “This is the biggest rivalry ever. Air Jordan 6 Rings We are going to take the ‘W’ back home.”

“You’ve got to try to make something happen,” Ivey said. “Going to a pressure defense forces guys to play hard. When we went to the full court, guys actually played hard. It definitely helped.”

Riverview (5 3) scored the final seven points of the third quarter and opened the fourth with a 23 7 run capped by a 3 point play by Nick Havener, who emerged with 15 of his 19 points in a 34 point fourth quarter. Austin Walker also scored 10 of his game high 31 points Jordan 5 Retro in the final period.

Rashad Jones stopped the rally with a 3 point play, and the Tornadoes got the ball in the hands of their best free throw Air Jordan 2s shooters, namely Harper, who made five from the line in the final minutes.

“That second half we came out a little rusty, but we knew what we were doing,” Mike Jones said. “We were going to get the ‘W.’ Teamwork and team chemistry. I knew we were going to pull it off.”

“Give my kids credit,” Booker coach Gary Clark said. “They didn’t fold. We stayed together, once we were able to make our free throws. What was critical for us was we made our free throws down the stretch.”

It was the Tornadoes’ pressure defense and ability to get the ball inside that put Riverview in the early hole.

Mike Jones (11) and Terrence Bradley (8) combined for 19 points in the first half, when the Tornadoes bolted to a 36 21 advantage.

Bradley led Booker with 16 points.

“They were getting into every gap,” Ivey said. “They were getting the ball into the paint any time they wanted to, whether it was a dribble drive, post up or a high post feed. That hurt us.”

When the lead ballooned in the second half, Clark wanted to slow the tempo. His players slowed it too Air Jordan Future much.

“The third quarter, we wanted to run our spread offense, which is not a delay offense, but still an attacking offense,” Clark said. “Our guys got it into a delay mode. Once momentum changed, it’s hard to get that back.

With Blake Harper leading the way down the stretch, the Tornadoes made their free throws and held off the Rams, 77 70, in an entertaining non district contest Tuesday night at Riverview High.

“That’s what we wanted a Air Jordan 2010 victory,” Booker guard Mike Jones said. “This is the biggest rivalry ever. We are going to take the ‘W’ back home.”

“You’ve got to try to make something happen,” Ivey said. “Going to a pressure defense forces guys to play hard. When we went to the full court, guys actually played hard. It definitely helped.”

Riverview (5 3) scored the final seven points of the third quarter and opened the fourth with a 23 7 run capped by a 3 point play by Nick Havener, who emerged with 15 of his 19 points in a 34 point fourth quarter. Austin Walker also scored 10 of his game high 31 points in the final period.

Rashad Jones stopped the rally with a 3 point play, and the Tornadoes got the ball in the hands of their best free throw shooters, namely Harper, who made five from the line in the final minutes.

“That second half we came out a little rusty, but we knew what we were doing,” Mike Jones said. “We were going to get the ‘W.’ Teamwork and team chemistry. I knew we were going to pull it off.”

“Give my kids credit,” Booker coach Gary Clark said. “They didn’t fold. We stayed together, once we were able to make our free throws. What was critical for us was we made our free throws down the stretch.”

It was the Tornadoes’ pressure defense and ability to get the ball inside that put Riverview in the early hole.