BY BILL BRAY
FREMONT– The Fremont Ross Little Giants came to life in the second half as they notched win no. 4 over Sandusky Perkins 62-45.
After a rusty, at best, performance from the night before versus Bellevue that saw the Giants score their season low of 22 points, this game started much the same way as the evening began.
After a first half performance that ended with Perkins holding a 22-21 lead, John Cahill’s team regrouped and came back to the floor to pump in 41 second half points, 28 being scored in the deciding fourth period, as Fremont ran to the 17 point victory. The final quarter was a matter of the Little Giants running their high-powered offense to its finest. DeKentre Hardin zigged and zagged his way to 13 points during the stretch to lead Ross to the win.
“I can make a lot of excuses after the Friday night loss,” coach Cahill said after the game. “But our group of players are resilient. It would be easy to point figures all around after the performance from Friday, but they don’t do that. They come right back and work and put the loss behind them. They are fun. They are fun to be around, and they are fun to have at practice. Though at times offensively we are challenged,” Cahill said. “We are getting better. Back at the beginning of the season we talked about having many new faces and new roles. We were hoping by mid-January we thought we should be ‘getting there’. I feel like we are on pace.”
The Little Giants (4-5) travel to Perrysburg (5-3) Tuesday and then into their league stretch of games. “We are going to give it our best shot and see what happens,” Cahill concluded.
Hardin ended the night with six 2’s, two 3’s and three fouls shots for a game leading 21 points. Also stepping up to the plate was post player Michael Stover who finished with four 2’s and stepped away from the low post to drain two 3’s for 14 points. Dontrell Heard added eight points and Justin Haralson added seven for Ross.
