Rams remain undefeated, beating Harris County – Valley Times-News

It wasn’t fairly, however the Valley Rams beat Harris County 62-53 to go 17-0 on the season.

Valley head coach Marshon Harper is aware of his males are coming off a bit sluggish.

“I do not know,” mentioned Harper.

“We did not play laborious to start with. We performed with this workforce earlier than and beat them by 20 factors, so we got here out very snug. I informed them that everyone would attempt to beat us, so we needed to do our greatest. We did not attempt our greatest. We’ll return and watch some films. Ugly It was a win, however daily I get a win as a substitute of a loss.”

The Rams had been up 14-13 within the second quarter and allowed Harris County to remain within the first half.

Valley picked up some momentum on the finish of the second quarter and Jay Harper took a missed last-second shot to present the Rams a 32-25 lead at halftime.

Each groups struggled forwards and backwards within the third quarter, however Valley’s Cam Dooley created some separation for the Rams with back-to-back three-pointers.

Valley led 48-42 within the fourth quarter and the Rams managed the ball to win the sport.

Harper is aware of he should not be complacent in video games his workforce is predicted to win.

“We should stay humble,” Harper mentioned.

“We have to play workforce ball. We have to repair some issues. Somebody desires to say they knocked us out. We have to get everyone’s greatest sport. Hats off to Harris County. They did an unbelievable job. I am happy with our children. They fought for it.”

Harper is aware of that area play will likely be an important a part of the season.

“The mentality has to alter,” Harper mentioned.

“There isn’t any particular sport. Many gamers performed effectively tonight. Cam performed effectively. Brandon performed effectively. Jayden Thomas got here from the bench and gave us a couple of minutes. We’ve got to depend on some substitutes.”