Camelot Falls to Hot Shooting Meadow Brook in Semifinal

Camelot’s run to the championship ended Saturday when they lost 79-47 to a red-hot Meadow Brook team that advances to it’s first finals appearance.  

Meadow Brook took an early lead in the first half by being lights out from beyond the arc. Camelot was able to keep it close and battled back to tie it at 24 with five minutes left in the half after a deep Brandon Milner three-pointer. 

The Meadow Brook outside shooters came to life, going on an 11-0 run to close out the first half with a 35-24 advantage. A combination of Meadow Brook shooting 60% from deep and getting 14 points off turnovers put Camelot into a hole.

Coming out at halftime, Camelot switched to man-to-man to shut down the perimeter shooters from getting open looks. However, not even three minutes into the 2nd half, the Meadow Brook shooters were locked in and had stretched the lead to 44-24. 

“It was just one of those games where they were making everything and we couldn't get our shots to fall.” said Adam Provance. “Give credit to them, they were lights out all game. It's not like only one of them was knocking them down, all of them just couldn’t miss.”

Camelot sputtered on offense, shooting only 19.2% (5-26) from 3-point land. An offensive rebound and put back by Jacob Hernandez finally stopped a 24-0 Meadow Brook run around the 14-minute mark. 

Camelot was able to put together a couple of good possessions that got the lead down to 18 after a shifty drive and lay up by Charlie Barnett. 

With the game out of reach and with 11 minutes left, things got a little heated between teams as the lack of effort and interest from the officials allowed things to get out of hand as they didn't use their whistles. 

Camelot wraps up their season with its best finish and deepest run ever in the stake tournament. Tyler Colson led with way with 13 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 blocks, while Brandon Milner added 10 points and 6 rebounds.

Last year, Camelot won only two games and this year, Camelot won five. They look forward to next season and hope to build on this season 

Game Notes:

Camelot did not attempt a free throw all game.

Camelot shot 37.6% from the field. (21-56)

Congrats to a great season, and a special thanks to all those who were on the team!