FMS rallies to knock off Miller in Classic finale
- Teven Jones
A 20-1 Miller School run gave the Mavericks a 41-40 halftime lead over Fishburne. The Caissons broke open a close game with a 14-3 run in the second half en route to a 92-81 win in the finale of the FMS Tip-Off Classic.
“Basketball is a game of run,” said point guard Teven Jones (a UVa. commit), who had 12 points in a game effort after being sent to the hospital late Friday night with a bout of food poisoning.
“We faced some adversity, but we responded. I’m proud of my teammates for fighting through that,” Jones said.
Miller had to fight off some adversity to make it a game. Fishburne led 27-8 midway through the first half before the Mavs stormed back to tie the game at 28 on a three-pointer from the left wing by Devon Anderson.
It was 41-40 Miller at the half and 58-53 with 14 minutes left before the Caissons ripped off an 11-0 run capped off by a runner in the lane by Chris Bryant (Florida Atlantic) that made it 64-58 FMS with 11:25 to go.
An Anderson jumper two minutes later tied the game at 68, at which point it became Matt Gorski time. The 7’0″, 240-pound Illinois-Chicago recruit scored on power moves in the paint on back-to-back possessions to key the 14-3 run that broke it open for Fishburne.
“I had some trouble in the first half. Foul trouble was an issue. I just had to play smarter in the second half, pick my spots where I was going to be aggressive,” said Gorski, who led the Caissons with 16 points.
Bryant added 15 for Fishburne, which improves to 5-0 on the season with the win.
