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South Sevier and Rowland Hall compete at the 2A boys basketball state tournament. | Carson Hilton
Here’s a recap of Monday’s 2A quarterfinals at UVU, with No. 4 South Sevier advancing. This story will be updated.
South Sevier 65, Rowland Hall 48
Much of Monday’s quarterfinal between South Sevier and Rowland Hall came down to the simple fact that nobody on the floor could stop Raidon Barney.
Rowland Hall struggled to handle the size of the 6-foot-8 Rams junior. Barney ended with a dominant 27-point, 12-rebound double-double in a convincing 65-48 quarterfinal win.
Whether it was on the perimeter or in the paint, Barney took advantage of mismatches.
“He’s so good with handling the ball, and he just creates mismatches everywhere he goes,” said South Sevier head coach Carson Christensen. “What I really love about him is he’s willing to find his players, his teammates, to get them open looks. They’re gonna send two guys every time, and he’s been so good at trying to find them. It just shows because he’s our leading assist guy as well.”
The Rams came out of the gate a little slow, which showed in a quick six-point lead for Rowland Hall in the first quarter.
Things quickly changed once South Sevier started to more handily win the rebounding battle and got Barney going.
“Rebounding was one thing we really hit on,” Christensen said. “The way Rowland Hall was going to beat us is they would have to outrebound us, and at the beginning, it was a little touch-and-go at first because they got four or five offensive putbacks down there.
“But, once they got that mentality that we’re going to rebound, that was the game changer right there.”
Once South Sevier started to pile on the points, Rowland Hall never recovered. Barney had a monster first half with 15 points and eight rebounds for a 33-18 lead.
The second half was much of the same. The Rams outscored the Winged Lions 22-12 in the third quarter and led by as much as 25 points.
The defense was also solid for South Sevier. Rowland Hall finally managed to put up an 18-point quarter in the fourth, but it was after the Rams sat some of their starters and the game was already put away.
Winged Lions’ leading scorer Jrue Miller was held to just eight points in the quarterfinal.
“Our defense was solid,” Christensen said. “We kept the Miller boys from scoring. It was from getting those rebounds and keeping them from getting the second chances.”
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