Courtesy of The Minden Press-Herald
Glenbrook’s first season under head coach Chris Kourvelas came to an end last night, as the Apaches were beaten, 71-56 by Columbia Academy in the first round of the South State Tournament in Brookhaven, Mississippi.
“I have to give a lot of credit to Columbia,” Kourvelas said. “They have a great team and are very well coached.” Glenbrook led 14-10 at the end of the first quarter and then took a one-point (28-27) lead into the half.
“We started off pretty well,” Kourvelas said. “I thought we were doing a good job containing them, especially their big man inside, who is about 6’8” or 6’9”. I think we contained him very well in the first half. We went into the break up one and we thought we were doing a good job holding them off and doing what we needed to do to keep the game close and eventually win.”
But Columbia came out in the third quarter with a renewed fire and out-scored Glenbrook 16-7 and 28-21 in the final two quarters to take the win.
“Columbia really came out to play in the second half,” Kourvelas said. “They were crashing the boards better than we were.”
Kourvelas said the game came down to rebounding.
“Rebounding is always a big key in a game,” he said. “Especially, when you’re playing a team that has such a big athlete as Columbia did. Myself and the staff were trying to push to our team that we had to crash the boards on both ends of the court. We just weren’t able to do that.”
The Apaches were out-rebounded in the game, 34-22.
Colton Spurlock led the Apaches with 22 points and Matt Moorehead scored 10.
Despite the loss, Kourvelas said this season was a successful one for the Apaches.
“You hate to see a season come to an end like that,” he said. “But I told the guys after the game that we accomplished a lot this season, especially making the move to AA from A. We did win the district championship and we brought home a first place trophy from the Riverfield Tournament earlier this year. We also went to Gary, Texas right before Christmas and brought home a runner-up trophy from that tournament.”
Kourvelas hopes the success the team had this year will help fuel an even better season next year. “It’s been a good season,” he said. “Our overall record ended up at 21-7. You hate to see it end, but it just gives the underclassmen more motivation for next year.”
“I have to give a lot of credit to Columbia,” Kourvelas said. “They have a great team and are very well coached.” Glenbrook led 14-10 at the end of the first quarter and then took a one-point (28-27) lead into the half.
“We started off pretty well,” Kourvelas said. “I thought we were doing a good job containing them, especially their big man inside, who is about 6’8” or 6’9”. I think we contained him very well in the first half. We went into the break up one and we thought we were doing a good job holding them off and doing what we needed to do to keep the game close and eventually win.”
But Columbia came out in the third quarter with a renewed fire and out-scored Glenbrook 16-7 and 28-21 in the final two quarters to take the win.
“Columbia really came out to play in the second half,” Kourvelas said. “They were crashing the boards better than we were.”
Kourvelas said the game came down to rebounding.
“Rebounding is always a big key in a game,” he said. “Especially, when you’re playing a team that has such a big athlete as Columbia did. Myself and the staff were trying to push to our team that we had to crash the boards on both ends of the court. We just weren’t able to do that.”
The Apaches were out-rebounded in the game, 34-22.
Colton Spurlock led the Apaches with 22 points and Matt Moorehead scored 10.
Despite the loss, Kourvelas said this season was a successful one for the Apaches.
“You hate to see a season come to an end like that,” he said. “But I told the guys after the game that we accomplished a lot this season, especially making the move to AA from A. We did win the district championship and we brought home a first place trophy from the Riverfield Tournament earlier this year. We also went to Gary, Texas right before Christmas and brought home a runner-up trophy from that tournament.”
Kourvelas hopes the success the team had this year will help fuel an even better season next year. “It’s been a good season,” he said. “Our overall record ended up at 21-7. You hate to see it end, but it just gives the underclassmen more motivation for next year.”
