BOYS’ BASKETBALL: Moore, Young lead Meridian to home win to open season
The Meridian boys’ basketball team opened the season on a high note, beating Coupeville 51-41 in non-conference action Monday, Nov. 30, at Meridian.
Brady Moore had 16 points, Dan Young added 13 for the Trojans and Dan Campfield pitched in with nine points.
Meridian coach Shane Stacy said the swing in the game was the 22-5 Trojans advantage in the third quarter.
“I thought we did a better job of getting the ball inside in the third quarter. Derek Campfield had eight points right away in that quarter,” Stacy said in a phone interview. “I thought we started to calm down and communicate better and find cutters.”
Meridian 51, Coupeville 41
Coupeville | 13 | 15 | 5 | 7 | — | 41 |
Meridian | 14 | 4 | 22 | 11 | — | 51 |
Coupeville: Hesselgrave 11; Johnson 11; Smith 12, Griggs 2; Mitchell 3, Wynn 2. Totals: 13-46 9-18 41.
Home Team: Bailey Hodge 0, Marcus McGuinn 2, Gersewak Singh 4, Brenden Buys 0; Tyler Linderman 3, Camden Burgess 4, Josh Plagerman 0, Dan Young 13, Brady Moore 16, Derek Campfield 9. Totals: 21-53 7-19 51.
3-point field goals — Coupeville: 6 (Smith 2, Hesselgrave 2); Meridian: 2 (Brady Moore 1, Tyler Linderman 1). Rebounds — Coupeville: 31 (Leaders n/a); Meridian: 42 (Leaders n/a). Assists — Coupeville: 12 (Leaders n/a); Meridian: 12 (Leaders n/a). Fouls — Coupeville: 17; Meridian: 18. Turnovers — Coupeville: 24; Meridian 20.
This story was originally published November 30, 2015 at 10:10 PM with the headline "BOYS’ BASKETBALL: Moore, Young lead Meridian to home win to open season."