The Mater Dei-Farragut Academy blog in its entirety…

The schedule says 9, but it’s 9:45 and we’re in the middle of warmups

Some Fryer highlights while we were away:

• After I told Fryer I woke up at 2 p.m. today because I need a day like that once a week, he said: “Yeah, I almost woke up at 6:30 a.m. this morning, but I decided to wake up at 7:30.” He understands.
• After two years of misery as a Dodgers fan, Fryer said he is back with the Giants. Sweet!
• When the Chick-fil-A cows came out throwing things at the crowd, Fryer made an inappropriate request for what they should be throwing.
• I offered to treat Fryer to a Chick-fil-A sandwich but they ran out of them as soon as we made it to the front of the line.
• Damian and I returned for sandwiches an hour later and when we got back Fryer was missing for about half an hour. He later said he was with his “homeboys.”
• Fryer tried to order a double cheeseburger from the Nike PR woman handling interview requests. I don’t think she appreciated that. It didn’t help that I was giggling after Damian said “I said double burger with cheese!” He was quoting Caine from ”Menace II Society.” But you already knew that.

 Opening tipoff is at 10 p.m. 

“Tonight could be the night,” Damian says. He’s talking about Mater Dei losing. And I think he’s talking crazy.

After Mike Dunigan misses a layup on Farragut Academy’s first possession, Damian tries to retract his prior statement: ”I didn’t say nothing,” he snaps. “Why you hatin’?” Uh, I’m sorry, I don’t know what you’re saying, Damian. Can you avoid double negatives?

Blake Arnet is not starting for Mater Dei. Jamaal Trice is taking his place. Outside of the few games Travis Wear missed because of injury, I don’t think Trice has started since the Orange Holiday Classic at the end of December.

Mater Dei jumps to a 7-0 lead. Andy Brown blocked two shots for the Monarchs. And Gary Franklin is falling all over the place.

The Farragut guards, Darius Stowers and Isiah Williams are very fast. Containing them will be key, Damian says. The Monarchs typically play great perimeter defense.

MD 11, FA 10

End of 1Q

It’s past Fryer’s bedtime 

Connor Hughes is threatening to break up the Mater Dei six pack. The junior forward just made an impressive up and under reverse layup, which made Damian very happy. He caught his breakout performance last week against JSerra.

Damian also has some feelings for Dunigan, but they’re not positive: “He’s going to Oregon?” Damian keeps asking.

Arnet hits a three from well beyond the arc, bringing a roar from the crowd. He’s a fan favorite.

Franklin hoists up consecutive threes and misses both. He’s down to take any shot at any time. That’s why I call him Ben Gordon.

Stowers makes a three for Farragut. Just before he shot it Fryer warned, “He came to play.” What can I say? I’m working with a prophet.

MD 25, FA 24

Halftime

Speak on it 

I’ve been wondering why Fryer keeps saying “Andy” in this strange voice every time Brown touches the ball. Turns out he is mimicking Pee Wee Herman  from his Big Adventure movie. Andy is the name of the crazy lumberjack who chases Pee Wee throughout the movie. I don’t actually remember this, but Fryer does. Did I mention Brown made a layup while we had this conversation?

Franklin penetrates and dishes to Brown for another layp. The Monarchs have come out running this half. 

“The refs have swallowed their whistle,” Damian says. “Well, it’s getting late,” Fryer replies. And they’re both right.

Damian just won’t leave Dunigan alone: “Oregon, huh?” And just then Dunigan swats a Mater Dei shot high enough to make Damian duck from his seat at the top row of the stands.

Travis Wear hits a 10 footer. I have a feeling one of these Wears is going to blow up in the fourth quarter. They’ve been fairly quiet.

Franklin busts a 3-pointer in the final seconds of the quarter.

MD 40, FA 38

End of 3Q

No games went OT, but we did

Farragut has gone scoreless the first four minutes of this last quarter. And yet, we still have a game.

We just saw consecutive offensive fouls called on each team. The one on Farragut was questionable. Scratch that, it was doubtful. Fryer says one of the refs just cemented his assignment at next year’s Nike Extravaganza, however. Hmmm.

Franklin hits a 3-pointer from the top of the key. It was a daring attempt, as Mater Dei was in transition and had numbers. I like this kid. Mater Dei leads by five.

Troynell Adams delivers maybe the highlight of the day with a dunk on Arnet. It was dirty. Adams went straight over him and hung on the rim for a few seconds afterward. he knew what he had done.

On the next possession Dunigan knocks away a loose ball–it looked like a block, but Damian says no–and it leads to a Farragut layup. Farragut is up one.

Mater Dei comes out of a timeout and Arnet misses a 3-pointer. he had a good look, but I don’t think that is the shot the Monarchs wanted there. Dunigan is blocked by Travis on the other end and Franklin hits another three.

Franklin steals it from Farragut and is fouled on his way to a fast-break layup. There still are 50 seconds remaining, but everybody is leaving. It seems a little premature.

Mater Dei ends up running the clock down to under half a minute and, after mssing the second of two free throws, gets an offensive rebound from Brown. Like Damian and Dre say, that’s a wrap.

It’s 11:30 and we outta here, baby. I never did meet Kenny.

MD 59, FA 50

Final

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