By: Evan Rogers
The second contest of the day featured a battle in the consolation portion of the TJ Warren bracket between Cannon School and Greenfield High School. The Cougars used their balanced attack early, and overall size advantage, to jump out to a 19-point lead in the first quarter. In the following period, 2024 Austin Swartz’s skills were on full display. In a closing stretch of the half, the Cougars’ lead guard dished out a trio of assists — that resulted in corner 3-pointers — and then delivered a pair of stepback buckets to extend Cannon’s lead, 50-24. Swartz finished the first half with 10 points and nine assists.
The Cougars continued their dominance in the second half. Swartz notched a double-double early in the third period after recording his tenth assist of the game. 2024 Sean Birmingham built off his strong first half — that saw him drill four 3-pointers — to help Cannon build its lead to 35 heading into the final period. With their reserves in for most of the fourth quarter for the Cougars, the two teams traded baskets until Cannon prevailed 85-51.
Cannon 85 — Greenfield 51
Cannon: Austin Swartz 16 pts, 10 ast/ Sean Birmingham 16 pts/ Isaiah Henry 14 pts
Greenfield: Hampton Evans 12 pts/ Matt Kirby 11 pts/ Kyshon Atkinson 10 pts