The Morning Journal (Lorain, OH)
Rebman leads Clearview to victory vs. Keystone
Every once in a while a player like Brooke Rebman will have a quarter that makes the opposing team wonder what — if anything — they can do to stop her.
The third quarter of Clearview’s 41-31 win over Keystone was one of those quarters. Rebman scored 14 of her game high 25 points, completely swinging the momentum from the Wildcats to the Clippers.
“She’s a competitor. It’s that type of play on both sides of the ball that picks us up in moments that we need that,” Clearivew coach Tony Dimacchia said. “That’s the type of leadership we need and she brings a spark. You know you can count on her to lift us up on any given possession.”
The win elevates Clearview to 8-2 in the Lorain County League, keeping them in third place behind unbeatens Columbia and Firelands.
Rebman’s third quarter explosion was preceded by a rough second quarter that saw Clearview score five points, all from Rebman.
But the Clippers defense kept them in the game as they forced 11 first half turnovers and gave up only 18 points.
“We talked about setting the tempo early in the second half and forcing turnovers,” Dimacchia said. “They played lock down defense. That’s what we want to do that’s the type of team we are.”
They did that in the second half, forcing 16 more turnovers and holding Keystone to just five makes from the field.
Offensively in the first
half, Clearview was kept in the game thanks to a trio of fist quarter 3-pointers from Madison Pennington and Kamia Pilson.
Double digit turnovers kept the Clippers from taking a lead midway through the third quarter when their defense locked down.
“We tell them you can’t worry about the missed shots, you have to be in rhythm every time you shoot,” Dimacchia said. “The fact that they were able to stay mentally focused (through the misses in the first half) speaks volumes about this program and these players. Because they could have crumbled and been down on themselves, but they
kept shooting and because of that we won the game.”
Rebman scored 19 of Clearview’s 22 second and third quarter points. Niyanna Flowers was the lone Clipper to score not wearing number 23 in that 16 minute span, knocking down.
Flowers drilled a 3-pointer with two minutes remaining in the third that gave Clearview a 27-24 lead that they held for the remainder of the game.
Keystone’s offensive struggles continued in the fourth quarter with their first basket coming with just over two minutes remaining in the game, a free throw from sophomore Delaney
Peters.
Peters led Keystone with 13 points and was the only Wildcat to hit from the field in the final quarter.
“We can compete. We just have to figure out how to do that for four quarters,” Keystone head coach Rocky Houston said. “We’re a young team, so once they figure out how to do that for four quarters we’re going to beat teams that we shouldn’t beat.”
Keystone now sitting at 5-7 in the LC8 will travel to league leader Columbia for a pair of games starting Feb. 3. Clearview hosts Oberlin Feb. 3 on their senior night.